FC Porto 0 – 1 Manchester United

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Ronaldo wondergoal the difference

Cristiano Ronaldo’s astounding early goal left Sir Alex Ferguson to go head-to-head with old rival Arsene Wenger for a place in the Champions League Final as they beat Porto 1-0 in the Dragao Stadium to win 3-2 on aggregate.

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There was really only going to be one outcome in this match. At the end of the day it was like this. In the spot Manchester United were in there was no way Porto was going to be able to hold them off the scoresheet even at home. Manchester United on the other hand, if they were able to get their act together at the back Porto would have a hard time breaking through for a goal. Porto handled themselves well and deserve respect but at the end of the day the best team advanced to the semi finals.

Arsenal 3 – 0 Villarreal

Excellent Arsenal set up all-English semi

Arsenal have been portrayed as a club in crisis this season but they are now in the Champions League semi-final after sweeping past Villarreal 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium.

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Villarreal were in for an uphill battle when Marcos Senna got hurt and had to miss this game as he is the rock of this Villarreal team. First class performance by Arsenal however taking advantage of a weaken team and killing this game off fairly quickly.

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One Response to “FC Porto 0 – 1 Manchester United”

  1. cwtp6 Says:
    April 16th, 2009 at 6:06 am

    I have always been reluctant to proclaim the premiership the best league in the world and ive always had a particular fondness for serie A but right now i don’t think there can really be any argument the english clubs are totally dominating the rest of europe on the pitch and in the transfer market.

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