United had lost a tempestuous first leg of thesemi-final 2-1 but goals from Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick turned the tide, only for ex-United striker Carlos Tevez to put City in the driving seat with 15 minutes to go.

However, in yet another instance of late, Old Trafford drama, Rooney rose to head Ryan Giggs’ excellent cross past Shay Given to send United to Wembley, where they would go on to beat Aston Villa 2-1.

1894: The first US college basketball game sees the University of Chicago beat Chicago YMCA 19-11

1913: US athlete Jim Thorpe is stripped of pentathlon and decathlon gold medals from 1912 Olympics after it is revealed he was paid for playing baseball a few years earlier.

1991: The New York Giants beat the Buffalo Bills 20-19 in Super Bowl XXV to record the closest margin of victory in the event’s history.

2013: Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 to win the Australian Open.