champions of the uefa champions league

Glory glory Man United!
Glory glory Man United!
Glory glory Man United!
And the reds go marching on!

Hurrah for Manchester United who had just won the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday. What a game it was, with plenty of drama.

Here are some photos of the big night.
(No, the photo on the left here isn't part of the game.)

this is what both teams are battling for

the opening ceremony at moscow's luzhniki stadium

and the match starts

paul scholes gets the first yellow of the game for colliding with claude makelele, who also gets a yellow card

starting with some slick passing from scholes and wes brown, followed by a lovely left-foot cross from brown, cristiano ronaldo heads in man utd's first goal, and his 42nd goal of the season, in the 26th minute

frank lampard equalises for chelsea just before half time

ouch, nemanda vidic helps captain rio ferdinand, who has a cramp

come on lads, urges the manager, sir alex ferguson

ryan giggs replaces scholes for his 759th appearance for man utd, beating sir bobby charlton's record

didier drogba is given his marching orders after slapping vidic

after a goalless extra time, the game goes into penalties, but scorer ronaldo misses his penalty

captain john terry slips and misses his penalty kick

edwin van der sar saves nicolas anelka's spot-kick to hand victory to man utd

jubilant man united players run to their keeper

club captain gary neville, who's been injured most of the season, celebrates with an emotional ronaldo

meanwhile, manager avram grant consoles terry

man utd wins the champions league, 50 years after the munich air crash

the old gaffer celebrates his second champions league trophy with his team

glory glory manchester united!

So there you go. Man Utd have won the double this year. Let's hope next year will be better!