Spanish champions Barcelona in spectacular fashion beat Manchester United 2-0 to lift the Uefa Champions League for the third time. Barcelona had their noses in front 10 minutes into the crucial Uefa champions league clash against United. Samuel Eto' beat Vidic and slotted the ball between the legs of Edwin Van der Sar in post for the Catalan side. It was totally against the run of play as goal machine Christiano Ronaldo made three incredible strikes in the first seven minutes which proved a mouthful for Victor Valdes in post for Barca. Valdes was all nerves after spilling Ronaldo's free kick in the first minute but Toure was on hand to prevent JS Park from wrecking havoc. Barcelona found their rhythm after a shaky start, stringing their passes in mid-field but failed to threaten the goal area of Man U. Barcelona's Iniesta, Xavi and Messi kept drawing rings around the English champions in mid-field with their great passing ability but gave United's defence no real problems. Lionel Messi in the 44th minute dazzled his way through three United defence men and sent in a cross which was spilled by Sar with no red shirt to connect. How the second half went 46th min: Second half kicks off with Ronaldo beginning his rampaging runs on the left but could only win a throw-in for his effort. 48th min: Henry misses an opportunity to make it two for the Catalan side. He breached the Manchester defence and turned O'shea inside out but shot feebly into the waiting arms of Sar. 49th Min: Eto made an impressive run in the middle and set Messi up but his touch was too heavy with the ball passing harmlessly across the face of goal. 51st Min: Xavi's free kick took a ricochet of the goal post after Iniesta was brought down just at the threshold of the 18 yard box. 55th min: Manchester came close for the much needed equaliser but JS Park could not reach Rooney's cross from the right which was missed by Toure. 62nd min: Rooney makes an incursion on the right for United but his cross was well dealt with by Busquets for a wasted corner kick. 65th min: O'shea appears to be having problems on the right as Henry Thiery outwits him, but his final left foot strike was well dealt with by Van der Sar. 67th min: Tevez and Rooney combine well on the right and wins another wasted corner. 70th min: A stupendous header from wonder kid, Lionel Messi saw Barca increase the tally to two. Credit also goes to Xavi who provided a sumptuous cross from the right. 71st min: Manchester came close to reducing the tally, but Ronaldo's final touch was well defended for a corner. 75th: A frustrated Ronaldo is booked for callously shoving Carles Puyol to the ground. 78th min: Paul Scholles becomes the second United player to be booked after a poor challenge on Busquets. 80th min: Breathtaking piece of play from Barca as Messi, Xavi, Iniesta in flamboyant fashion kept United chasing their shadows for well over a minute. 82nd min: Carles Puyol's clever chip is redirected away from goal by Sar to prevent the hardworking defender from getting his first and Barca's third on the night. 83rd min: A completely overawed United call for a corner kick after Tevez's attempt on goal was kept snuffed. 92nd min: Iniesta receives a thunderous applause from fans after he was substituted. Updates by Nathan Gadugah/Myjoyonline