Manchester United successfully complete the European double: on 11 May 2008, United retained the Premier League title with a win over Wigan Athletic. With title rivals Chelsea only able to draw with Bolton Wanderers, United finished the season two points clear. Man utd also reached the European Cup final for the third time in their history, having knocked out such clubs as Barcelona and Roma en-route to the final. Manchester United beat Chelsea 6–5 on penalties in the final in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, after a 1–1 draw in normal time where Cristiano Ronaldo gave Man u the opening goal on 21 May 2008 incidently ronaldo missed a subsequent penalty in the shoot out after extra time, however with goals from wayne rooney, carlos tevez, rio ferdinand and owen hargreves and terrific performance in goal by Van der Sar Manchester united became European champions. With this win, they earned their third European Cup title and kept up their record of never having lost a major European final. Coincidentally, this season marked the 100th year since Manchester United won their first League title, 50 years after the Munich air disaster and 40 years after Manchester United became the first ever English side to win the European Cup, now referred to as the Champions league. The Manugle team - Machester united Search Engine.
