Champions League: Manchester United and Tottenham's group games
Somewhat unexpectedly, reaction to Wayne Rooney's desire to leave United has been relatively positive from fans outside the ground. Either that, or these young fans are oblivious to striker's assertion that United are a club in declinePhotograph: Alex Livesey/Getty ImagesAh, now that's more like it. Mancunian humour at it's vitriolic bestPhotograph: Carl Recine/Action ImagesAlex Ferguson enjoys a chucklePhotograph: Neal Simpson/EMPICS Sport
The United substitutes walk to the bench. Rooney isn't among them, having injured his ankle during training yesterday.Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty ImagesUnited's Park Ji-Sung vies for the ball against Bursaspor's Ivan ErgicPhotograph: Jon Super/APNani takes a pop at goal from the edge of the box and scores in the seventh minutePhotograph: Jon Super/APNani celebrates his goalPhotograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty ImagesFederico Macheda and Chris Smalling rise for an aerial ballPhotograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty ImagesNext up, Smalling looks to beat Sercan YildirimPhotograph: Phil Noble/ReutersHardly a thrilling match, this one. Here, Darren Fletcher is brought to ground by Omer Erdogan as United struggle to put the contest to bedPhotograph: Neal Simpson/EMPICS SportPark Ji-Sung is denied by Bursaspor's Bulgarian goalkeeper Dimitar Ivankov, before Javier Hernández fires wide late on. 1-0 it endsPhotograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty ImagesOver in Milan, little more than 60 seconds of the match have gone when Inter's Argentinian defender Javier Zanetti beats Heurelho Gomes to make it 1-0Photograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty ImagesGomes then chops Jonathan Biabiany down inside the box in the 11th minute - a horribly mistimed challenge which sends the Inter player flying and, inevitably, gives away a penaltyPhotograph: Claudio Villa/Getty ImagesConfusion ensues as Gomes, shown a red card by the referee, mistakenly thinks that his team-mate Benoît Assou-Ekotto has been dismissedPhotograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty ImagesSamuel Eto'o beats Gomes's replacement, Carlo Cudicini, from the spot to make it 2-0Photograph: Antonio Calanni/APBy th 14th minute it's 3-0. Dejan Stankovic is the scorer this time after more calamitous Tottenham defendingPhotograph: Claudio Villa/Getty ImagesHarry Redknapp looks utterly bemused. Eto'o bags his second and Inter's fourth in the 35th minute to make it 4-0 at the breakPhotograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action ImagesIn the second half, Tottenham's defender Gareth Bale grabs two seemingly identical goals, firing across Júlio César from the leftPhotograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty ImagesHe then adds a third in the 91st minute to ignite hope of a ludicrous comeback, but time ultimately runs out. The game ends 4-3 to InterPhotograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images
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