Manchester United v Chelsea - in pictures

Chelsea have made the journey up the M6 for the biggest match of their season so far. Despite being 1-0 down after the first leg, they're not out of the tie yet Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Wayne Rooney, who is in top form at the moment and whose goal separates the teams, warms up Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Fernando Torres on the other hand is a long way short of the form which prompted Roman Abramovich to dig deep into his coffers and pay Liverpool £50m for his services Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

After Alex Ferguson's Eric Morecambe moment in the first leg, Joel Glazer decides to get in on the action. Wahey! His brother Avram Glazer is slightly amused Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

That's a rare sign, Ferguson joking with the crowd behind the dug-out just before kick-off. He must be in a confident mood Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Which is more than can be said for his opposite number. A penny for them Carlo? Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

United start brightly and have the lions share of possession. There's some nifty footwork from Park in the eighth minute to take the ball past Alex. As John Terry closes him down, the United midfielder hits a back-heel across the box but there's no United players on hand to get on the end of it and the danger passes Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Rooney shows England team-mate Ashley Cole a clean pair of heels Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

After last week's John Terry baiting, some of the Old Trafford faithful dig out another banner. It's the joke which keeps on giving Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Twenty five minutes in and United have the ball in the net, but it's ruled out for offside. Rooney whips in a fantastic cross towards the far post where Javier Hernandez is running in before planting a bullet-header past Petr Cech. The Mexican striker is unlucky as whilst his body was level with the last defender his head was about a foot offside Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Just two minutes before half-time and United attack again. Rooney plays a delightful crossfield ball to Ryan Giggs over on the right and the veteran's first touch back to John O'Shea is sublime. The defender then plays the ball back to the winger who sprints past an ineffectual Nicolas Anelka before sliding an inch perfect pass across the face of the goal towards the far post ... Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

... where Hernandez is rushing towards and he has an easy job knocking the ball home from two yards out. 1-0 to United on the night, 2-0 on aggregate, Chelsea have a lot to do Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Creator and scorer celebrate Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

That joy is contrasted by the forlorn look on Torres's face as he waits to restart Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The flying Dutchman Edwin van der Sar punches clear Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Despite holding off and beating O'Shea on this occasion, Torres has another below par performance and is replaced by Didier Drogba at half-time Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Drogba evades a sliding tackle from Park Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The Ivorian striker gets a nick on the ball to take it past Nemanja Vidic Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

But this time Vidic manages to block Drogba Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

In the 70th minute Ramires clatters into the back of Nani, it's a stupid unnecessary challenge especially as he's already on a yellow card ... Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

... and now he has another one and a red one to go with it. If things weren't hard enough already for Chelsea, now they're two goals down on aggregate and also a man down for the rest of the match. You can bet Ancelotti will have something to say to his midfielder when he's finished in his early bath Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

It's game on in the 76th minute when Drogba shows why he should have started rather than Torres. He controls Michael Essien's chipped pass on his chest before taking another couple of strides and smashing the ball past Van der Sar. It's 1-1 on the night and if Chelsea can score again they're in the driving seat and would go though on away goals Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Then just a minute later, the perfect reposte by United when Park slots home after another delightful United move, to give the home side a two-goal cushion again. Giggs was the architect yet again with another inch-perfect pass. His ball from the right found Park completely unmarked on the left-hand side of the box, and the South Korean wasted no time in chesting the ball down before passing the ball past Cech and into the bottom right hand corner Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The final whistle is approaching fast and Ancelotti knows that his team are out of the cup, and maybe he'll be out of a job Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Peep peep peep. The final whistle goes and the Chelsea players know that now their 2010-11 silverware quest is over Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian