Thomas Tuchel's charges beat the “red devils”, twisting the intrigue in group H (3: 1).
In the central match of the match day in the Champions League, Manchester United hosted PSG. Before the start of the reporting match, the guests took only third place, so they simply had to win. Immediately after the starting whistle, they took control of the ball, intending to score an early goal. To their credit, they managed to do it. In the sixth minute, Neymar took advantage of the rebound of the ball in the penalty area after Mbappe hit and shot past De Gea - 0: 1. Taking the lead, the Parisians continued to have a lot of ball possession. But the owners for a long time could not oppose anything to the opponent, playing practically without the ball.
Tuchel's charges could have scored the second goal with the efforts of Florenzi, but De Gea coped with the Italian's shot. A few minutes later, the defender almost issued an assist to Neymar, but he could not reach the ball after Alessandro's cross. A few minutes later, the active Brazilian struck effectively on goal in the fall over himself, but his shot did not cause problems for De Gea. After a while, the Mankunians calmed the game by taking the ball for themselves. But they could not put pressure on someone else's penalty area, limiting themselves only to control of the ball.
Over time, Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer's wards with large forces moved to the foreign half of the field. There they earned several standards, but their drawing did not lead to anything.. But the “red devils” managed to score from the game. Rashford shot on touch after a pass by Van-Bissaki, after which the ball bounced off Pereira and flew into the goal - 1: 1. The conceded goal made the guests more active again. They occupied the other side of the field, hoping to regain the advantage in the score as soon as possible. However, they failed to create at least one dangerous moment before the end of the first half of the meeting.. The hosts tried to catch the opponent on counterattacks, but did not succeed in this.. Before the break, the account did not change. The teams went to rest with a tie.
After the resumption of the game, the Mankunians took the ball under their control and had a great opportunity to score an early goal, but did not take advantage of it. Martial managed not to hit the goal from a lethal position at the end of a cool combination. Two minutes later, Cavani tried to close Rashford's cross to the near post, but could not hit the ball properly. Solskjaer's players continued to control the course of the game, possessing a lot of ball. But the guests acted rather passively for a long time, yielding to the "
In one of the episodes, Cavani almost scored a stunning goal by throwing the ball over Navas, but the crossbar came to Kaylor's aid. Seconds later, Martial had another chance to score, but Anthony shot straight into the defender. United continued attack after attack, but no longer created dangerous moments. Over time, the Parisians managed to calm the game, taking her away from their half of the field.. Moreover, they almost scored - Marquinho hit the crossbar after a serve by Florenzi. A few minutes later, Bakker could have scored, hitting the ball after Neymar's pass - De Gea reacted to this blow and saved his team by moving the ball to a corner.
After a corner, the ball bounced to Marquinhos, who pushed it past De Gea, bringing the guests ahead - 1: 2. And already in the next minute, Fred presented a gift to his opponent, receiving a second yellow card and leaving his team outnumbered. This forced the Mancunians to focus on playing number two, rather than go on the attack.. Tuchel's wards had a lot of possession of the ball in the opponent's half of the field, but did not threaten De Gea's goal. They struck a few hits, but they weren't dangerous. But Manchester United unexpectedly almost scored - Pogba famously shot a rally from outside the penalty area, after which the ball flew just above the crossbar.
Almost immediately after that, the hosts took the ball under their control, going on the attack. In one of the episodes, Fernandes had a chance to score after a pass to Maguire, but Bruno shot straight into Navas. PSG caught the opponent on counterattacks, one of which almost ended in a goal. Mbappe dragged the ball across half of the field and shot past De Gea, but missed the goal. But after two minutes the ball ended up in the net.. Rafinha received a pass from Mbappe and shared the ball with Neymar, and he had to hit the empty net - 1: 3. The remaining minutes of the team frankly played out. As a result, the Parisians took revenge for the defeat in the first round, gaining three points.
Thus, they incredibly twisted the intrigue in Group H, since three teams at once have the same number of points before the final round. Everything will be decided next week.
In the sixth round, Manchester United will go to visit RB Leipzig, and PSG will host Basaksehir.
Manchester United - PSG 1: 3 Goals: Rashford, 32 - Neymar, 6, 90 + 1, Marquinhos, 69 Manchester United: De Gea - Van Bissaka (Igalo, 90), Lindelof, Maguire, Telles - Fred, McTominay - Rashford.