Champions League: Olympiakos v Manchester United - in pictures
Manchester United's £300k a week man Wayne Rooney comes out for the warm upPhotograph: John Sibley/Action ImagesDavid 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 ImagesThe Olympiakos fans display some fine flagage ahead of kick-off Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images
And a giant shirtPhotograph: Yannis Kolesidis/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Manchester United fans are in fine voice tooPhotograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty ImagesOlympiakos' 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/APChris Smalling on a rare United forage forward as Hernan Perez tumbles to the turfPhotograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/APRio Ferdinand shields the ball from Michael Olaitan Photograph: Yannis Kolesidis/AFP/Getty ImagesSeven 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 linePhotograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty ImagesRooney doesn't look happy as Maniatis wheels away in celebrationPhotograph: Yannis Kolesidis/AFP/Getty ImagesDominguez 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/ReutersThere'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 ImagesDavid Moyes has got his work cutout trying to turn this match around, United have been very poorPhotograph: Petros Giannakouris/APRooney gets to grips with goalscorer CampbellPhotograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/APMichael Olaitan skips past a prone Nemanja Vidic Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/APWith 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 barPhotograph: Panagiotis Moschandreou/EPAWith a lacklustre United unable to create any further chances Olympiakos hold on for a famous 2-0 victory Photograph: Yannis Kolesidis/AFP/Getty ImagesRooney 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 UnitedPhotograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
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