[ChelseaFC.com] Making history with a first Champions League Final appearance, Chelsea lost out on penalties to Manchester United after a penalty shootout Concluded an enthralling 120 minutes of football at the Luzhniki Stadium. Substitute Nicolas Anelka saw His penalty, our seventh, crucially saved by Edwin Van der Sar in sudden death after a thrilling two hours of football had seen United take the lead through Cristiano Ronaldo before Frank Lampard levelled on the stroke of half-time. Both sides had opportunities to win the game in the second half, and extra-time, but ultimately they could not be separated, and so it was that Chelsea would lose out in Europe's premier club competition for the second season running on spot kicks.
Man United (4-4-2): Van der Sar; Brown (Anderson 120), Ferdinand (c), Vidic, Evra; Hargreaves, Carrick, Scholes (Giggs 87), Ronaldo; Rooney (Nani 100), Tevez.
Unused subs: Kuszczak, O'Shea, Silvestre, Fletcher.
Goals: Ronaldo 25
Booked: Scholes 21, Ferdinand 42, 110 Vidic, Tevez
115 Penalties: Tevez scored, scored Carrick, Ronaldo missed, scored Hargreaves, Nani scored, Anderson scored, Giggs scored.
Chelsea (4-3-3): Cech, Essien, Carvalho, Terry (c), A Cole, Ballack, Makelele (Belletti 120), Lampard, J Cole (Anelka 98), Drogba, Malouda (Kalou 91 ). Irrevocable
subs: Cudicini, Alex, Mikel, Shevchenko .
Goals: Lampard 44
Booked: Makelele 21, Carvalho 45, Ballack 115
Sent Off: Drogba 115
Penalties: Ballack scored, Belletti scored, Lampard scored, A Cole scored, Terry missed, Kalou scored, Anelka missed.
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