Manchester United vs Chelsea 1-1 (Pens 6-5) Highlights & Goals - Final | UCL 2007/2008

Manchester United vs Chelsea: Remembering the First All-English Champions League Final in 2008
It's 21 May 2008, approaching 2 A.M. local time in a cold and wet Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
After two gruelling hours of high intensity football in the first ever all-English UEFA Champions League final, Chelsea are one kick away from European glory.

Everything had led to this moment for the Blues, Roman Abramovich had pumped millions into the club for one dream, one goal, one moment. This was that moment, and there was only one man for the job.

Well, the reality was that there was probably more than one more for that job, but that man didn't care about that. This man had worked his whole career, no, his whole life, for this moment.

That man was none other than their captain, their leader, their legend. Mr. John Terry.

Chelsea's favourite son was about to give his side the achievement they craved the most, but that dream was about to turn to a dark, if not slightly hilarious, nightmare.

These two sides were not only becoming the two dominant forces in English football, winning all seven league titles available between 2005 and 2011.

In the red corner, you had Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United - an all conquering side who had just won their second consecutive Premier League title.

They had already beaten their west London opponents on penalties in the Community Shield to open the season, and now they had the chance to come full circle and beat them to close out the season.

A second leg Paul Scholes goal was enough to see the Red Devils through against Barcelona to the final where they would attempt to win their third European crown, and their first since that extraordinary 2-1 win against Bayern Munich in 1999.

In the blue corner, to oppose the status quo you had Chelsea, who had a much more complicated route to Moscow.

Following victory over United in the 2007 FA Cup final, they knew they could beat them, but having sacked club hero Jose Mourinho in September after the relationship between himself and the owner had soured, they appointed Avram Grant.

No one really knew who this dour looking man was, but he'd managed to drag the players to the final following a dramatic extra time win over Liverpool in the last four, and had one of the most feared defences in Europe to combat the brutal United front three of Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez and Cristiano Ronaldo.

They were the underdogs, but underdogs who had a history of beating their opponents and had spent loads of money on really good players, so confidence was high that they could claim victory in their first ever major European final.

Aside from the fact that those two teams would give any team in world football a run for their money, the needle and pettiness that had been evident between the two all season was very much on show in the Russian capital.

You had Paul Scholes bleeding after a clash of heads with Makelele, Nemanja Vidic going in for crunching tackles on Didier Drogba, and Wayne Rooney pushing Ashley Cole because of...well, just because.

But don't be fooled by all that, the football on show here was highly entertaining and of an outstanding quality.

But it was United who took the lead in the 26th minute when Wes Brown's left footed cross found Cristiano Ronaldo who powered home a header to claim his 42nd goal of an incredible season.

Ferguson's men looked more likely to double the lead - especially on the counter attack - and when Petr Cech brilliantly saved not only Carlos Tevez's close range header, but also Michael Carrick's thunderous follow-up, the Blues were on the ropes.

That was until right on the stroke of half time, when Michael Essien's shot deflected nicely to Frank Lampard, who poked home a Chelsea equaliser.

The West London side came closest to finding a winner in the second half, but Drogba's long range effort came crashing off the post.

Extra time arrived, and Lampard was agonisingly near to bagging his second, but his turning effort clipped the crossbar, before John Terry magnificently headed Ryan Giggs' goal-bound effort over the bar.

Eventually, tensions boiled over, and with the game heading to penalties, neither side could afford to lose one of their key spot kick takers.

So of course, that's exactly what happened. Drogba decided to slap Vidic in the 118th minute, which seemed a very stupid thing to do for more than one reason.

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