Tuesday night wasn't so different from other Uefa Champions league night. Ole gunner welcomed a heart trembling defeat from PSG’s Thomas Tuchel.
United have been in a fine form in the League, with 11 unbeaten games played since the arrival of the current MANAGER OLE GUNNER. Their last win against Fulham with 3-0 gave them another 4 points to fly past Chelsea and Arsenal putting them in the 4th Position. On the other Hand PSG have been facing ups and downs in their title race, with their two top strikers on injury list. Neymar jnr has been sidelined with a 10 weeks Ankle/Foot injury and Edinson Cavani with a foot injury following a penalty he scored against Bordeux last weekend. They came with an amazing mentality against Manchester United.
MATCH ANALYSIS HT.
The match kicked off at exactly 9:00pm after a minute silence for Emiliano Sala (RIP SALA). Old Trafford was filled to the brim, with both Paris fans and united fans.
The starting Eleven for both teams is as follows;
MANCHESTER UNITED XI 4-3-2-1
David de Gea(GK), Baily, Shaw,Lindelof, A.Young
Paul Pogba, Matic, Herrera,
Lingard.
Martial, Rashford,
PARIS SAINT GERMAIN XI 4-3-3
(Gk) Buffon, T.Silva, Kimpembe,Kehrer,Bernat
Marquinhos, Verrati, Draxler
D.Alves, A.Di-Maria, K.Mbappe.
United Played at their best in the Half Time, pushing forward with Anthony Martial Always making the Move. Paul Pogba nearly made an assist but Buffon saved the ball from reaching Lingard. On the other Hand Paris Saint German had two opportunities, first by Mbappe but it was waved offside after he had missed with a failed touch. Angel Di Maria also missed a fine chip which was saved by Manchester United’s very best goal keeper, David De Gea.
Lingard had a foot injury after giving a long through pass to Martial, which saw him off the field after being replaced by Alexis Sanchez.
United played 3 corners in first half while PSG played none. The 1st half finished 0-0.
HT OFFENCES:
Presnel Kimpembe received the first yellow card for a bad foul on Pogba at the 11th minute.
Julian Draxler received a Yellow for a bad foul at 19th minute
Paul pogba received a yellow for another foul on Kimpembe at the 26th minute.
Ashley Young gets his first booking 30th minute.
Juan Bernat received yellow at the 34th minute.
Few minutes to the end of Half Time, Martial was hit with an injury and was replaced by Juan Mata.
2ND HALF TIME.
The visitors showed what they were made of by showing Ole Gunner that he and his boys are no match to them. They had taken some words of motivation from their coach, am pretty sure that was what helped them to triumph over United. Dani Alves and Di maria was at full performance. The first corner for Paris in the 2nd half and their first for the game was played by Di maria, he fired it directly to where it found the foot of defender Kimpembe, who scored a nice goal at the 53rd minute of the game.
Few minutes after the first goal another assist was given to Kylian Mbappe by angel Di maria at the 60th minute.
Marco Verratti was replaced by Leandro Paredes for injury problem at the 75th minute.
Colin Dagba replaced Di Maria at 81st minute.
Romelu Lukaku substituted Marcos Rashford at the 84th minute.
2ND HALF OFFENCE:
Dani Alves was booked for a fowl at 62nd minute.
Ander Herrera was booked at 87th minute.
Paul Pogba received a second yellow card and a Red card for a bad foul on Dani Alves at the 90+2 minute.
Luke Shaw was shown a yellow.
FT result:
Manchester United 0-2 Paris Saint Germain.
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