HOW BARCA RATED:-
VICTOR VALDES
DIDN'T have a save to make. Well beaten by Rooney but was hardly ever under pressure. Booked. Mark (out of 10) 8
DANI ALVES
MAGNIFICENT performance, particularly up front as he gave Patrice Evra a frightening night and one he'll want to forget. Booked. 9
ERIC ABIDAL
AFTER beating cancer, the Barca hero had any United man that came his way for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 10
GERARD PIQUE
THE world's best centre-half! A truly inspiring performance and he spent a lot of the time as a second centre-forward. 9
JAVIER MASCHERANO
STAND-IN centre-half for the half-fit Puyol, but the former Liverpool man did enough to keep Javier Hernandez quiet. 7
SERGIO BUSQUETS
The anchor. Provided the shield for Iniesta and Xavi. When needed, showed deft touches to turn defence into attack. 8
XAVI
THE maestro. Will be missed more than most when he retires. But not by Michael Carrick. Made Giggs look past it. 10
ANDRES INIESTA
THE virtuoso. Joint second best player in the world with Xavi. Gave the entire United team a nauseating evening. 10
PEDRO
GRABBED a world-class opener, wrong-footing Van der Sar. All four of Utd's defence had their minds on Messi. 9
LIONEL MESSI - DREAM TEAM STAR MAN
The best. Possibly the greatest football United have faced in their illustrious history. 10
DAVID VILLA
SUBLIME all-round show and his brilliant curling third goal provided the sad epitaph to Van der Sar's playing career. 9
SUBSTITUTES
KEITA (Villa 85). Late run-out. 5
PUYOL (Alves 88). Enter Barca legend. 5
AFELLAY (Pedro 90). Joined in party. 5
Not used: Oier, Bojan, A Correia, Thiago.
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HOW UNITED RATED:-
EDWIN VAN DER SAR
NOT how the Dutch keeper wanted to bow out. Caught wrong-footed for Pedro's first goal and slow for Messi's second. Mark (out of 10) 5
FABIO
ONE of the few United payers who actually looked comfortable on the ball going forward. 6
RIO FERDINAND
DESPITE the scoreline, didn't actually have a bad game at the heart of United's defence. 6
NEMANJA VIDIC
MADE some crucial challenges early on but could not cope with Barca,s speed of passing. 6
PATRICE EVRA
THIS had to be one of the Frenchman's worst games for United. At fault for goal one at least. 4
ANTONIO VALENCIA
HIS return lifted United towards the end of the season but disappeared at Wembley. Booked. 5
MICHAEL CARRICK
ENJOYED a fine second-half of the season but was totally lost in this game. Booked. 5
RYAN GIGGS
COMBINED with Rooney for the goal but otherwise struggled with the rest of his team-mates. 6
JI-SUNG PARK
OUT there to destroy Barcelona's creativity but simply could not stop them. 5
WAYNE ROONEY
UNITED'S one and only move had him at it's heart, scoring a great goal. 7
JAVIER HERNANDEZ
BARELY touched the ball. United just could not find the Mexican to give him a chance. 5
SUBSTITUTES
NANI (Fabio 69). Game was gone by time he went on. 5
SCHOLES (Carrick 77), May be his last game, sad way to finish. 5
Not used: Kuszczak, Owen, Anderson, Smalling, Fletcher.
REFEREE: Viktor Kassai 7