nominees for Uefa's Best Player in Europe Award

UEFA has announced a list of 32 players competing for the prize for the best players in Europe.

La Liga champions Real Madrid is the club most represented in the list, with seven players, followed by the owner of Premier League Manchester City, who has six players.

Champions League Chelsea and Catalan giants Barcelona have four players each, while Radamel Falcao is the only player Europa League champions Atletico Madrid to make the cut.

Athletic Bilbao managed to next stage

Atletico took the lead through an excellent target command Oscar de Marcos and Fernando Llorente, while United was recovered with a wonderful goal from Wayne Rooney at a later date.

 

The server on the front foot most of the game, United had put in some sword play at high intensity with a variety of techniques on the screen.

Sir Alex Ferguson opted to go with Rooney as a lone striker supported by Ryan Giggs in an attack role, Ashley Young has begun on the left with Park Ji-Sung to the right and center-wide and midfielder Tom Cleverley Michael Carrick.

Athletic lined with a similar team to impress at Old Trafford, with Iker Muniain and Llorente main offensive threat for the server.