Michael Owen scored a famous hat-trick as Manchester United made light of their injury woes to record a memorable win over German champions Wolfsburg.

A measure of United’s achievement was that it represented only a third win in 10 attempts against German opposition in Europe. The fact they did it with over a dozen key men missing made the feat all the more remarkable.

VFL Wolfsburg:
Diego Benaglio, Marcel Schäfer, Ricardo Costa, Josue, Edin Dzeko, Zvjezdan Misimovic, Makoto Hasebe (Dejagah), Sascha Riether, Grafite (Ziani), Christian Gentner, Andrea Barzagli

Subs:
Jan Simunek, André Lenz, Karim Ziani, Fabian Johnson, Alexander Madlung, Peter Pekarik, Ashkan Dejagah

MUFC:
Patrice Evra, Michael Owen, Anderson, Ji Sung Park, Michael Carrick, Nani (Valencia), Paul Scholes, Danny Welbeck (Obertan), Darren Fletcher, Darron Gibson, Tomasz Kuszczak

Subs:
Ben Foster, Antonio Valencia, Gabriel Obertan, Magnus Wolff Eikrem, Matthew James, Oliver Gill, Cameron Stewart

Goals:
Michael Owen ‘44
Edin Dzeko ‘56
Michael Owen ‘83
Michael Owen ‘90