Manchester United 3-0 Celtic: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 21 October 2008
Result
Manchester United 3-0 Celtic
Champions League · Tuesday 21 October 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 3-0 Celtic: match report
Manchester United won against Celtic 3-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 21 October 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Dimitar Berbatov (30'), Dimitar Berbatov (51') and Wayne Rooney (76'). Celtic did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 30th on 4 points from 2 and Celtic 60th on 1 point from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 0 draws and 1 for Celtic.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 51'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 74'Yellow card · P. Hartley
- 76'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 83'Yellow card · Glenn Loovens
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-Sung, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Glenn Loovens, Barry Robson, Aiden McGeady, Scott McDonald, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Scott Brown, Mark Wilson, Shunsuke Nakamura