93 mins: FULL TIME ARSENAL 1 (1) UNITED 3 (4) Thousands of empty seats at the Emirates Stadium as Ferguson and Wenger shake hands on the touchline. United are going to Rome to try and become the first club to retain the European Cup in the Champions League era. Arsenal's season has just ended with a whimper.

85 mins: Yellow card for Eboue for innocuous challenge on Park. Ronaldo tries his luck again from 30 yards but the Portugal winger just misses the target.

79 mins: Gary Neville and Paul Scholes head for the United dressing room to console Fletcher. Arsenal substitution: C Vela for Van Persie. Yellow card for Adebayor for nasty challenge on Michael Carrick.

75 mins: ARSENAL 1 UNITED 3 Van Persie makes no mistake from the penalty spot. Arsenal need another four goals.

74 mins: RED CARD Darren Fletcher sent off. The Scotland midfield player makes a great tackle on Fabregas in the penalty area but he will miss the final - if United get there - after Roberto Rosetti, the Italian referee, shows him a straight red card.

72 mins: Arsenal fans are heading for the exits as Bendtner hits the side netting with a right-foot strike from inside the area.

67 mins: Prices of flights to Rome rocket as United fans log on to book flights for the final on May 27. Yellow card for Nasri, who will miss Arsenal's next European match.

64 mins: Van Persie shows what he is capable of for the first time tonight with a ferocious left-foot strike from the edge of the penalty area which is beaten out by Van der Sar. United substitutions: R Da Silva for Evra, D Berbatov for Rooney.

61 mins: ARSENAL 0 UNITED 3 United break from defending a corner and Ronaldo makes it 3-0 on the night by beating Almunia from close range after good work by Park and Rooney. That's Ronaldo's 25th goal of the season. Beckham is celebrating in his seat. United substitution: Giggs for Anderson. Arsenal substitution: Bendtner for Walcott.

60 mins: Arsenal have finall started applying some pressure. United are nearly caught out by a clever corner routine but Nasri's right-foot strike from the edge of the penalty area is charged down.

55 mins: Nicklas Bendtner is warming up as United fans start chanting "This is so expletive deleted easy". Ryan Giggs is warming up for United. Arsenal looking ragged and dispirited.

51 mins: Park releases Ronaldo and the Portugal winger cuts inside from the right and forces Almunia into making another eyecatching save low to his left. Ferguson decided to start with Ronaldo in the middle because he wanted to stretch the Arsenal defence and that is exactly what Ronaldo is doing.