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Manchester United failed to make it to the last 16 Champions League. Man United is expected to be insolvent in grief.
MU underwent the final Group H match at the Red Bull Arena against RB Leipzig, Wednesday (9/12/2020) early morning WIB. The Red Devils actually only need a draw to get to the last 16.
Instead of getting one point, Man United lost 2-3. Leipzig went ahead three goals first through goals from Angelino, Amadou Haidara and Justin Kluivert.
Two goals scored by MU through the execution of a penalty from Bruno Fernandes and a header from Paul Pogba. However, the equalizer didn’t arrive until the game was over.
Leipzig in the end successfully sealed tickets to the last 16 of the Champions League. MU must be willing to go down caste to the Europa League, even though the PSG vs Istanbul Basaksehir match was stopped due to protests.
Man United Manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, do not want his team dissolved in sadness. The Red Devils were asked to get up and focus on their next match against Manchester City in the Premier League.
“As a footballer you can’t feel sorry for yourself. You can do it for a few minutes tonight, but that’s it. We have a big game on Saturday (against Manchester City) and we have to focus on that,” Solskjaer was quoted as saying on the UEFA website. .
Solskjaer assessed the result that made Man United fail to leave the group of hell was the defeat of Istanbul Basaksehir on the third matchday. The MU tactician felt that he should not return empty-handed.
“Of course you can’t say we were good enough, we weren’t good enough. The big defeat for us was away to Istanbul, that’s what you look back on and think we lost the points we should have,” said Solskjaer.
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