1 9 9 6 – 9 7 ▁semi - final s . ▁ ▁The ▁return ▁match ▁with ▁C SK A ▁Moscow ▁was ▁played ▁at ▁Old ▁Tra ff ord ▁two ▁weeks ▁later , ▁on ▁ 3 ▁November . ▁Following ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁son , ▁Wayne ▁Ro oney ▁was ▁dropped ▁to ▁the ▁ben ch , ▁and ▁United ▁had ▁to ▁continue ▁without ▁their ▁first - choice ▁centre - back s , ▁Rio ▁Ferdinand ▁and ▁N eman ja ▁V idi ć . ▁Dim itar ▁Ber bat ov ▁was ▁also ▁absent ▁through ▁injury , ▁meaning ▁that ▁Feder ico ▁M ached a ▁partner ed ▁Michael ▁O wen ▁up ▁front ▁for ▁his ▁first ▁Champions ▁League ▁appearance . ▁After ▁Alan ▁D z ago ev ▁opened ▁the ▁scoring ▁for ▁C SK A ▁with ▁a ▁powerful ▁shot ▁past ▁Van ▁der ▁Sar ▁from ▁a ▁narrow ▁angle ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 5 th ▁minute , ▁O wen ▁equal ised ▁just ▁four ▁minutes ▁later ▁as ▁the ▁ball ▁broke ▁to ▁him ▁in ▁the ▁goal ▁area ▁and ▁he ▁passed ▁it ▁under ▁the ▁adv ancing ▁A kin fe ev . ▁However , ▁C SK A ▁re to ok ▁the ▁lead ▁almost ▁immediately ▁through ▁Mil o š ▁K ras ić , ▁and ▁Vas ili ▁Bere z ut ski ▁double d ▁their ▁lead ▁shortly ▁after ▁half - time . ▁The ▁score ▁remained ▁at ▁ 3 – 1 ▁until ▁the ▁ 8 4 th ▁minute , ▁when ▁Gary ▁Ne ville ▁crossed ▁a ▁free - k ick , ▁which ▁def lect ed ▁off ▁N ani ▁for ▁Paul ▁Sch oles ▁to ▁head