FULL-TIME: MAN UTD 7-1 AS ROMA

Three minutes of stoppage time will be played

Yet again a change for AS Roma as Stefano Chuka Okaka comes on for Mancini - meanwhile Ferdinand has gone off for United holding his stomach and gone straight down the tunnel

Aleandro Rosi comes on for Wilhelmsson in another late bizarre change by AS AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti

United have been absolutely magnificent here tonight and even as the match draws to a close are still fighting for every last ball

Van der Sar claims a swerving Totti free-kick at the second attempt as AS AS Roma look to salvage some pride

de Rossi goes off and is replaced by Ricardo Faty

Totti drills another free-kick into a strong defensive wall to yet another cheer from the home crowd

Mexes becomes the latest AS AS Roma player to cynically obstruct Ronaldo and the French defender is booked

MAN UTD 7-1 AS ROMA: Solskjaer squares a pass to EVRA who squeezes a low shot past the despairing keeper and in off the inside of the post

Pizarro delivers a hopeful effort from distance low and straight at Van der Sar who holds with ease

Cassetti is booked for the most cynical challenge you will ever see as he stops Ronaldo by grabbing the winger around his waist

Brown bravely charges down a Vucinic drive from 15 yards as United continue to impress in all areas of the pitch

Kieran Richardson comes on for United with Carrick making way

United again are spraying the ball around with the confidence of a side who has scored six goals on the night

MAN UTD 6-1 AS ROMA: DE ROSSI ruins the party atmosphere with a classy volley after beating Brown to the ball following a Totti cross

United are enjoying all the possession now to the delight of the 'Ole' chants ringing around Old Trafford

Solskjaer lobs the keeper but his effort lands on the roof of the net after a move totalling around 30 passes delights the home crowd - champagne stuff from United

United continue to look dangerous in the final third and AS AS Roma are unsurprisingly a thoroughly beaten side here

Smith has the broadest grin on his face as he takes a Solskjaer pass and lofts a lob on to the roof of the net as United refuse to let up

In the carnival atmosphere sweeping the stadium Giggs earns a huge cheer as he is replaced by Solskjaer

MAN UTD 6-0 AS ROMA: Ronaldo crosses into space at the back post and Heinze cuts the ball back to CARRICK who scores another beauty from 20 yards - what a night for United!

Brown deflects a Mancini shot behind for a corner off his chest and Fletcher clears a flicked header off the line from the flag-kick - that's the closest AS Roma have come so far this evening

Vucinic cuts inside his marker after a one-two with Totti but scuffs his 18-yard shot and Van der Sar holds with ease

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is preparing to come on and is receiving some last minute instruction

Marco Cassetti gets in behind Evra down the AS Roma left but the flag goes up for offside - that's the first time tonight AS Roma have got in behind United

O'Shea is replaced by Patrice Evra with the Irishman signalling a calf injury

Rooney spots the keeper off his line and tries his luck from ten yards inside the United half - the effort drifts wide but it doesn't dampen the mood inside Old Trafford

MAN UTD 5-0 AS ROMA: Giggs again delivers a brilliant cross from the left and after Smith misses it RONALDO is on hand to stab it home from close range

Giggs feeds Rooney who cuts back on to his fight foot and lashes a rising shot from the edge of the box over the bar with a little help from Doni

Totti drills an ambitious 30-yard free-kick wide of the mark as more noise reverberates around Old Trafford

AS AS Roma start this second period looking to salvage something from an unbelievable match

HALF-TIME: MAN UTD 4-0 AS ROMA

The home fans are rocking Old Trafford and rightly so after this sensational first-half display

Totti drives a 30-yard free-kick straight through the defensive wall but right at Van der Sar who bundles it clear

MAN UTD 4-0 AS ROMA: RONALDO is afforded acres of space down the right and he runs at the retreating Chivu before lashing a low shot from the edge of the box between the keeper and his near post - sensational stuff from the tricky winger!

