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Manchester United ousts AC Milan from Champions League

2010-03-11 09:15 BJT

13 minutes in, there would be no fairytale return to Old Trafford for David Beckham. Wayne Rooney gave the Man U the early lead. Man United 1-0 AC Milan.

Manchester celebration : Manchester United's English forward Wayne Rooney is congratulated after scoring against AC Milan during their UEFA Champions League round of 16, second leg football match at Old Trafford in Manchester. Manchester won 4-0.(AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)
Manchester celebration : Manchester United's English forward Wayne
 Rooney is congratulated after scoring against AC Milan during 
their UEFA Champions League round of 16, second leg football match
 at Old Trafford in Manchester. Manchester won 4-0.(AFP/Giuseppe 
Cacace)

46 minutes, Rooney scored again. He took his season tally to 30 and snuffed out any chance of Beckham achieving victory in his dramatic return against his former football club. 2-0.

59 minutes, Manchester United's Park Ji-Sung made sure there would be no doubt. He turned Paul Scholes' pass to widen the gap. 3-0.

Darren Fletcher completed the rout with an 88th-minute header. Manchester United beats AC Milan 4-0.