ALEX FERGUSON proved he is the Special One after downing Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan.
Fergie's Euro champions saw off the Italians with goals from Nemanja Vidic and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Mourinho's men had their chances to snatch a crucial away goal at Old Trafford after Vidic's fourth-minute header.
But Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Dejan Stankovic both fluffed their lines.
And Ronaldo's header at the start of the second half killed off the Serie A side and put United into the Champions League quarter-finals.
United found their fluid passing game immediately and won a couple of early corners.
And the home side rocked Inter when Vidic shook off his marker Patrick Vieira and headed into the near corner to open the scoring.
Dimitar Berbatov and Ronaldo both volleyed off target as United continued to press.
Ibrahimovic then fluffed a superb chance to level the scores when he dropped off Rio Ferdinand but headed a free-kick into the ground and on to the bar.
Edwin Van der Sar brilliantly tipped Stankovic's 25-yard swerver behind.
John O'Shea should have put United 2-0 in front after a flowing United move. But he failed to lift his shot over the advancing Julio Cesar.
Stankovic crept in behind Patrice Evra but failed to keep his effort down before Ibrahimovic drove wide of the far post as Milan finished the half strongly.
The Italians came out strongly after the break but United's second, again four minutes into the half, proved decisive.
Ryan Giggs danced across the Inter penalty area before finding Wayne Rooney wide on the left.
The England man toyed with his marker before dropping in an unexpected cross which Ronaldo met before Cesar to nod home.
Mourinho brought on Adriano for Stankovic with more than half an hour remaining.
And the Brazilian's flying left-footed volley beat Van der Sar but hit the post.
United broke and Rooney's drive stung Cesar's hands and the keeper reacted well to deny Berbatov's follow-up.
Ibrahimovic found the side-netting but the oles from the Red Devils fans signalled the end of Inter's night.
