Manchester United 3-2 Celtic: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 13 September 2006
Result
Manchester United 3-2 Celtic
Champions League · Wednesday 13 September 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-2
Manchester United 3-2 Celtic: match report
Manchester United defeated Celtic 3-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 13 September 2006. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Manchester United's goals came from Louis Saha (30', penalty), Louis Saha (40') and Ole Solskjær (47'). Celtic scored through Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (21') and Shunsuke Nakamura (43').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
- 28'Yellow card · Mikaël Silvestre
- 29'Yellow card · Artur Boruc
- 30'Penalty goal · Louis Saha
- 40'Goal · Louis Saha
- 43'Goal · Shunsuke Nakamura
- 47'Goal · Ole Solskjær
- 90+3'Yellow card · Kenny Miller
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
Celtic line-up
Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Thomas Gravesen, Aiden McGeady, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Mark Wilson, Neil Lennon, Jirí Jarosík, Shunsuke Nakamura