Well, that is rather anticlimactic.

We were expecting thousands of balloons to float onto the pitch from the Stretford End, but there are barely any there.

You can see a smattering of yellow and green balloons in the crowd but very few have reached the Old Trafford turf.

That hasn't exactly gone as planned...

Speaking of that quarter-final back in 2007, Michael Carrick will most likely have good memories of it (from a footballing perspective, of course).

Why? Well, he scored a banger in the second leg of it.

The now-United boss wasn't known for his finishing during his playing days, but just take a look at this hit. One hell of a strike.

Carrick needs one of the current squad to deliver a screamer like this for him this evening to buy him more time in the hot seat.