Solskjaer the Devil's hero
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was the hero as his winner edged out Celtic 3-2 at Old Trafford tonight.
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink put Celtic ahead with a low shot after 21 minutes.
United equalised when Louis Saha scored from the spot after Celtic keeper Artur Boruc fouled Ryan Giggs, then the French striker swept home a second.
Shunsuke Nakamura's free-kick put Celtic level, but Thomas Gravesen's mistake gifted Solskjaer United's third seconds after the break.
Gravesen carelessly passed straight to Scholes, who once again played in Saha, and when his effort was scrambled clear by Boruc, Solskjaer lashed the loose ball into the roof of the net.
Saha could have had at least a hat-trick, and he was narrowly off target with another header from Darren Fletcher's cross in the 63rd minute.
United were now in the ascendancy and Wayne Rooney somehow contrived to miss from six yards after a surging run from Ferdinand, and was then denied by the excellent Boruc after he wrong-footed the Celtic defence.
Boruc was in magnificent form, and he produced his best save of a busy evening from his own defender Paul Telfer with seven minutes left.
He somehow changed direction to claw Telfer's header on to an upright when he inadvertantly directed Darren Fletcher's cross towards his own goal.
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink put Celtic ahead with a low shot after 21 minutes.
United equalised when Louis Saha scored from the spot after Celtic keeper Artur Boruc fouled Ryan Giggs, then the French striker swept home a second.
Shunsuke Nakamura's free-kick put Celtic level, but Thomas Gravesen's mistake gifted Solskjaer United's third seconds after the break.
Gravesen carelessly passed straight to Scholes, who once again played in Saha, and when his effort was scrambled clear by Boruc, Solskjaer lashed the loose ball into the roof of the net.
Saha could have had at least a hat-trick, and he was narrowly off target with another header from Darren Fletcher's cross in the 63rd minute.
United were now in the ascendancy and Wayne Rooney somehow contrived to miss from six yards after a surging run from Ferdinand, and was then denied by the excellent Boruc after he wrong-footed the Celtic defence.
Boruc was in magnificent form, and he produced his best save of a busy evening from his own defender Paul Telfer with seven minutes left.
He somehow changed direction to claw Telfer's header on to an upright when he inadvertantly directed Darren Fletcher's cross towards his own goal.
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