A clean sheet at Granada’s unfashionable 19,000 seater Los Carmenes stadium, and a two goal advantage to take to Old Trafford for the second leg. But few know that the Spanish side’s amazing rise to the top is nothing at all to do with splashing the cash. In fact their most expensive signing in their […]
Luke Shaw claimed Manchester United were “awful” and only reached the Europa League quarter-finals thanks to the intervention of “world class” substitute Paul Pogba. The Frenchman, who had missed the previous 10 games with a thigh injury made an instant impact after replacing Marcus Rashford at the break to score the crucial away goal as […]
United are installed as favorites to win the Europa League by the bookies, but you wouldn’t have bet on that yesterday. Milan had the ball in the net twice in the first half, though both chalked off by the VAR. United took the lead thanks to a splendid goal by newcomer Diallo but then skipper […]
So United are now through to the last 16 of the Europa Cup, now facing AC Milan, and old boys Ibra and Dalot. Well done to Ole for giving such opportunities to the academy youngsters on the European stage. Second-half substitute Shola Shoretire becoming the youngest-ever Manchester United player in a European game at 17 […]
Hard to believe that before this match, United had been winless since the 2016/17 season in matches against Spanish opponents (D3 L6). The last win – prior to their last nine European matches – being a 1-0 victory over Celta de Vigo in UEFA Europa League semi-final. United have now thankfully and finally overcome this […]
As they say, it’s goals that win matches. When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was asked how they can stop Sevilla, which were then unbeaten in 19 games, he replied, tongue in cheek, that they needed to score more goals than them. United and Sevilla’s only two prior meetings were in the last 16 of the 2017-18 Champions […]
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has done an excellent job this season, as he has led United to the semi-finals of a European competition in his very first season. The Europa League is often a competition that is overlooked, but if you’re involved, you will certainly want to win the tournament. United last achieved success in the […]
So with two goals disallowed for offside, a penalty decision reversed by VAR, and two shots against the upright, it would have been massively unjust had United failed to have made it through to the semi-final of the Europa League. In the end, although Copenhagen did have their moments, it was only thanks to the […]
Although the first leg result had led some to think that the Austrian side LASK were pushovers, LASK had however lost just one of their last seven Europa League games (W4 D2), that one defeat coming against United in the first leg. Even Solskjaer had admitted “it wasn’t a 5-0 difference between the teams”. Moreover, […]
This was the first-ever competitive meeting between Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK or simply LASK and Manchester United. It was also LASK’s first encounter with an English team. Although LASK – set up 111 years ago – are ranked 103rd by UEFA with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side 93 places ahead of them in placings, LASK […]
