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Manchester United beat Chelsea in a sudden-death shootout to win tonight's European Champions League Final in Moscow, with goalie Edwin van der Sar saving a shot from Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka to seal the all-British encounter, the BBC reports. "The first penalty shoot-out I've ever won in a big game," exhaled Man U boss Sir Alex Ferguson. "I think there was a bit of fate about it."
Thousands of English fans flooded the Russian capital for the championship—which ended after 1am local time—and riot police are standing by in case of hooliganism. So far, however, everyone has stayed on best behavior. “The fans from both teams have conducted themselves in a friendly manner," a Moscow police spokesman told the New York Times.
