Dejected United leave Rome in ruins | Night to remember for Barcelona | Ronaldo and Co lose their way | Debate: Did Ferguson get his tactics wrong? | How Barcelona rated | How United rated | How the action unfolded | Rooney: we lost to best team | Henry reaps reward with new friends | Simon Barnes | Patrick Barclay | Giles Smith | Tony Cascarino | Key moments | Graphic: errors cost United dear

92 mins: FULL TIME Barcelona 2 United 0 Messi 1 Ronaldo 0. Look on the bright side - at least United won't have to go to Abu Dhabi for the World Club Cup in January.

89 mins: United ratings: E Van der Sar 6 – J O’Shea 5, R Ferdinand 4, N Vidic 4, P Evra 6 – Anderson 3, M Carrick 4, R Giggs 4 - Park Ji Sung 4, C Ronaldo 5, W Rooney 6.

Not going to bother with Barcelona: they're about to lift the European Cup and they're about to win The Treble - that's all you need to know.

85 mins: Where's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer when you need him? Where's Teddy Sheringham? Half chance for Berbatov but he heads over the bar from close range.

80 mins: Bad night at the office for United. They started well, but fell apart as soon as Barcelona scored. Anderson and Giggs had shockers, Vidic and Ferdinand have been given the runaround and Berbatov and Tevez have been anonymous. Who's idea was it to play in all-white? Against Barcelona?

78 mins: Ronaldo is booked for barging into Puyol. Scholes is booked for a late tackle on Busquets.

74 mins: Scholes replaces Giggs. Fergie's looking shellshocked - the man who doesn't lose finals is losing 2-0.

71 mins: Keita replaces Henry. Scholes is getting ready to come on.

70 mins: Barcelona 2 United 0 Messi beats Van der Sar with a powerful far-post header. Where was Ferdinand? Where was O'Shea? Nowhere. Great cross by Xavi, though.

69 mins: Keita getting ready to come on for Barcelona.

65 mins: Berbatov replaces Park. Ronaldo goes up for a header with Puyol and the Spain defender falls over holding his head. Fergie is on his feet and he's directing operations from his technical area. Maybe that will work - nothing else has.