Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea (United win 6-5 on penalties) – Champions League final, May 21, 2008:
A match that had everything, as befits the final of Europe’s premier club competition, with goals, fights, red cards, extra time and then of course the inevitable drama of a penalty shootout to cap the evening off.
United took the lead when who else but Cristiano Ronaldo rose highest at the far post to head Wes Brown’s centre past Petr Cech, only for the evergreen Frank Lampard to level matters up at the break.
But despite Chelsea dominating after the break, the match then went into 30 minute of extra time, with the only noteworthy incident being Didier Drogba’s dismissal after the Ivorian had slapped Nemanja Vidic.
And yet there was still more drama to come in the shootout as first Ronaldo saw his effort saved by Cech, only for Blues skipper John Terry to then slip as he attempted to win the trophy with the final spot kick, meaning sudden death.
However, after Nicolas Anelka was then denied by Edwin van der Sar, it was United who were crowned kings of Europe for the third time.