Vidic conceded a penalty in the fifth minute of the final after felling Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor at Wembley.

The Serbian defender was guilty of a last man challenge, but somehow only saw yellow as United retained their full starting 11.

League Cup Zola explains Kepa-Sarri League Cup final row 15/08/2019 AT 10:59

Liverpool midfielder Milner converted the penalty for Martin O'Neill's men, but ended up on the losing side as Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney scored to give United a 2-1 win.

Aston Villa's English footballer James Milner (L) celebrates after scoring a penalty against Manchester United during the 2010 Carling Cup Final. Image credit: Eurosport

Milner believes the result would have been different if United had been reduced to 10 men with 85 minutes of the final remaining.

"That's one memory you have: an early penalty that should have been a red but wasn't. Then, obviously it's a cup final, the pressure of taking a penalty and I scored it," said Milner.

“But to be 1-0 up anyway, you'd like to think that you can go on and win it. It didn't happen.

“There is obviously that bitterness that I think it was a red card, really.”