I've got the time so I'll do a recap. 

- Wayne Rooney has been phenomenal this season. Maybe it's cause he's taking on the responsibility of the goals, maybe he's getting into the right places, maybe the crosses are finding him. Whatever it is I hope it stays that way. 

- Park Ji-Sung has more than one oxygen tank. You can tell that his position at the start of the game is the hole behind the striker. 1 minute after that though and he's everywhere. 

- Every game that Valencia plays is another memory of Ronaldo that I lose. This kid is freaky fast. Maybe it's unjust to compare him to the old Milan backline but he was torturing them all night long.

More after the jump.

Why we won the game:

- Milan came to score so that made it an open game and open games are what United are suited for. Interestingly at the we had 41% possession but it still looked like we were dominating. We had the most chances by far.

- The midfielders tracked back. We practically crowded out our own penalty box while defending. Valencia tracked back (and Nani to some extent except he doesn't defend well), got the ball, and bam off he went again on the attack. Ronaldinho and Pirlo though didn't seem interested.

- Conservative Milan play. I noticed that a lot of Milan attacks came via the middle. Example would be Seedorf trying to plug a through-ball from the middle. Either it's too crowded and the striker gives it back to him (rendering the attack useless since a midfielder would be hard on Seedorf the next time) or the defense reads it and gets rid of it. 

- We dominated the wings. In my opinion if you're up against Gary Neville, you have to burst by him. Ronaldinho did none of that. There was no inkling of trying to go to the byline and whip it in. Neville did really well. 3 attacking crosses, 1 goal. Not too shabby.

Extra thoughts

- I think we have to consign ourselves to watching the 4-5-1. This perplexes me but time and again it works. I'll tell you why it perplexes me though. We bought Berbatov for $30 million. We know that he drops deep and hence takes himself out of the attack everytime he does that. So why play him in a 4-5-1? Effectively it becomes a 4-6 with the wingers playing an advanced role. I know people may not agree so I'm open to debate.

- Paul Scholes still can't tackle. Brilliant everywhere else (great set up for Park) but man oh man the tackles!

- Funny how the stadium roared when Beckham came on but got booed when he took his first touch.

- Christian Abbiatti looks like the most disinterested keeper in the world. Looked like Zydrunas Ilgauskas to me.

- Real Madrid are out of the CL. Shame. Would've loved a Ronaldo return.