AP

Manchester United beat Chelsea 6-5 in a rain-soaked penalty shootout to win the European Champions League title today following a 1-1 tie.

Cristiano Ronaldo missed United’s third penalty kick and, with a chance to win Chelsea’s first Champions League’s title, John Terry hit a post.

On Chelsea’s seventh kick, Manchester keeper Edwin van der Sar dived to bat away Nicolas Anelka’s drive and give United its third European championship following titles in 1968 and 1999.

Ronaldo had scored in the 26th minute for Manchester United, his 42nd goal of the season. Frank Lampard tied the score in the 45th.

Manchester United: 1-Edwin van der Sar; 6-Wes Brown, 5-Rio Ferdinand, 15-Nemanja Vidic, 3-Patrice Evra; 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 18-Paul Scholes, 16-Michael Carrick, 4-Owen Hargreaves; 10-Wayne Rooney, 32-Carlos Tevez

Substitutes: 29-Tomasz Kuszczak, 8-Anderson, 11-Ryan Giggs, 17-Nani, 22-John O’Shea, 24-Darren Fletcher, 27-Mikael Silvestre

Chelsea: 1-Petr Cech; 5-Michael Essien, 26-John Terry, 6-Ricardo Carvalho, 3-Ashley Cole; 10-Joe Cole, 13-Michael Ballack, 4-Claude Makelele, 8-Frank Lampard, 15-Florent Malouda; 11-Didier Drogba

Substitutes: 23-Carlo Cudicini, 7-Andriy Shevchenko, 12-Jon Obi Mikel, 21-Salomon Kalou, 33-Alex, 35-Juliano Belletti, 39-Nicolas Anelka

Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)