Player Ratings: Zenit St Petersburg - Manchester United

ZENIT ST PETERSBURG

Vyacheslav Malafeev - 7 Saved well and kept the Russian side in the game late on in the match. Tevez fed a cross into John O'Shea who headed goalward but the Malafeev palmed it into safety.

Aleksandr Anyukov - 7 Attacked well from his defensive position and caused United's left line trouble. Sound pass and movement.

Ivica Križanac - 7 Forced Edwin Van der Sar into an instinctive save from close range.

Sébastien Puygrenier - 7 Marked well, along with many of the Zenit defence, forcing United into extravagent long-range shots. None of which paid off.

Radek Šírl - 7 Was exposed on occasion and allowed numerous passes from Paul Scholes and Darren Fletcher to find their target ten yards ahead of an oncoming Carlos Tevez, but got forward well.

Tymoschuck - 7.5 Shielded his defence admirably. Made some crunching tackles, with one on Rooney early on in the game that got the Russian support cheering. Got forward and had some good efforts on goal but never neglected his defensive duties.

Konstantin Zyryanov - 7 Was a constant threat to United's defence and his link-up play with Aleksandr Anyukov was particularly troublesome.

Igor Denisov - 8 About ten minutes from time he embarked on a great solo run that had three Manc defenders worried as they tried to triangle him to see him off the ball. Good assist for Zenit's first.

Danny Alves - 8.5 Made some clever runs, well taken goal for Zenit's second.

Dominguez - 7 Struck a nice free-kick in the first half that worried Edwin Van der Sar and had him scrambling.

Pavel Pogrebnyak - 8.5 Showed his class with some good efforts on goal. A typical poacher as displayed with his head on goal just before half-time. Linked-up well with his team-mates.


Substitutes

Andrei Arshavin - 7

Roman Shirokov - 6

Vladimir Radimov - 6



MANCHESTER UNITED

Edwin Van der Sar - 7 Made a number of crucial blocks. Intercepted a Krizanoc shot from a clever free-kick, and parried a Danny shot into safety late in the second half.

Gary Neville - 5.5 Played okay at the start, but seemed to lack energy and left gaps in defence. Seemed to lack match-fitness.

Rio Ferdinand - 6 A lacklustre display and typified a United side that looked disinterested. Was not his usual commanding self that Premier League fans are used to.

Nemanja Vidic - 6 Was late in the challenge for Zenit's second goal, but linked up well with Ferdiand to block out a Pogrebnyak strike early on.

Patrice Evra - 5 Exposed throughout the first half. Zenit's one-two play constantly caught out the French full-back.

Darren Fletcher - 6 Threaded some clever balls to Carlos Tevez down the right hand flank on occasion.

Paul Scholes - 1 Clearly punched the ball into the net in order to steal a draw. Was issued a second yellow card and a one game suspension, but should have been awarded the straight red. Can be a truly great player but once again showed the ethic of when the going gets tough, cheat.

Anderson Abreu - 6 Looked tired and was substituted. Constituted a quarter of a United midfield that failed to turn up for the occasion.

Nani - 5 Very ineffective and made some bad choices. Seems like a similar player to the Cristiano Ronaldo of five years ago. If he develops at the same rate then he would be a great buy, but he needs to work very hard on his final decisions.

Wayne Rooney - 6 Started the game with a firm hold and was disciplined in not dropping back, but came into midfield for the second half. Had one notable attempt at goal in the opening 45 but couldn't get the ball out of his feet.

Carlos Tevez - 8 Never stopped running. His work-rate is commendable, and was one of the few Manchester United players that didn't treat the competition like a curtain-raiser.


Substitutes

John O'Shea - 6

Park - 6

Wes Brown - 6