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Crespo makes Carroll pay

AFP, Manchester
Manchester United's hopes of reclaiming the Champions League trophy were dealt a crushing blow after a blunder by goalkeeper Roy Carroll gifted AC Milan a 1-0 victory at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
Having dominated for long periods and enjoyed by far the clearer chances, Sir Alex Ferguson's side found all their good work undone 12 minutes from time, when Carroll spilled a shot from Clarence Seedorf into the path of Hernan Crespo.
The Argentinian gratefully smashed the ball into the net to give the Italians a precious first leg lead in the first round knockout tie that United will be hard pressed to overturn in the San Siro in two weeks' time.
For Ferguson it was a night that bore unpleasant similarities to last season's meeting with FC Porto at the same stage, when an error by his then-number one keeper, Tim Howard, sent his side out of the tournament.
However Ferguson said it wasn't just down to Carroll.
"We should have closed them down earlier in the move," said the Scot.
Ferguson bemoaned the fact that United hadn't taken their chances.
"We lacked composure in front of goal and snatched at our chances," he said.
"We got hemmed in round their area and couldn't get the ball into the net and then started making mistakes by giving the ball away."
However, Ferguson said the 1999 Champions League winners could still turn the tie around.
"We always attack so goals can come, but we must make sure we don't make mistakes," he said
Ferguson was also delighted at the return of Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who came on in the second-half after an absence of 20 games because of injury.
"It was important to give him some play and he will be more match fit come the second leg," said Ferguson.
Milan could justifiably claim to have deserved their win, having come close to scoring as early as the eighth minute, when Seedorf's free-kick clipped the top of the crossbar with Carroll well beaten.
But it was United who enjoyed the better opportunities to score, particularly in the first half, when Paul Scholes uncharacteristically blasted wide from 15 yards out and the otherwise outstanding Quinton Fortune saw an effort slip inches to the wrong side of the post.
Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti admitted his side had been under pressure at times, but added: "By and large we were able to control the game by keeping possession and dictating the pace. In this type of match you can't expect lots and lots of chances, it always boils down to three or four and both sides had them."
Having maintained the suspense until the last moment, Ferguson finally opted to keep van Nistelrooy on the bench, opting instead for the mobility of Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs in a three-pronged attack.
It was a tactic clearly designed to expose the advancing years of a Milan defence that was deprived of
the services of United old boy Jaap Stam after he injured himself in the warm-up.
The opening jabs were evenly matched.
Scholes and Rui Costa both firing wide from good shooting positions before Milan landed the first serious punch through Seedorf, whose eighth-minute free-kick grazed the top of the crossbar.
But it was United who enjoyed the first clear cut chance, courtesy of Fortune.
The South African demonstrated why he began his career as a winger as he skipped past Alessandro Nesta on the left of the box before presenting Scholes with a free shot from 15 yards that the former England midfielder pulled wide of the target.
Milan had another let off just
before the half hour mark when Nesta's throat-high tackle stopped Giggs from breaking into the box.
The dangerous challenge earned Italy's top defender a yellow card but United were unable to inflict further punishment, Rooney blasting the free-kick into the wall.
Ferguson's judgement that Milan would be vulnerable to pace was vindicated as half-time approached with Ronaldo gathered a Gary Neville clearance on the edge of his own box and burst clear on the right.
The Portuguese winger's pass-cum-cross found Fortune sprinting through the middle but the South African, having gathered the ball at full stretch on the edge of the area, jabbed his shot inches wide of the post as Milan's Brazilian goalkeeper Dida closed him down.
United continued to dominate
territorially after the break. But openings were scarce and the best of them fell to the visitors.
After neat work by Rui Costa inside the United box, Crespo was given a clear sight of goal but the Argentinian hesitated for a second and Wes Brown was able to get in a brave block.
Pressure from Brown contributed to Crespo wasting another half chance but the Argentinian, an expensive flop at Chelsea, finally found the net with 12 minutes left.
By then United had introduced van Nistelrooy but even the prolific Dutchman was unable to deny Milan their victory.