Jonny Weeks 

Champions League final 2008: Manchester United v Chelsea

Moscow, Russia: The best images from the Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea
  
  


Champions League final
The prize at stake: The Champions League trophy showing the engraved names of past winners Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian
Champions League final
Owen Hargreaves vies with Ashley Cole and Claude Makelele Photograph: Sergei Chirikov/EPA
Champions League final
United's Cristiano Ronaldo scores the opening goal of the match with a header Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian
Champions League final
Cristiano Ronaldo and his team-mates celebrate going 1-0 up Photograph: Anatoly Maltsev/EPA
Champions League final
Paul Scholes is booked Photograph: Tom Jenkins /Guardian
Champions League final
Even the Russian police are captivated by the match Photograph: Jamie McDonald/Getty
Champions League final
Chelsea's Frank Lampard scores just before half-time to make it 1-1 Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
Champions League final
Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand attempt to squeeze out Didier Drogba Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
Champions League final
Nemanja Vidic clears the ball with a diving header, keeping the scores level at 1-1 Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
Champions League final
Alex Ferguson barks instructions at his United players Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA
Champions League final
Joe Cole slides in to dispossess Cristiano Ronaldo Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters
Champions League final
United defend resolutely in the face of mounting Chelsea pressure Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/AP
Champions League final
Ashley Cole heads the ball away as Wayne Rooney watches on Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA
Champions League final
Cristiano Ronaldo tries to keep the ball in play Photograph: Tom Jenkins /Guardian
Champions League final
Edwin van der Sar is well beaten but the woodwork saves United from going a goal behind to Chelsea Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty
Champions League final
Didier Drogba is sent off Photograph: Tom Jenkins /Guardian
Champions League final
Cristiano Ronaldo has his penalty kick saved by Chelsea's goalkeeper Petr Cech after extra-time ended with the scores still locked at 1-1 Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/AP
Champions League final
Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar points to the sky after saving Nicolas Anelka's penalty to win the Champions League for Manchester United Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Champions League final
Manchester United's players race towards the hero of the moment, Edwin van der Sar, after the Dutchman's penalty save seals victory Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
Champions League final
Gary Neville and Cristiano Ronaldo celebrate Photograph: Tom Jenkins /Guardian
Champions League final
John Terry, Avram Grant and Ashley Cole show their dejection at defeat Photograph: Tom Jenkins /Guardian
Champions League final
United celebrate as they lift the trophy Photograph: Tom Jenkins /Guardian
Champions League final
Wes Brown and Cristiano Ronaldo with the trophy Photograph: Tom Jenkins /Guardian
 

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