MANCHESTER UNITED
Player Of The Season: Nemanja Vidic
While a dog of a game against Liverpool and a below-par showing in the Champions League final (although he was hardly alone there) shouldn't be ignored, neither should the other 48 games, in most of which he was a colossus. The run of 14 clean sheets earlier in the season gave many an opportunity to praise Edwin van der Sar, but it had much more to do with Vidic than the keeper, and it was telling that the Serb was missing when that run was broken against Blackburn.
Let Down Of The Season: Dimitar Berbatov
It's the easy answer, but last summer Alex Ferguson put all of his transfer eggs in one lackadaisical Bulgarian basket, and the man who gives new meaning to the word 'languid' hasn't exactly been value for money. While he hasn't been quite as bad as those who prefer the sometimes headless chicken style of Carlos Tevez claim, he has produced nothing like the form he did at Spurs. Nani was a strong contender for this one too, but he still has time to develop.
Breakthrough/Newbie Of The Season: Rafael da Silva
Brought in last summer as the future, Rafael became the present very rapidly indeed. Along with his twin Fabio, he'll be bombing up and down the flanks of Old Trafford for years to come, and luckily for him United currently have enough cover to allow him to be eased in.
They Could've Done With...: Owen Hargreaves. Only sometimes though
There's a reason Alex Ferguson thought Hargreaves was worth £18million, and it's because there are few better at his job. That job is spoiling, and boy could they have done with Hargreaves against Barcelona. Granted, he might not have been good enough to stop the genius of Xavi and Iniesta, but he would have done a better job than Anderson and Ryan Giggs.