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**Karl** · May 28, 2011, 05:31 PM

...we've got to give credit to Bacelona they were the better

All times local (CET is + hour)
22.15, London
Triumphant coach Josep Guardiola: "I am obviously very happy. It takes so much to win this tournament; it always does. We had some time to prepare this encounter and I thought we played excellently tonight. We went 1-0 up but we knew that with all of United's history and stature in the game they would come back at us. In the end, though, we managed to control the match and we won very well."

22.10, London
United keeper Edwin van der Sar, speaking after his final game as a professional: "They had the better chances but we made one or two mistakes and they punished us. I thought I was positioned well [for the second goal] as I thought Vidić was blocking that side. They are very good but I think we started the game well, same as we did in Rome, but you have to try to score the first and we didn't do that . I would like to thank everybody for the memories and we'll see each other again.

22.05, London
Barcelona's celebrations are still in full swing on the Wembley turf, players and staff joined hand in hand around the centre circle. Javier Mascherano: "We are really happy with it, it's a fantastic thing to beat Manchester United. We're happy because we played the way we know we can play. For any footballer it's great to win the Champions League."

21.55, London
Scorer of Barcelona's third goal, David Villa: "I couldn't be happier. It's a fantastic result for us in what is such an important stadium in our club's history. We were full of ambition and wanted to take full advantage of this era with all of the great players we have. When we went 3-1 up it meant we could play calmly. It's now time to celebrate with all of my family."

21.45, London
United centre-back Rio Ferdinand: "We got ourselves back into the game [at 1-1] and genuinely believed we could go on to win the game. But we've got to give credit to Barcelona; they were the better side on the night, they deserved to win. They've all got a system to work to and they know how to do it individually and collectively. We had a gameplan to beat them but it wasn't to be."

21.38, London
Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidić: "They played very well, they did a good job. When you get to the final you want to win, and obviously you feel disappointed. But you have to say Barcelona played good football, had more chances and were better than us tonight."

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