Clinical United safely through to Wembley
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Manchester United's Oliveira Anderson celebrates after scoring his second goal during their Champions League semi-final second leg soccer match against Schalke 04 at Old Trafford in Manchester, May 4, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) |
Anderson scored twice as Sir Alex Ferguson's side completed a comfortable aggregate victory to set up a repeat of the 2009 final in London on 28 May.
United, holding a two-goal lead from the first leg of the semi-final in Germany, were never in danger of surrendering their advantage at Old Trafford and ran out comfortable winners - presenting the possibility of revenge for their defeat at the hands of Barca boss Pep Guardiola and his side in the 2009 final in Rome.
Antonio Valencia and Darron Gibson scored inside the opening third to turn Schalke's already herculean task into a mission impossible. Although José Manuel Jurado replied before the break, Anderson's second-half double sealed a 6-1 aggregate triumph.
Now Ferguson must turn his attention to claiming United's record 19th domestic title - but also devising a plan to ensure the torture his team suffered on what he called Barcelona's passing "carousel" is not repeated at Wembley on 28 May.
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