MICHAEL CARRICK looked to the line. Then he did so again. And again. There were 20 minutes gone in the 2009 Champions League and the Manchester United midfielder must have glanced at his manager’s bench at least 30 times. What he sought was instruction. But all he saw was Alex Ferguson sitting motionless and stony-faced.

Manchester United 1 Valencia 1

RAFAEL BENITEZ’S Inter were made to work by Twente before Esteban Cambiasso broke the Dutch outfit’s resistance 10 minutes into the second half.

MANCHESTER United new-boy Javier Hernandez chose the perfect time to net his first competitive goal for the Red Devils as his 85th-minute winner proved too much for Valencia.

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WALTER SMITH launched a scathing attack on referee Jonas Eriksson, accusing him of “opting out” of awarding Rangers a crucial penalty in their Group G game against Sevilla.

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC and Samuel Eto’o were both kept under wraps by their former team-mates as Inter Milan held Champions League holders Barcelona to a goalless draw at the San Siro last night.

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Manchester United 1 Zenit St Petersburg 2

ZENIT St Petersburg secured passage to their first-ever European final in emphatic fashion after inflicting a humiliating defeat on Bayern Munich in their UEFA Cup semi-final second-leg clash at Petrovsky Stadium.

Fiorentina romped to their first UEFA Cup triumph of the Group C campaign with a crushing 6-1 success at home to Elfsborg to go top of the table.

For weeks, no one came forward to apply for the Nuevo Laredo police chief job in Mexico because many saw it as a death sentence.