00:00...up dream is over for another year.
00:02Alex Ferguson had made the competition his number one priority,
00:05but they've been knocked out tonight by French champions Monaco.
00:09The final score from Old Trafford, Manchester United won,
00:12AS Monaco won, the French side win on the away goals rule.
00:17Alex Ferguson led out a team missing Schmeichel and Giggs,
00:20but one with a definite advantage after the goalless first leg.
00:23The United fans, though, had seen their team beaten at home by Arsenal five days before,
00:27and another nerve-jangling night looked on the cards.
00:30It quickly became that.
00:31With only five minutes on the clock, young French international striker David Trezeguet found space
00:35and hit a rasping drive past Van der Haal.
00:38United now needed to score twice, but it was Monaco who squandered a great chance
00:41to effectively wrap up the tie, Peeba nodding it straight at Van der Haal.
00:45United were struggling to make headway.
00:47Beckham's drive from long range, their best ever of the first half.
00:51United manager Alex Ferguson faced a second period,
00:53missing both the injured Gary Neville and Paul Scholes,
00:56but a lifeline came on 55 minutes,
00:58but was sent flying for what may have been a penalty
01:00had not Beckham crossed for Solskjaer to haul United out of their slumber.
01:04The move changed both off and on the pitch,
01:07where Clegg was denied only by the fingertips of Barthez.
01:10United still needed another goal as the tempo quickens.
01:13Solskjaer looked like he was in, but he was sorted by a French boot.
01:17The fans feared the worst, and Beckham's effort from range was United's only late threat.
01:20So for yet another year, European football's top prize still eludes Britain's most successful manager.
01:26Jeremy Langdon, Sky News.
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