Tom Jenkins and agencies September 17, 2013

Champions League: Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen – in pictures

We bring you all the best live pictures from Old Trafford as David Moyes takes charge of his first European fixture as Manchester United boss against German side Bayer Leverkusen who finished third in the Bundesliga last year.

Football: Champions League - Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen — Moyes never made it to the Champions League group stages with Everton - so it's no wonder he's smiling tonight.
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Football __: Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen — The Manchester United team includes Wayne Rooney (it was his exclusion from the starting line-up for United's last European fixture, against Real Madrid last season, which caused his summer of unrest).
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Football ..: Champions League - Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen — Michael Carrick yelps as he's brought to ground.
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Football ..: Champions League - Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen — Manchester United's Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini is working hard in a defensive capacity
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Football ..: Champions League - Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen — Moyes's face shows United are getting closer to the target.
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Football ..: Champions League - Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen — Former Liverpool defender and winner of the 2005 Champions League, Sami Hyypia, who is the Bayer Leverkusen head coach, watches on
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Football _: Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen — Rooney gives United the lead with a highly contentious strike in the 22nd minute ...
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Football ....: Manchester United ? Bayer Leverkusen — Rooney's side-foot volley would not have beaten the keeper had Antonio Valencia, who was in an offside position, not fouled the keeper on the goal-line as the shot arrived. Photograph: Federico Gambarini/dpa/Corbis

Football ..: Champions League - Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen — ... they don't care.
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Football ....: Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen — Rooney glides past a challenge following a neat bit of skill on the touchline.
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Football ..: Champions League - Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen — Chris Smalling battles for the ball on the touchline.
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Football _: Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen — Patrice Evra fouls Giulio Donati.
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Football ___: Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen — Van Persie and Rooney debate who should take a set-piece.
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Football ...: Champions League - Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen — Rooney swings a free-kick marginally wide of the near post. It's 1-0 at half-time.
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Football _: Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen — Shinji Kagawa controls an aerial ball.
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sport: Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen — Rooney spurns a glorious chance to give United a 2-0 lead in the second half. Having rounded the keeper he tried - and failed - to slot the ball into the empty net from a very tight angle.
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Football _: Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen — Robin van Persie would have had a tap-in had Roponey squared the ball.
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Football -: Bayer Leverkusen celebrate — Predictably, Bayer Leverkusen head down the other end of the pitch and score when their German midfielder Simon Rolfes whips a shot goalwards which is deflected into the corner of the net. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

Football --: Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen - UEFA Champions League — Fortunately for United, Van Persie scores an acrobatic effort in the 59th minute to give United a 2-1 lead (though the keeper should have saved it). Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images

Football --: Manchester United's English striker Wayn — Then Rooney sweeps the ball past the visiting keeper following a long punt from David de Gea in the 70th minute to give United a two-goal cushion. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

Football ___: Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen — Valencia soon makes it 4-1, completing a sweeping United move, before Leverkusen nab one back late on when De Gea flaps at a cross and Omer Toprak stabs the loose ball home.
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Football ___: Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen — There's even time left for Van Persie to miss a sitter.
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Football _: Man Utd v Bayer Leverkusen — So, not a bad start to Champions League life for Moyes - lucky that, as Alex Ferguson was watching from the stands. Final score: 4-2
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