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Champions League - Manchester United 1 Kyiv Dynamo 0

First Published: Nov 08, 2000

Manchester United did enough to progress to the last sixteen of the Champions League thanks to a Teddy Sheringham goal.

An amazing miss in the 84th minute by Kyiv substitute Demetradze let a sluggish United off the hook though.

He met a low cross from the right in front of goal and unmarked but he steered the ball wide of goal with Barthez beaten.

United had only a David Beckham free kick on target before they took the lead in a move that featured veteran forward Teddy Sheringham three times.

First he whipped a fifty metre high pass into the run of Andy Cole but the striker could not use the space in front of him and the ball held up. Cole knocked the ball behind Ryan Giggs on the left wing and the Welsh star released Cole again into space with a neat back heel. Cole's scuffed cross was swept to to the right of goal by Sheringham to Roy Keane whose low volley was saved by Shovkovski into the path of Sheringham who fell and stabbed the ball in a looping shot over the goalkeeper into the net.

Keane put a half volley on target in the 27th minute but Giggs limped off to be replaced by Quinton Fortune which robbed United of their best attacking option as the winger was dominating the left hand side and was enjoying a lot of space.

This one-sided game continued in the second half with Beckham launching a great 25 metre shot into the far corner but Shovkovski leapt to turn it wide and Beckham flashed another great effort across the face of goal in the 51st minute.

The home fans were nervous and United did not create any clear chances as the game petered out leaving the Demetradze miss to climax the game in United's favour.