Vidic did not play in the match at Old Trafford. Back 4 of O’Shea, Brown, Heinze, Evra. They were bossing us until Gattuso got injured and was replaced by Brocchi, and we could open them up more easily.
Vidic came back for the second leg (he’d been out with a broken collar bone), Heinze moved to left back and Evra didn’t play, but Kaka’s pace troubled him. We really missed Rio in both of those games, he had the combo of pace and strength to match kaka as much as one could that year, and his back wasn’t starting to go yet (which saw him lose more physical duels, like against Torres at Anfield in 09)