Champions League: Manchester United v Bayer Leverkusen - in pictures

Moyes never made it to the Champions League group stages with Everton - so it's no wonder he's smiling tonight.
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The Manchester United team includes Wayne Rooney (it was his exclusion from the starting line-up for United's last European fixture, against Real Madrid last season, which caused his summer of unrest).
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Michael Carrick yelps as he's brought to ground.
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Manchester United's Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini is working hard in a defensive capacity
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Moyes's face shows United are getting closer to the target.
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Former Liverpool defender and winner of the 2005 Champions League, Sami Hyypia, who is the Bayer Leverkusen head coach, watches on
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Rooney gives United the lead with a highly contentious strike in the 22nd minute ...
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Rooney's side-foot volley would not have beaten the keeper had Antonio Valencia, who was in an offside position, not fouled the keeper on the goal-line as the shot arrived. Photograph: Federico Gambarini/dpa/Corbis

... they don't care.
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Rooney glides past a challenge following a neat bit of skill on the touchline.
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Chris Smalling battles for the ball on the touchline.
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Patrice Evra fouls Giulio Donati.
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Van Persie and Rooney debate who should take a set-piece.
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Rooney swings a free-kick marginally wide of the near post. It's 1-0 at half-time.
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Shinji Kagawa controls an aerial ball.
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Rooney spurns a glorious chance to give United a 2-0 lead in the second half. Having rounded the keeper he tried - and failed - to slot the ball into the empty net from a very tight angle.
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Robin van Persie would have had a tap-in had Roponey squared the ball.
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Predictably, Bayer Leverkusen head down the other end of the pitch and score when their German midfielder Simon Rolfes whips a shot goalwards which is deflected into the corner of the net. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

Fortunately for United, Van Persie scores an acrobatic effort in the 59th minute to give United a 2-1 lead (though the keeper should have saved it). Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images

Then Rooney sweeps the ball past the visiting keeper following a long punt from David de Gea in the 70th minute to give United a two-goal cushion. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

Valencia soon makes it 4-1, completing a sweeping United move, before Leverkusen nab one back late on when De Gea flaps at a cross and Omer Toprak stabs the loose ball home.
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There's even time left for Van Persie to miss a sitter.
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So, not a bad start to Champions League life for Moyes - lucky that, as Alex Ferguson was watching from the stands. Final score: 4-2
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