Champions League: Manchester United and Tottenham's group games

After their lacklustre 0-0 draw against Rangers on matchday one, Manchester United will be looking to register their first win of this season's campaign at the Mestalla stadium. It'll be a tough ask as Valencia are unbeaten this season and sitting on top of La Liga. United are missing Wayne Rooney through injury and will be relying on the in-form Dimitar Berbatov, who has scored six goals from six games Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

Anderson, who's playing a holding midfield role tonight, reacts after feeling the full force of a David Navarro tackle Photograph: Alberto Saiz/AP

Valencia striker Alberto Soldado can't believe it after he misses an absolute sitter, heading over an open goal after Edwin van der Saar comes, flaps at and misses a cross. The Dutchman is a lucky man and there are no prizes for guessing what his defence are thinking Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

With Valencia creating a number of half chances, Sir Alex Ferguson has a think about how to counteract the Spanish threat Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters

Valencia coach Unai Emery, on the other hand, is quite vocal with his thoughts Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters

Tino Costa gets the wrong idea when he hears that Anderson is a holding player Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

Luis Miguel Brito clears the ball upfield and out of the danger zone as Park Ji-sung closes in Photograph: Juan Carlos Cardenas/EPA

Pablo Hernández rues his rotten luck after Rio Ferdinand slides in to deny the Valencia midfielder an easy tap-in Photograph: Heino Kalis/Reuters

His United namesake Javier relies on skill rather than luck to open the scoring and it works. He gets on the end of a Federico Macheda pass and his tidy finish from just inside the box gives United the lead. With only five minutes to go, it looks like it will also give them three points Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

The youngster nicknamed "Little Pea" celebrates his first Champions League goal Photograph: Matthew Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images

Three points, an excellent away win and a controlled performance – Fergie must be happy with that Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

Over in north London, the extremely wet conditions should contribute to a lively encounter as Spurs entertain FC Twente. If only Peter Crouch had stretched out his long right leg he might have given Tottenham an early lead Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Tom Huddlestone is lucky to remain on the pitch after flinging out a right arm in frustration at the tugging of his shirt by Marc Janko. Nothing wrong with that except it connected with face of the Twente striker. Whoops Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Crouch, gets up well for a big man Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Action Images

Alan Hutton leaps over Nikolay Mihaylov after the Twente keeper comes out to make a smart block Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Five minutes before half-time and Spurs get a gilt-edged chance to take the lead: Crouch takes a tumble during a tussle with Franco Douglas and the referee points to the spot. After a bit of shenanigans from the miffed Twente team, Rafael van der Vaart steps up and plants the ball to the keeper's right ... but Mihaylov is more than equal to it, sticking up his arm to palm the ball to safety Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

Almost immediately after half-time, Van der Vaart makes up for his penalty miss when he opens the scoring with a sublime volley. Crouch knocks down a deep cross from the right which the Dutch striker controls on his chest before swivelling and firing the ball into the top right corner. Fabulous. Not so fabulous was his mid-air shoulder barge on Roberto Rosales five minutes later which earnt him his second yellow and an early bath Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Then just five minutes later Spurs double their lead courtesy of a penalty after Bale is scythed down in the box by Rosales. Roman Pavlyuchenko shows his Dutch team-mate how to take a penalty when he hammers the ball into the left hand side of the net: 2-0. It doesn't stay that way for long as in the 56th minute Chadli calmly strokes the ball home in a crowded penalty area. Could Spurs throw away a 2-0 lead for the second successive Champions League game? Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

in the 64th minute. A Pavlyuchenko shot hits Wout Brama's elbow as the Twente player turns to protect himself from the close-range piledriver. The referee isn't going to give it until the extra official has a word in his earpiece. A terrible decision Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

Pavlyuchenko penalty masterclass No2: send the keeper the wrong way and then compound his embarrassment by clipping a cheeky chip into the opposite corner ... Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

... and then celebrate in a smug and annoying fashion Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

Ledley King does a sterling job to block a header from Bryan Ruiz whilst under pressure Photograph: Felipe Trueba/EPA

With the final whistle just a couple of minutes away, Mihaylov's miserable night gets worse as he is beaten for a fourth time when Gareth Bale hammers a low shot past him. As the saying goes "it never rains but it pours" Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters