FC Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United: result and report
Champions League · Saturday 28 May 2011
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United
Champions League · Saturday 28 May 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
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FC Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United: match report
FC Barcelona won against Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League on Saturday 28 May 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Pedro opened the scoring in the 27th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Pedro (27'), Lionel Messi (54') and David Villa (70'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (34').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 27 points from 12 and Manchester United 1st on 30 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Barcelona win, 1 draw and 1 for Manchester United.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Manchester United's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Pedro
- 34'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 54'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 60'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 61'Yellow card · Michael Carrick
- 70'Goal · David Villa
- 79'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
- 85'Yellow card · Víctor Valdés
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Andrés Iniesta, Deco, Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto'o
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Gabriel Obertan, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Paul Scholes