MAN UNITED 2, ATHLETICO BILBAO 3. Manchester United must reign in Spain to keep alive their hopes of glory in the Europa League. If the Reds thought Europe’s lesser competition would be a cake walk after their early elimination from the Champions League, they were sadly mistaken at Old Trafford. United were lucky to lose […]
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Nervous City sunk by defender’s backheel
SPORTING LISBON 1, MAN CITY 0 Nervous Manchester City will again have to overcome a one-goal deficit at home in the Europa League after going down to an opportunistic back heel from a central defender. City were hit just after the break by a cheeky goal from on-loan Sporting central defender Xandao after Joe Hart […]
Blame me – Ferguson on Euro blip
MAN UTD 1, AJAX 2 (United win 3-2 on aggregate) Sir Alex Ferguson shouldered the blame as faltering Manchester United scraped through to the last 16 of the Europa League. The Reds’ manager admitted he got it wrong with his team selection as Dutch side Ajax triumphed at Old Trafford but lost on aggregate over […]
Quickfire City pass Europa test
MAN CITY 4, FC PORTO 0 (City win 6-1 on aggregate) Sergio Aguero took only 19 seconds to start Manchester City’s rout of holders FC Porto as they sealed their passage to the last 16 of the Europa League City’s Argentinian striker scored the quickest goal of the season in the competition as the Portuguese […]
Europa joy for United
AJAX 0, MAN UNITED 2 Manchester United made a winning debut in the Europa League following a hard-earned victory in Holland against Ajax Two of the giants of European football found themselves in the competition which is the poor relations compared with the glitz of the Champion League. After a rare failure to progress from the group […]