Galatasaray 1-0 Man Utd

second-half header from Burak
Yilmaz condemned Manchester United
to a 1-0 away defeat to Galatasaray in
the UEFA Champions League.
Yilmaz climbed highest to meet a 54th-
minute corner to inflict upon United
their first defeat in Group H.
With United having already qualified as
group winners, the win leaves
Galatasaray hanging on to second spot
before the final matchday in a
fortnight.
With top spot already secure, Sir Alex
Ferguson left many of his stars at
home, with Nick Powell handed his first
European start and a welcome return
for Phil Jones after a knee injury.
The hosts had the better of the early
exchanges, with Anders Lindegaard
keeping out Yilmaz's drive from
distance, before the Turkish forward
headed over when unmarked midway
through the first half.
United grew into the game and came
closest to opening the scoring when
Powell headed Tom Cleverley's corner
against the bar two minutes before
half-time.
Albert Riera tested Lindegaard again
four minutes after the interval with a
volley from distance which the United
keeper did well to hold.
Lindegaard made an even better save
shortly after to turn Felipe Melo's
header over the bar, but from the
resultant corner in the 54th minute,
Galatasaray took the lead.
Selcuk Inan's delivered an outswinger
from the right which Yilmaz attacked,
outmuscling Darren Fletcher on his
way to planting a header into the top
corner, over Rafael on the far post.
United continued to be a threat on the
counter attack, but Fernando Muslera
remained relatively untroubled in the
hosts' goal.
Ferguson threw on Ashley Young and
Federico Macheda for the last 15
minutes, but Galatasaray almost
doubled their lead moments later
when Hamit Altintop's 25-yard drive
was brilliantly tipped onto the bar by
the diving Lindegaard.
United spent much of the last ten
minutes on the front foot, with Josh
King replacing Danny Welbeck, but
Galatasaray held on and now travel to
Braga on the final matchday in
possession of the second qualifying
spot in Group H.