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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Steven Bloor

Champions League: Olympiakos v Manchester United - in pictures

united champions league: Wayne Rooney
Manchester United's £300k a week man Wayne Rooney comes out for the warm up Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images
united champions league: Manchester United's players warm up
David Moyes has plumped for the following starting XI - De Gea; Smalling, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra; Cleverley, Carrick; Valencia, Rooney; Young; Van Persie. Warming the subs bench will be - Lindegaard, Giggs, Hernandez, Welbeck, Kagawa, Buttner, Fellaini. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
united champions league: Olympiakos's fans cheer
The Olympiakos fans display some fine flagage ahead of kick-off Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images
united champions league: Olympiakos fans cheer their team
And a giant shirt Photograph: Yannis Kolesidis/AFP/Getty Images
united champions league: Manchester United fans cheer
The Manchester United fans are in fine voice too Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
united champions league: Alejandro Dominguez and Michael Carrick
Olympiakos' Alejandro Dominguez, left, fights for the ball with Manchester United's Michael Carrick during a scrappy start to the match. Dominguez has had the best chance to open the scoring so far, when, in the eighth minute he charged through the United defence but was denied by a brilliant sliding block by Nemanja Vidic Photograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP
united champions league: Chris Smalling
Chris Smalling on a rare United forage forward as Hernan Perez tumbles to the turf Photograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP
united champions league: Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand shields the ball from Michael Olaitan Photograph: Yannis Kolesidis/AFP/Getty Images
united champions league: David De Gea can't save Dominguez's flick
Seven minutes before half-time Olympiakos take the lead when Dominguez sticks out a foot to divert Giannis Maniatis' wayward shot towards the opposite corner, totally wrongfooting David De Gea, who can't react in time and the ball trickles over the line Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
united champions league: Olympiakos's Greek defender Giannis Maniatis
Rooney doesn't look happy as Maniatis wheels away in celebration Photograph: Yannis Kolesidis/AFP/Getty Images
united champions league: Olympiakos' midfielder Dominguez celebrates
Dominguez has every reason to celebrate he reacted so quickly and adroitly to give his side the lead with a very nice goal indeed.= Photograph: Yorgos Karahalis/Reuters
united champions league: Joel Campbell celebrates
There's more joy for Olympiakos' players and fans early in the second half when Joel Campbell doubles the home side's lead with a delightful strike. The youngster, who is on loan from Arsenal, poked the ball through Carrick’s legs with a delightful touch, sized up his options and then bent an outstanding left-footed curler past De Gea’s despairing dive and into the bottom-right corner from 25 yards. Brilliant. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images
united champions league: David Moyes
David Moyes has got his work cutout trying to turn this match around, United have been very poor Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP
united champions league: Wayne Rooney
Rooney gets to grips with goalscorer Campbell Photograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP
united champions league: Michael Olaitan skips past Nemanja Vidic
Michael Olaitan skips past a prone Nemanja Vidic Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP
united champions league: Van Persie
With eight minutes to go United fashion their first decent chance when Shinji Kagawa slips a pass behind Holebas to Chris Smalling, who instantly knocks the ball into the middle the unmarked Robin Van Persie. He takes a touch, leaves one last defender on the floor and then balloons his shot over the bar Photograph: Panagiotis Moschandreou/EPA
united champions league: Olympiakos players celebrate
With a lacklustre United unable to create any further chances Olympiakos hold on for a famous 2-0 victory Photograph: Yannis Kolesidis/AFP/Getty Images
united champions league: Wayne Rooney applauds
Rooney rightly applauds the United fans who made the long journey to watch such a poor performance. The tie isn't over yet but United have left themselves a big job to do at Old Trafford in the second leg. Final score: Olympiakos 2-0 Manchester United Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
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