Man United advances after late 3-3 draw with CSKA

Man United advances after late 3-3 draw with CSKA

Published Nov. 4, 2009 1:35 a.m. ET

Manchester United scored twice in the last six minutes Tuesday to reach the next round of the Champions League with a 3-3 draw against CSKA Moscow.


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Alan Dzagoev put CSKA ahead in the 25th minute and, although Michael Owen equalized, Milos Krasnic made it 2-1 before Aleksei Berezutski scored at the start of the second half against a home side defending poorly.

United manager Alex Ferguson, who had rested several key players, introduced Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra for the last half hour and was rewarded with goals by Paul Scholes and Antonio Valencia.

Scholes scored with a header in the 86th before Valencia equalized in injury time with a deflected shot to put United into the knockout round with two games remaining.

United tops Group B with 10 points, six more than CSKA, whose goalkeeper, Igor Akinfeev, stopped efforts by Scholes, Owen and Rooney in a standout performance.

"Their goalkeeper made some fantastic saves," Ferguson said. "We lost three goals at home and you don't like that.

"But I can't believe how many chances we did create."

But CSKA scored from almost its first real attack.

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