Keane kicked out

McCarthy strikes as Porto beats 10-man United

PORTO, Portugal (AP) -- Benni McCarthy scored a goal in each half Wednesday as FC Porto came from behind to beat visitor Manchester United 2-1 in the first leg of the Champions League second round.

Quinton Fortune opened the scoring for the English champions in the 14th minute against the run of play.

The Red Devils, coming off a slump in form in the English Premier League, failed to impress at the new Stadium of the Dragon and were mostly outplayed by Porto, the UEFA Cup holder and unbeaten in the Portuguese league this season.

McCarthy rifled a first-time shot past goalkeeper Tim Howard for the equalizer in the 29th minute and beat two Manchester defenders to head in a Nuno Valente long ball in the 78th minute.

"What Benni did was great, but it was team work that won," Porto coach Jose Mourinho said. "We'll be playing the same way at Old Trafford."

Fortune made an opportunist strike to net his second Champions League goal.

Paul Scholes hit a low drive from a free kick on the edge of the penalty area which Porto 'keeper Vitor Baia couldn't hold, and the South African defender sprinted in to tap the ball into the net.

Ruud van Nistelrooy, who with Louis Saha on his European debut for the Red Devils was mostly a spectator, had a rare short-range miss soon after.

Porto had most of the possession and probed repeatedly down the right flank and the Manchester back line, featuring a makeshift central defense pairing of Wes Brown and Gary Neville, scrambled to hold firm.

While Baia had little to do, Dmitry Alenichev and Ricardo Carvalho both came close in the space of two minutes for Porto before McCarthy beat Howard from an Alenichev cross.

McCarthy could have put Porto ahead two minutes later when he picked up a loose ball on the edge of the Manchester area but Howard closed him down.

Porto kept up the pressure after the interval.

McCarthy twice came close to giving Porto the lead, and Brazilian 19-year-old Carlos Alberto also hit just wide.

Four minutes from the end Manchester captain Roy Keane was sent off for stepping on Baia.

The Reds defense was missing suspended Rio Ferdinand and injured Mikael Silvestre.

Summary

Porto 2 Manchester United 1 - result

Champions League first knockout round, first leg

Scorers:

Porto - Benni McCarthy 29, 78

Manchester United - Quinton Fortune 14

Red card: Roy Keane (Manchester United) 87

Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: 49,977

Teams:

Porto: 99-Vitor Baia; 22-Paulo Ferreira, 2-Jorge Costa, 4-Ricardo Carvalho, 8-Nuno Valente; 15-Dmitri Alenichev (9-Edgaras Jankausas 63), 23-Pedro Mendes, 18-Maniche Ribeiro, 10-Deco Souza; 19-Carlos Alberto (25-Ricardo Fernandes 75), 77-Benni McCarthy (28-Bruno Moraes 83)

Manchester United: 14-Tim Howard; 3-Phil Neville (22-John O'Shea 70), 6-Wes Brown, 6-Gary Neville, 25-Quinton Fortune; 8-Nicky Butt, 18-Paul Scholes, 16-Roy Keane, 11-Ryan Giggs; 9-Louis Saha (7-Cristiano Ronaldo 76), 10-Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Both the Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.