Results MU vs PSG today 3/12 Champions League 2020/2021

MU vs PSG, 5th match of Group H Champions League 2020/21

Unlike MU, PSG will be forced to earn 3 points to light up the door to pass the group stage. The French team is second in this group, it has the same 6 points as RB Leipzig but is above the subscript. If they beat MU, the Thomas Tuchel teachers and students will have the same 9 points as the Red Devils. In the last match they will definitely continue if they defeat Istanbul Basaksehir. Certainly Neymar and his teammates will play offense in the hope of winning at Old Trafford.

With the importance of the game, coach Solskjaer has thrown the best players in hand. The Norwegian teacher uses a 4-2-3-1 diagram with Edinson Cavani in the middle position. He simply exploded with 2 goals 1 assists against Southampton after just 45 minutes, helping MU upstream to win 3-2. The Red Devils hope this player continues to explode against PSG, a team that holds the record for scoring with 200 goals in 301 games.

Starting eleven of the match MU vs PSG

Supporting Cavani are the trio of Anthony Martial, Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford, in which Martial runs down the left wing, Fernandes plays in protective position as usual and Rashford plays on the right wing. The Frenchman missed the game against Southampton due to illness, but recovered in time to play again.

In the central midfield position, Coach Solskjaer used Fred alongside McTominay. With Pogba or Van de Beek on the bench, it is clear that the Norwegian professor prioritizes certainty, he wants MU to break the opponent’s ball from midfield.

On defense, Harry Maguire continued to work with Victor Lindelof in center defense. When Luke Shaw has not recovered from the injury, Alex Telles continues to be used as a left back, on the opposite flank is Wan-Bissaka. As goalkeeper, David de Gea quickly recovered to start the field.

De Gea recovered quickly to start from the beginning

Before that, the Spaniard suffered a knee injury and left the field early against Southampton. There are still many quality names on the MU bench, who are Greenwood, Pogba or Van de Beek, they are ready to take the field in MU position to have a goal.

On the other side of the front row, coach Thomas Tuchel also brought the best in his hand to the field. The duo Neymar and Mbappé of course came out from the beginning. In the 4-3-3 diagram, the two attacking PSG superstars have one wing each, handing over the spearhead position to Moise Kean. In the middle line, Verratti, Danilo Pereira and Paredes are 3 reliable options.

In defense, Marquinhos played alongside Diallo in the center of defense, his flanks Florenzi and Kimpembe. On the visitors’ bench there are some well-known names like Angel di Maria or Ander Herrera, who have had time to play for the Old Trafford team. With their understanding of the old team, the two are more likely to enter the court at the right time.

Neymar opened the scoring for PSG very early

Unsurprisingly, PSG cornered just after the opening whistle. Just in minute 6, the visitors had an opening goal. Neymar and Mbappé turned against the wall in the MU penalty area. The Frenchman hit a player in the red jersey and brought the ball to Neymar’s position, at a very tight angle, but the number 10 made a subtle shot to beat De Gea.

According to statistics, Neymar’s first goal is the first goal in the Champions League that MU has to receive since September 2015, after Daniel Caligiuri’s goal for Wolfsburg (3 minutes 53 seconds). This is Neymar’s second goal in the Champions League this season, his early goal certainly made the game that much more attractive.

In the 11th minute MU was about to concede a second goal, Fred broke the ball in Florenzi’s correct position, PSG’s number 24 fired a long shot that De Gea had to fly all the way to save. 3 minutes later Florenzi hung the uncomfortable ball in the penalty area, Neymar quickly escaped but could not touch the ball. In this situation, just 10 touches the ball, the second goal will come to PSG. After more than 10 minutes of play, the visitors had control of the ball and exerted great pressure on the Spanish goalkeeper’s goal.

Rashford brought back the table for MU

It wasn’t until minute 16 that MU had the first final. Rashford struggled before reaching the shot, but the ball went too light and could not hinder Navas. The MU players seem to have a psychological problem, as evidenced by the situation where Fred almost received a red card in the 22nd minute. He only got a yellow card. A howling situation with the local NHM team.

