Football: Manchester United v AC Milan | Champions League

All the hype before this match surrounds you know who ... United's former midfielder is back at Old Trafford as a player for the first time since leaving the club in 2003 Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Ronaldinho has rediscovered his form this season, scoring 12 goals for Milan in 27 matches Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk The teams come out in front of the Stretford End ... Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk But David Beckham is left on the bench by his manager, Leonardo, who opts to start with Mathieu Flamini in his stead. The visitors need at least two goals to turn this tie around following a 3-2 reverse at San Siro in the first leg Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk United make a spritely start and Wayne Rooney heads them into the lead from Gary Neville's delightful cross ... Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Eight of Rooney's last nine goals have been with his head – quite a feat considering he'd scored only four in his entire career prior to this season Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Rooney gets smothered by his team-mates as United celebrate increasing their aggregate lead to 4-2 Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Leonardo pleads for calm in the face of desperation Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Antonio Valencia skips past Milan's Czech international Marek Jankulovski Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk United fans continue their protest against the club's American ownership, although anticipation that some supporters would delay their arrival by 10 minutes at the start of the match was unfounded Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Avi Glazer, son of the club's owner Malcolm Glazer, looks unperturbed by the hostility directed at his family Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Ronaldinho slices between Valencia and Neville, but his threatening run proves futile as United take their 1-0 lead into the break Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Ronaldinho clambers on the back of Ji-Sung Park as United continue to hold their opponents at bay ... Park scored United's third goal of the night with a shot from an acute angle after Rooney had poached his and United's second from Nani's outlandish pass barely a minute after the restart Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Rooney forces his way in between Thiago Silva and Daniele Bonera Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Beckham was introduced to a rapturous welcome in the 64th minute; chants of "Fergie, sign him up" resound around Old Trafford. And he soon found himself in familiar territory, taking a set-piece Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Beckham chases Rooney, but the 34-year-old has no hope of catching his England team-mate Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Rooney is denied his hat-trick when he is substituted in the 66th minute Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Stretford End is full of green and gold scarves as the fans continue their protest Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Park Ji-sung and Flamini vie for the ball in midfield Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Rio Ferdinand pushes Marco Borriello off the ball, provoking histrionics from the Italian striker Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Beckham flights one of several teasing crosses into United's penalty box. He is later denied a glorious goal from 25 yards out when Edwin van der Sar fists his volley to safety Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Darren Fletcher shields the ball from Massimo Ambrosini ... Fletcher eventually scores United's fourth goal in the dying stages to seal an emphatic win Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Beckham and Ferdinand shake hands at the end of the match. United's 4-0 win sends them through to the quarter-finals 7-2 on aggregate. Beckham later said of the match: “It was a disappointing night because we lost the game, though of course returning here is always special.” He described the reception he received as "incredible" Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk In a show of unity with the fans, Beckham drapes a green and gold scarf around his neck as he leaves the pitch Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk