CL Final 2011 at Wembley. We won the PL quite comfortably and our route to final was a breeze. I knew, we were up against it versus Barcelona, but the gulf was so big, it was a really humbling experience.
Rome hurt too, but we had our moments in that match. Early on Park had a massive chance, Ronaldo also hit the post. They capitalized on the break with Vidic slip and VDS wrong-footed. From there on, they controlled the game. We didn't do too bad once Scholes came on, enjoyed 52% possession in 2nd half (49% overall in the match) but just didn't get the right break. 2 years later was vastly different, we basically didn't fashion any chances. Had only 33% possession and Barcelona basically had their way with us.
Honorable mentions to:
FA Cup Final 2005: feck Arsenal and feck Vieira, that's it.
CL QF 09/10: This match cemented Carrick as a giant pussy in my eyes. Was never able to impose himself in big matches. We threw away a 3-0 lead, and a chance at making another CL Final. We had Lyon waiting for us in the SF.
The Nani red card against Real Madrid always stands out for me. Really thought we had it that year, and felt we were controlling the game up until that point. Lost our heads completely, and ultimately lost Sir Alex at the end of the season. Would have loved to have seen him go out with another Champions League.
Ugh, brings back horrible memories even today.
I see plenty of these takes for that particular year and it doesn't make sense to me. Our team that year wasn't really special. Bayern were invincible that year, no one was beating them.
