Gun Le Gunnar Solskjir has previously said that Manchester United have a habit of making their lives difficult. He had been in their blood for a long time and his players appeared determined to prove their manager’s point during the start of the season against RB Leipzig. They slipped into an early 2-0 deficit and the damage could be heavy.
The front of the equation in recent times for Solskj અનેr and the club is typically a fighter away from home. All hope was lost when Leipzig substitute Justin Kluivert made it 3-0 in the second half – a goal that came against the run of the game. United announced their own goal after the resumption.
Game over? He looked at the tie the way United needed a draw to move forward. Anything else and they will be out. Then came the fightback. Mason Greenwood won a soft penalty, which was converted by Bruno Fernandez, before Paul Pogba, as a substitute, overtook Header Ward Guer and went inside Ibrahima Conati, bundling the header Goldwards.
It was a play of the highest order and United wanted to show that they had one last punch to throw. They didn’t have it. Leipzig panicked but they got the job done. For United, there is even more self-discovery.
United were unlucky with the group stage draw and, when that happened, they would have signed the point requirement to participate in the final tie. It has never been easier to escape from the division, which includes PSG, last season’s losing finalists and Leipzig in the semi-finals.
However, once they beat PSG and Leipzig in the opening games, they had one foot in the final 16. The situation here was so delicate that in the third tie Istanbul lost to Basaksir by their shock. It felt like a big slip at the time and it felt increasingly noticeable.
Solskar wanted unity and he won in Paris in the formation of 3-4-3-4-201 formation. It offers them anything sort of. United erupted early on, conceding the first two goals and were lucky not to go down 3-0 until the 17th minute. It was then that Emil Forsberg took a touch inside the area and, in the space yard, clicked a shot near the post. It was a bad miss.
He felt as if Leipzig could afford to be generous. They had shadows en chasing United; His flow in midfield was too much for Solskar’s team. Their construction was difficult to control because the conditions in which they changed with each other were very simple.
Initially the dangerous man was the left-handed defender, Angelio, who is on loan to Manchester City. He pushed Flank down and United didn’t know what to do with him. Like they did in the second minute, leaving him alone, though he didn’t have to.
Leipzig wanted to hit Angelio with a long right-to-left slant, and when Marcel Sabitzer played the first one of the evening behind Victor Lindellલf and Aaron Van-Bissaca, Angelio could hardly believe how much space he had. He fired David de Gea into the far corner.
Leipzig’s second was very simple from a combined point of view, with Angelio Crossing on the left and Amadou Hydra Volley Home in space to guide. Forsberg’s miss was not the only holiday for United. The midfielder failed to play in Sabitzer when Will Orb lost a goal after Conati’s header came back from the post.
The first half was a litmus test for United. And even though they have their own chances, there is no one better than Nemanja Matic providing Greenwood on nine minutes. The striker was clean but Peter Gulasi denied it. Marcus Rashford also had a first half flickers, when a shot was blocked following a ball from Scott McTomine and when well placed he was to see himself filled with the crowd.
Solskjair had to reconsider half-time; He had to change the course of the game and switch to 4-2-3-1-1, with Donnie Van de Beek leading the way to Alex Tales, behind the left wing. Against the odds and who had played in the first 30 minutes, United still had the pulse. Can they receive their recompense?
Solskjir’s next move was to introduce Brandon Williams and with more fanfare, Pogba, whose absence from the starting XI, had nothing to do with his agent’s comments on Monday, the manager said. Mino Raiola said Pogba still wants a holiday.
It became a question of whether United could score ahead and they have a few more flickers with Fernandez. He almost knocked Maguire out of the free-kick, he worked the glass from a distance and then turned the free-kick in front of the crossbar.
United was knocking on the door. But then they accepted the third thing and, considering their evening tone, it was a horrible moment. When Angelio’s cross was corrupted, Mag Guer and De Gea froze. Finished from the substitute, Justin Clevert, dined at home in style.
