SHIN INJURY

Shortly afterwards Chelsea captain John Terry was caught in a tussle with Rooney whose boot caught his shin. He stayed down for several minutes but eventually waved away the stretcher.

It was Rooney who earned United's best chance of the half.

The striker cut through the Chelsea defence from the halfway line in the 22nd minute, wrongfooting Portugal defenders Carvalho and Ferreira before shooting wide with only Petr Cech to beat.

In the dying moments of the half, Manchester United won a corner but England centre back Rio Ferdinand headed over the bar from the floated cross.

Cristiano was also off-target from a free kick just on the edge of the area early in the second half with Manchester United piling on pressure from the whistle.

Chelsea burst back into life on the hour when Drogba chested down a long clearance from Cech into the path of the racing Cole.

The winger rounded England team mate Ferdinand and sped past Mikael Silvestre, before slotting the ball coolly past Netherlands keeper Edwin van der Sar.

In the 73rd minute they put the contest beyond question when Cole jiggled towards the United area and threaded a ball through to Carvalho on the left of the area.

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