I love that of "great Real Madrid.."

Natalio A. Ganivet , Almería, Spain

As a United fan I have to say that of course I would like to see us winning with more possesion, style and flair, but trying to play this way in Europe has cost us so many times in the past that I'll happily settle 4 how it was done last night.

Liverpool fans don't mind getting there this way...!

David, Belfast, Northern Ireland

ah the press those experts on all who would bad mouth a great player like scoles but fawn over a show pony like ronaldo
last night proved who the true great is. if ronaldo applied
himself like scoles & teves he may yet prove to be great but for now he is a long way off true world class

seamus , dublin, ireland

"The art of European football is winning". Surely the whole point of football is to win? The debate about aesthetics is maybe parallel but mostly secondary to winning. Some proof, last season and this season no trophies for Arsenal or Barcelona!! Well done to man utd. Hope they get pool get beat!!

Sephry, London, UK

Possession:
Manchester Utd - 38%
Barcelona - 62%

Attempts on goal last night:
Manchester Utd - 7
Barcelona - 7

The art to winning football games is scoring goals, Utd scored, barcelona didn't, Utd deserved to win!

Follow, follow, follow...

Tom, Sheffield,

@ cotumely
Do you actually think of yourself as "a neutral"? Clearly, you're an ABU & bitter United are in the final. If you think the main point about Scholes is his poor challenges - not his sublime passing & vision & his modesty on & off the field - I don't think you even like football that much

TS, Norwich, UK

D. Dent I sympathize with your view. Up until the goal, created by the otherwise excellent Zambrotta, Utd were chasing shadows. Thats not football folks- I can get my dog to do that for goodness sake!

Stephen Manick, Port of Spain, Trinidad

yeah d dent eto was brilliant wasn't he? or have you contracted selective myopia- unfortunately the one statisitic that matters is the score. In terms of a game messi was great but the object of a game of football is to score goals lest we forget.

paddy, manchester, uk

Barcelona far better? If the objective of the game is to cling on to the ball & pass it around the 18yard box perhaps yes but last time i watched football the team taking their chances & scoring the most goals turned out to be the team going through!

Well passed Barca, well played United!

Quentin, VDBP, Pretoria, South Africa

To say that neutral fans should be thrilled with Scholes's winner, shows yet again how out-of-touch journalists are.

Nobody I know who goes regularly to football would be pleased with that, especially as Scholes is such a thug on the pitch.

Ronaldo was anonymous once again in a big match.

cotumely, london,

park was immense last night fair play. good team effort. not the possession that barca had but it dóesn´t matter. you have to score the goals! if it´s chelsea moscow will feel like a home game for them!!!

matty, frankfurt, germany

At the end of the day, Messi can dance around with the ball all game. Unless his slow minded team mates had sorted out some support for him then Barca wouldn't have got anywhere.

The aim of the game isn't to look pretty, it is to score goals. Hope we get Liverpool.

Rob, Bromsgrove, UK

Utd didn't mind letting Barca have the ball as they didn't exactly slice Utd open when they had it.
Superb defensive display, led by Tevez, what a performance!

Chris C, Zurich,

Mr Dent, Barcelona had more possession, but the winning team is the one who scores more goals. United's defenders were absolutely magnificent last night, Wes Brown played the match of his life, Ferdinand and Evra were brilliant too.
I wasn't embarrassed, I was, and remain, really proud of them.

susan coyle, powfoot, scotland

D Dent commented "Barcelona were far better and neutrals know it". The art of European football is winning!!! it takes a piece of magic from one talented player to do just that. Messi, for all of his sublime skill, just couldn't cut it. Utd deserve their finals place. It's about winning.

Dave, Melbourne, Australia

Sorry, don't agree with neutrals that Barca was the better team. They played to keep possession, not to score. Look at their possession-driven build-up at every turn of the game. They were so slow and this allowed Man United to re-group and defend solidly their slim victory margin.

Johan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Well im clearly not a 'decent' fan then as i detest Man United and was disappointed with their victory. Scholes may not be the chief whinger in the club, but i still would prefer to see him yellow and red carded for his continual late tackles than scoring an important goal. i make no apology.

Tim, Seoul, Korea

Mr. Dent seems to forget that possession is great but you need to do something with it. With the exception of Messi, Barcelona never looked incisive and the number of real chances was less than that by Utd. Like Arsenal, they sometimes forget that how you score matters less than actually scoring.

Neil Virani, Georgetown via Wilmslow, Cayman Islands

whatever any body says about the style of play or amount of possession, the challenge is for the other team (s) to score more goals and snatch victory out of them.
well done and well deserved
ps. i still don't know what fletcher is doing in that man u or team scotland

yacine, aberdeen, scotland

Embarrasingly outplayed? I don't think so.

Ian Thomson, Houston, United States

Utd were dominanted again last night, having only 38% possesion at home.

Over two legs they were embarrasingly outplayed. What sort of game has everyone been watching here? It would appear most commentators have become as myopic as Ferguson.

Barcelona were far better and neutrals know it.

D.Dent, Ipswich,

What a good team performance. We didn't even look like conceeding even though it got tight at the end! Scholes showed that his playing does the talking, and so do his goals.

Micky, Brisbane, Australia