FULL-TIME: FC COPENHAGEN 1-0 MAN UTD

Ronaldo is on hand at the back post to roll the ball home after Rooney's shot is deflected into his path but the United winger is well offside

Solskjaer hobbles off with what looks like a hamstring injury and that could be big blow for United in the coming weeks

Three minutes of stoppage time will be added

FC Copenhagen are just seconds away from a famous victory now and United only have themselves to blame after a lacklustre display

Allback goes off to a huge cheer and is replaced by Dan Thomassen for the final few seconds

Solskjaer turns away from his marker on the edge of the box and tees up Carrick but he slips at the vital moment and a shooting chance goes begging

The home fans can sense a famous victory but they are not there yet

United are building and Sir Alex looks far from happy on the sidelines - this really would be a huge upset

Christiansen races off his line to block Scholes' attempted lob from a brilliant Rooney angled pass

Ronaldo then talks his way into the book for arguing with the referee

Ronaldo takes a tumble in the box when lining up to meet a cross but despite his gesticulations the referee turns away

Patrice Evra replaces Heinze as United make a third and final change

Ronaldo out-paces Gravgaard down the wing and cuts inside but his low shot is held by the keeper

If anything it is the home side who look the more likely scorers here as United continue to labour

Allback is marginally offside as he gets in behind the United defence but it was very close

FC COPENHAGEN 1-0 MAN UTD: United fail to deal with a corner and when Hutchinson nods the ball towards goal ALLBACK is on hand to bundle it over the line

Paul Scholes also comes on for United with Fletcher making way

Silberbauer is replaced by William Kvist for FC Copenhagen

Rooney turns the ball into the path of Solskjaer whose low shot from the edge of the box is deflected and dribbles the wrong side of the upright with the keeper stranded

Fredrik Berglund comes on for Bergvold for the home side

Jacobsen beats Brown all ends up but his low cross is pounced on by Van der Sar in the six-yard box

Heinze looks up and delivers an early cross for Rooney who gets up but steers his 12-yard header wide of the mark

Brown delivers a cross from the right but not for the first time tonight it lacks any sort of accuracy and the keeper claims under no pressure

United are building a head of steam here but as yet they've not really forced Christiansen into a top save

Rooney is furious with the referee as he goes down in a heap on the edge of the box but the official waves play on

United haven't been at their fluent best here tonight but there is still time

O'Shea arrives late in the box but steers Solskjaer's cut back a few yards wide - that was United's best chance of the night so far

Hutchinson arrives unmarked at the near post but his header is poor and loops well wide

Solskjaer is allowed to control a Brown cross just inside the box but his near post shot is straight at the keeper who holds

Ronaldo breaks with pace through the middle and looks to feed Solskjaer who would have had a simple chance but the pass is slightly too strong and the keeper claims bravely

Gravgaard gets up to meet a deep corner but Van der Sar claims the ball after it bounces up off the turf

Rio Ferdinand has replaced Vidic at the interval

United begin the second half with the game all square

HALF-TIME: FC COPENHAGEN 0-0 MAN UTD

It has been a fairly even first half with United yet to find top gear and Copenhagen perhaps lacking a little bit of guile in the final third

Tobias Linderoth tries to pick out Hutchinson with a pinpoint pass in behind United but with Van der Sar racing off his line the flag goes up for offside

Ronaldo shows good awareness to chase back and help out Mikael Silvestre who was under pressure from Hutchinson

Fletcher delivers a cross but Rooney and Solskjaer are too close to each other and Copenhagen tidy up with ease

Carrick tries his luck from 25 yards but his low effort is blocked by Norregaard on the edge of the penalty area

Ronaldo is lucky not to see yellow for a nibble at the heels of Silberbauer after the United man had lost the ball in midfield

Christiansen sells Rooney a dummy in the box and wins loud cheers from the home fans for that neat piece of footwork

Rooney shows no fear as he collides with goalkeeper Jesper Christiansen when attempting to chase down a long Van der Sar clearance

Darren Fletcher lifts the ball over the advanced Copenhagen defence looking for Ronaldo who is flagged offside

Brown comes across to read the danger and head clear a long pass played in behind the United central defenders

Hangeland is the first name in the book for a lunge at Rooney

Solskjaer dummies and tricks everybody including Rooney who would have had a sight of goal had he read his team-mate's intentions just inside the penalty area

Rooney runs in front of his marker and loops a header over the bar from Wes Brown's hopeful cross

Michael Silberbauer is denied by Van der Sar at the base of his near post from a long-range low drive

Rooney looks to dink in a pass for Solskjaer beyond the last defender but it's slightly over-hit and cleared

Vidic loses the flight of the ball from the goalkeeper's clearance but luckily for the big defender Van der Sar comes racing out and hoofs it clear

Hjalte Bo Norregaard brings down Ronaldo in the centre circle and is perhaps lucky not to be cautioned as United were breaking with promise

Lars Jacobsen delivers a deep cross that really should have been met as Vidic was caught cold at the back post

Michael Carrick almost prods a first-time pass through to Heinze who had crept past the last defender but it is picked off by a Copenhagen defender

Heinze feeds Rooney who cuts inside and drills a low shot right down the keeper's throat - United are beginning to find their rhythm now

Gabriel Heinze now pumps the ball forward but that's too strong for Wayne Rooney and the keeper gathers with ease

Atiba Hutchinson goes down rather easily on the left touchline but the free-kick is over-hit and Van der Sar cleans up

Vidic looks for a long ball over the top but both Cristiano Ronaldo and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer are offside - that's United first attacking move

Sir Alex has named a side that contains plenty of height and it's easy to see why as a bunch of Copenhagen giants line up to try and win the ball from an attacking corner

United are being pinned back in their own half but it's very early days

The home team have started at a high tempo here as Marcus Allback tries to out-muscle Nemanja Vidic but Edwin Van der Sar is alert and claims

FC Copenhagen start the game on a patchy looking pitch

The visitors though are without Louis Saha, Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs who all have slight injury problems and have not been risked

United won the first meeting of these two sides with a comfortable 3-0 victory in Manchester two weeks ago

Victory would confirm United’s place in the knockout stages of the competition as Sir Alex Ferguson’s side have won their opening three games in Group F

Manchester United travel to Denmark tonight to take on FC Copenhagen in a potentially decisive Champions League encounter