Cambiasso was involved in three of Inter’s best chances: the two crosses dummied by Ibra and the chest. When he missed, I couldn’t help but think of the Wizard of Oz. If I only had a heart….

And no, the penalty I had in mind was for hands by Evans, I think it was, on Maicon’s run in the second half. Agreed on the refereeing, though it has to be said that Inter were fouling a lot in the first half.

But the fact that Ronaldo had two close-range and essentially unmarked headers is a pretty strong argument by itself against the idea that Inter had better chances. I can only remember two really good chances from Inter all night, the one Adriano bungled right after half-time and the Cambiasso chest-bump. There were a few good crosses and dangerous passes, but they didn’t exactly put van der Sar through the paces the way Man Utd did César.

Just off the top of my head, United had the two Ronaldo headers, Ryan Giggs’s one-on-one with César after the missed tackle from Rivas, several close free-kicks (including one that was only stopped by a basically lucky save from César at the end of the game), at least one decent header from Berbatov, and that Ronaldo cross around the 70th minute that missed the outstretched Park and an easy goal by about an inch.

I agree about the penalty (I assume you’re talking about the Rio’s-hand-on-Adriano’s-back moment), though it would have been on the soft side. I’d go further and say that the officiating generally favored Man Utd all night—apart from the random yellow for Rooney, all the questionable decisions seemed to go against Inter, and there were a few moments where the players basically stopped playing after an obvious Man Utd foul only to restart in a hurry when they realized there hadn’t been a whistle. Mourinho wasn’t totally wrong to complain.