McTominay just created a pretty remarkable threat situation. From Bruno Fernandes ‘corner, the 24-year-old spun high to head at point-blank range, but the ball went into goalkeeper Navas’ correct position. In the 31st minute, Martial fired a rather dangerous shot, but Navas was able to save him. Right after that, Rashford had a chance to finish at close range. The kick of the number 10 was not too strong, but the ball hit Danilo’s foot to change direction to the PSG net due to Navas’ incapacity, the score was 1-1 after more than 30 minutes of play.

Marcus Rashford has scored 6 goals in just 5 Champions League games this season, equal to the number of goals he has scored in 18 games in the two seasons 2017/18 and 2018-19 (5). Immediately after MU’s draw, PSG responded with two consecutive finishing situations from Mbappé, but the ball was not accurate. The match continues with tit-for-tat situations from both teams.

The goal raised the score to 2-1 for PSG

After 45 minutes, Bruno Fernandes had a very good chance to shoot after a cross from the center by McTominay. But he did not finish but passed the ball to Cavani, the Portuguese player’s open pass situation was stopped by the opponent. This is also the last notable ball of the first half, in the first 45 minutes both teams had chances and each team scored 1 goal. The 1-1 draw made the second half very attractive.

In the 49th minute, it looked like MU would have an advantage, but Martial missed it incredibly. Cavani passed the ball to Rashford to make a cross, completely eliminating the PSG and Martial defense in a position that was not accompanied by anyone, but ended up passing the crossbar at a distance of only about 5 meters. Incredible failure with a forward as tall as the French player.

Rashford continued to impress with a cross pass to Cavani to cushion the ball at point-blank range, but the ball missed on Navas’ goal. In the 54th minute, Cavani had a situation facing goalkeeper Navas, he hit a ball over the head of the former Real Madrid goalkeeper, but the ball hit the crossbar. The ball bounced into the correct position for Martial, but he still couldn’t take advantage of it.

Fred got a red card

In 64 minutes, the MU defense forgot about Florenzi. The PSG defender escaped after Neymar’s pass, sanctioned the MU defense completely, giving Marquinhos the opportunity to shoot at point-blank range, but the Brazilian midfielder’s header sent the ball. crossbar.

PSG only had one more obvious opportunity, but failed to seize it. Neymar made a pass for Kehrer to face De Gea, but the kick from the player who entered the field could not beat the Red Devils goalkeeper. However, right after this situation, PSG had a remarkable goal. In the 69th minute, after a long shot from a PSG player, Diallo helped Marquinhos beat De Gea at point-blank range.

You only have to receive one goal, MU has to play without people. Fred, despite receiving a yellow card, just committed another dangerous foul with the visitors, the referee took a second yellow card and forced the Brazilian to leave the field. MU is leading the table and only playing with 10 people in the last 20 minutes of the game, many difficulties await them ahead.

PSG beat MU 3-1 at Old Trafford

Playing more than people, PSG is doing everything possible to get more goals. In the 78th minute, Neymar threw the ball to Ander Herrera, but the ball went over the crossbar. MU has made changes, in which Van de Beek, Pogba and Greenwood entered the field to replace the attacking trio of Rashford, Cavani and Martial. As soon as he entered the field, Pogba made a beautiful live shot, but the ball went over the crossbar from Navas.

Players are missing, but MU was forced to push the squad to find a goal. In the 84th minute, Maguire made a pass for Bruno Fernandes to hit the head, but the ball hit Navas. Three minutes later Mbappé had a very good chance of scoring his first goal in eight goalless games in the Champions League, but he shot again in De Gea’s face.

With a quick counterattack, PSG scored the third goal. 90 + 1 minutes, Rafinha escaped to overtake De Gea before returning to Neymar to score an empty net to increase the score to 3-1 for the visitors. It can be confirmed that 3 points were in the hands of the French team.

Match parameters MU 1-3 PSG

The second half had 4 minutes of discount, but that was not enough for MU to have more goals. With PSG’s 3-1 win over MU plus RB Leipzig’s 4-3 win over Istanbul Basaksehir, the situation in Group H is highly unpredictable. Both PSG, MU and RB Leipzig have 9 points after 5 games.

MU continues to lead temporarily, PSG is in second place and the representative of Germany is in third place. PSG have the best chance to continue when they only have to face Istanbul Basaksehir at the bottom of the table at home in the final match. A victory will carry Ligue 1 representatives to the next round regardless of the remaining result of the match, while MU must win at least 1 point on the field of RB Leipzig to reach the 1/8 round.

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