Five years ago, Milan was able to beat Manchester United. But the statistics noted, it is the only victory ever achieved Rossoneri from 13 UK tour on the ground.
The following statistical data and some other information related to the game the two teams in the first leg last 16 of the Champions League at Old Trafford, as abstracted Reuters:
Manchester United vs AC Milan
Record head-to-head
Meet: 9 times
Results: Milan won five times, Manchester United won four times
Previous meetings:
European Cup semi-final, May 8, 1958, MU 2 Milan1
European Cup semi-finals, May 14, 1958, Milan 0 Chelsea 4
European Cup semi-final, April 23, 1969, Milan 2 Chelsea 0
European Cup semi-finals, May 15, 1969, Manchester United 1 Milan 0
Round 16 of the Champions League, February 23, 2005, Milan 0 Chelsea 1
Round 16 of the Champions League, March 8, 2005, Milan 1 Chelsea 0
Champions League semi-final, 25 April 2007, Manchester United 3 Milan 2
Champions League semi-final, May 3, 2007, Milan 0 Chelsea 3
Round 16 of the Champions League, February 16, 2010, Milan 2 Manchester 3
Appearances in round eight of:
Champions League: Chelsea 10, Milan 8 times
European Cup: AC Milan 16 times, MU 15 times
All European competitions: AC Milan 23 times, MU 20 times
Top skorer
MU: Michael Owen (4 goals)
Milan: Ronaldinho (3 goals)
* MU, who just lost one of 24 Champions League matches at home last, chance aside Milan for the first time in five attempts at the European tournament.
* Since losing 0-3 in the semifinals of the 2007 Milan, Manchester United have played seven Champions League matches against Italian teams without a defeat. Last season in the last 16 of them dumped Inter Milan.
* Milan have not won in four Champions League final, and only won two of the last nine. Of the last four meetings against English clubs, they never achieve victory. Total, from 13 matches in the English soil, they only won one time, although it was obtained when bending MU 1-0 in the round of 16 five years ago.
* If lowered into the ground by Milan, David Beckham will have a record 105 appearances in the Champions League. Of that amount, he just swallowed defeat 21 times, both while with Chelsea, Real Madrid or Milan.