Carrick meets an inswinging Giggs corner with a downward header which Doni beats away at his near post and the same player bundles the rebound wide

Ferdinand is booked for an altercation with Mexes while waiting for a corner

Smith plays a one-two with Giggs then goes down in a heap but doesn't win a foul much to his annoyance

Smith is cautioned for a late lunge on Cristian Chivu on the touchline - that was a typical Smith challenge

Rio Ferdinand runs through the AS Roma half with the ball at his feet and feeds Ronaldo but he drags a 20-yard shot wide of the mark

Ronaldo's 30-yard free-kick takes a deflection off a team-mate and almost wrong-foots Doni but the keeper just about gathers the ball on his line

Totti flicks the ball back to Christian Wilhelmsson inside the box but it bounces away for a goal-kick off his knee

Ronaldo is marginally offside to end another superb flowing move during which Giggs is again outstanding - he is at the heart of all of United's best attacking moves tonight

de Rossi goes down in the box claiming a push from O'Shea but the referee wants none of it and waves play on

Ronaldo cuts inside on to his left-foot and lets rip with a low 20-yard shot which whistles just past the upright - that would have been an absolutely sensational goal

United have visibly taken their foot off the gas as the game enters a scrappy period but after that start they can be forgiven for doing so

de Rossi drills a shot straight at the first defender then Mexes tries his luck from distance with an effort that bounces beyond the far post with Van der Sar covering

AS Roma are beginning to offer more now as an attacking force but is it too late after this sensational start by United?

Giggs almost does it again as he gets in behind the defence and delivers a low cross looking for Smith that the keeper does well to hold

Old Trafford can't believe what has happened. United have been scintillating and absolutely clinical and the Italian side look absolutely shell-shocked

MAN UTD 3-0 AS ROMA: Unbelievable stuff as ROONEY ghosts in front of his marker to guide the ball home from inside the six-yard box after a pinpoint Giggs cross from the right

MAN UTD 2-0 AS ROMA: SMITH doubles the lead as he gets on the end of Giggs' first-time pass after a superb flowing move and picks his spot past Doni from the edge of the box - what a start from United

The referee is allowing for a flowing game as he refuses to whistle despite a number of robust challenges from both teams - the result is a really entertaining encounter

Panucci goes down next to the corner flag under sustained challenge from John O'Shea but the referee rightly waves play on

Old Trafford is in full voice now and it's no surprise as their team have been full of energy and commitment so far

MAN UTD 1-0 AS ROMA: Ronaldo toys with his marker before squaring a pass inside to CARRICK who dinks a superb right-foot shot from 25 yards over Doni and into the middle of the net - the keeper was a long way off his line there and was he punished!

Cristiano Ronaldo finds Smith 25 yards from the AS Roma goal but the striker snatches at a first-time shot which drifts harmlessly wide of the mark

United are tearing around closing down the opposition in what has been an impressive start so far

Wes Brown stands off Francesco Totti and the AS Roma playmaker obliges by dragging a low shot from 20 yards just wide of the upright with Van der Sar sprawling across his line

Doni claims a deflected Giggs cross as United go hammer and tongs at AS AS Roma in the opening stages

Rooney sprints down the left touchline and almost plays in Ryan Giggs with a lovely disguised chipped pass which is blocked by Philippe Mexes

Smith catches Daniele de Rossi with a late tackle that the referee doesn't see - the combative striker is out to make an early impression

Christian Panucci's cross from the left is easy for Edwin Van der Sar who holds under no pressure

Rooney mis-cues an early shot from 18 yards as AS AS Roma look tentative in the opening seconds

United kick-off the first half inside a loud but thankfully trouble-free Old Trafford

Crowd trouble has also reared its ugly head once again with AS AS Roma fans clashing with police outside Old Trafford in the build-up to kick-off – several arrests have reportedly been made

In attack, Louis Saha has failed to shake off a hamstring injury which kept him out of the weekend defeat at Portsmouth so Alan Smith starts alongside Wayne Rooney

Paul Scholes is suspended after his red card in Italy which means Darren Fletcher starts in the centre of midfield alongside Michael Carrick

Sir Alex Ferguson’s side trail 2-1 from an action-packed first encounter at the Stadio Olimpico which was marred by crowd trouble

Manchester United and AS AS Roma lock horns again tonight at Old Trafford in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final