▁they ▁were ▁without ▁Ryan ▁G ig gs , ▁Pat rice ▁Ev ra , ▁Park ▁Ji - s ung , ▁Dar ren ▁F let cher ▁and ▁Wayne ▁Ro oney , ▁who ▁were ▁all ▁un available ▁due ▁to ▁injury . ▁The ▁stad ium ' s ▁artificial ▁pitch ▁had ▁caused ▁some ▁concern ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁game , ▁but ▁although ▁C SK A ▁were ▁more ▁used ▁to ▁the ▁surface , ▁United ▁also ▁settled ▁on ▁the ▁un famil iar ▁tur f ▁and ▁the ▁match ▁became ▁c age y , ▁resulting ▁in ▁a ▁go all ess ▁first ▁half . ▁The ▁match ▁remained ▁go all ess ▁until ▁the ▁ 8 6 th ▁minute , ▁when ▁Antonio ▁Val encia ▁fired ▁a ▁shot ▁past ▁C SK A ▁goal keeper ▁Ig or ▁A kin fe ev ▁to ▁secure ▁a ▁ 1 – 0 ▁win . ▁The ▁ball ▁was ▁f lick ed ▁on ▁to ▁Val encia ▁from ▁N ani ' s ▁left - wing ▁cross ▁by ▁Dim itar ▁Ber bat ov , ▁and ▁the ▁E cuador ian ' s ▁shot ▁was ▁too ▁powerful ▁to ▁stop . ▁The ▁result ▁gave ▁United ▁their ▁first ▁win ▁in ▁six ▁matches ▁against ▁Russian ▁opposition . ▁It ▁also ▁maintained ▁their ▁un be aten ▁away ▁record ▁in ▁the ▁UEFA ▁Champions ▁League , ▁which ▁stretch ed ▁back ▁ 1 4 ▁matches ▁to ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁when ▁they ▁lost ▁to ▁Milan ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final s . ▁The ▁stre ak ▁drew ▁United ▁level ▁with ▁Ajax , ▁whose ▁stre ak ▁was ▁ended ▁by ▁Ju vent us ▁in ▁the ▁