▁ 1 5 ▁September . ▁Paul ▁Sch oles ▁head ed ▁in ▁the ▁winning ▁goal ▁in ▁the ▁ 7 7 th ▁minute ▁after ▁N ani ' s ▁shot ▁had ▁been ▁saved ▁by ▁H ak an ▁Ar ı kan . ▁The ▁Portuguese ▁w inger ▁cut ▁inside ▁off ▁the ▁left ▁wing , ▁hit ▁a ▁shot ▁that ▁was ▁too ▁hot ▁for ▁the ▁Be ş ik ta ş ▁goal keeper ▁to ▁handle ▁and ▁the ▁ball ▁reb ounded ▁into ▁the ▁path ▁of ▁Sch oles , ▁whose ▁header ▁went ▁in ▁off ▁the ▁post . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁next ▁match , ▁two ▁weeks ▁later , ▁United ▁played ▁host ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁champions , ▁Wolf s burg , ▁at ▁Old ▁Tra ff ord . ▁Wolf s burg ▁began ▁the ▁game ▁strongly , ▁impos ing ▁themselves ▁phys ically ▁on ▁the ▁pitch , ▁but ▁although ▁United ▁had ▁the ▁upper ▁hand ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁half , ▁the ▁teams ▁went ▁into ▁the ▁half - time ▁interval ▁at ▁ 0 – 0 . ▁After ▁the ▁break , ▁United ▁continued ▁to ▁create ▁ch ances , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁Wolf s burg ▁who ▁got ▁the ▁opening ▁goal ▁through ▁stri ker ▁Ed in ▁D ž ek o . ▁Michael ▁Car rick ▁committed ▁a ▁f oul ▁on ▁the ▁edge ▁of ▁his ▁penalty ▁area , ▁but ▁the ▁ref eree ▁allowed ▁play ▁to ▁continue ▁as ▁Wolf s burg ▁were ▁still ▁in ▁possession . ▁The ▁ball ▁was ▁crossed ▁in ▁by ▁Mak oto ▁H ase be ▁and ▁D ž ek o ▁rose ▁above ▁Pat rice ▁Ev ra ▁at ▁the ▁far ▁post ▁to ▁head