Manchester United 4-2 Gothenburg, September 14, 1994
It was 17 years to the day of his strike in Portugal, when Giggs benefitted from some horrific defending from the Swedish side to slam home from 10 yards out after the visitors failed to clear Mark Hughes’ squared ball in the area.Manchester United 4-2 Gothenburg, September 14, 1994
The Welshman then made it 3-2 with a simple tap-in from point blank range after latching on to a save from Paul Ince’s fantastic 35-yard strike.Rapid Vienna 0-2 Manchester United, December 4, 1996
Arguably the United legend’s finest goal on the European stage; Giggs picked up the ball in the centre circle before starting a seamless one-two with Eric Cantona before collecting the ball again and coolly slotting home. A fine example of United at their devastating best on the break in the mid-1990s.
Manchester United 3-2 Juventus, October 1, 1997
Giggs secured the three points for Ferguson’s side with an unstoppable top-corner effort after man of the match Teddy Sheringham had set him up perfectly from the left flank.Manchester United 4-0 Porto, March 5, 1997
The Welshman outpaced the entire Porto defence down the left of the box before slamming an unstoppable drilled effort inside now Chelsea goalkeeper Hilario’s near post to give the Red Devils their third of the night.Manchester United 2-0 LKS Lodz, August 12, 1998
Expertly finished with the outside of his left boot following on from Paul Scholes’s knock down to give Boguslaw Wyparlo no chance and United a fine start to the qualification tie whick kicked off the treble season.Manchester United 3-3 Barcelona, September 16, 1998
Put the home side ahead in a true group stage epic by getting on the end of David Beckham’s deep cross from the right and lofting a weighted header past the helpless Ruud Hesp.Brondby 2-6 Manchester United, October 21, 1998
The Welshman made the most of a Kenneth Rasmussen fumble in the Danes’ area following Roy Keane’s cross and simply tapped home into an empty net to begin the visitors’ rout.
Brondby 2-6 Manchester United, October 21, 1998
Giggs then doubled his total with superb close-range header after meeting Jesper Blomqvist’s dangerous looking ball from the left-hand channel.Manchester United 1-1 Juventus, April 7, 1999
Kept the eventual treble winners in the tie with a scrappy 91st minute equaliser from five yards out to send United to Turin on level terms, ensuring the tie remained in the balance and that the Italian side’s away goal eventually proved fruitless.
Manchester United 2-0 Bordeaux, March 1, 2000
The winger was the beneficiary of his own lung-busting run into the area to meet David Beckham’s cross on the half volley to give United the lead over the Ligue 1 side.
Sturm Graz 0-2 Manchester United, December 6, 2000
Giggs doubled United’s advantage in Austria with a rasping effort past Kazimierz Sidorczuk after being put through brilliantly by Dwight Yorke.
Manchester United 3-0 Olympiakos, October 23, 2001
The former Wales skipper left the Greek side’s defence in his dust to meet an inch-perfect through ball by Juan Sebastian Veron before knocking a simple effort home to secure the hosts’ qualification to the second round.
Manchester United 3-2 Deportivo, April 10, 2002
Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated his 100th European game as manager by seeing his side make it through to the semi-finals and Giggs’ goal, a fine solo effort past Jose Francisco Molina after drifting in from the left, was the best of the bunch.
Manchester United 5-2 Maccabi Haifa, September 18, 2002
Giggs nodded a glanced header home from close-range after latching on to a superb Phil Neville cross to put the home side on their way to a winning start to their European campaign.
Manchester United 4-0 Olympiakos, October, 1 2002
Manchester United 4-0 Olympiakos, October, 1 2002
Juventus 0-3 Manchester United, February 25, 2003
Juventus 0-3 Manchester United, February 25, 2003
The Welshman then doubled his, and United’s tally with a phenomenal solo effort by finishing with his right foot after a mazy run to secure the Red Devils’ passage to the quarter-finals.
Manchester United 2-0 Stuttgart, December 9, 2003
Atoned for an embarrassing first-half miss by linking up well with Ruud van Nistelrooy on the left flank before sliding a cool finish past Timo Hildebrand to double United’s lead and all but secure the points.
Dinamo Bucharest 1-2 Manchester United, August 11, 2004
Manchester United 6-2 Fenerbahce, September 28, 2004
The Welshman latched onto a superb Kleberson cross from the left wing before nodding home a glancing header to give United the lead before Wayne Rooney stole the headlines with a hat-trick on his debut.
Manchester United 2-1 Benfica, September 27, 2005
Giggs benefitted from a wicked deflection to score a 30-yard free-kick to give the home side the lead shortly before the half-time whistle at Old Trafford.
Manchester United 3-1 Benfica, December 6, 2006
The hosts turned it round at the Theatre of Dreams as Giggs latched on a Cristiano Ronaldo cross to nod past Portuguese goalkeeper Quim and take his record to 12 consecutive seasons in which he had scored in the Champions League.
Lille 0-1 Manchester United, February 20, 2007
A strike surrounded in controversy, Giggs curled in a late free-kick before the Lille wall had been fully assembled and referee Eric Braamhaar allowed it to stand, nearly causing a mass walk-out by the French side.
Celtic 1-1 Manchester United, November 5, 2008
Giggs saved United with only six minutes left by pouncing on an Artur Boruc save to head home from point blank range after the Pole had kept out an effort from Cristiano Ronaldo.
Manchester United 2-1 Wolfsburg, September 30, 2009
Giggs secured his 150th goal for the club to equalise at Old Trafford after seeing his deflected free-kick fortuitously bounce off Christian Gentner shortly before the hour mark.
Schalke 0-2 Manchester United, April 26, 2011
The Welshman finally broke Manuel Neuer’s resolve with a calm finish between the irrepressible German’s legs after latching onto a pinpoint Wayne Rooney through ball.
Benfica 1-1 Manchester United, September 14, 2011
With Ferguson’s side facing an opening group game defeat, Giggs extended his record of being the Champions League’s oldest-ever goalscorer with a flying effort from 20 yards out to secure his side a point.
source: http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2914/champions-league/2011/09/15/2666928/how-manchester-uniteds-ryan-giggs-broke-a-champions-league
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