The best team lost, concedes Mourinho

Jose Mourinho admitted the better team lost, and appeared to offer Alex Ferguson an apology, as Real Madrid celebrated reaching the Champions League quarter-finals last night.

Cristiano Ronaldo came back to haunt his former employers by scoring the winner after Luka Modric had cancelled out Sergio Ramos’ own goal.

However the main talking point was the controversial dismissal of Nani for a second-half foul on Alvaro Arbeloa when United were 1-0 up.