Manchester United endured tricky conditions in Belgium to draw 1-1 with Club Brugge in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie.
Match Report
Anthony Martial struck a potentially important away goal as Manchester United drew 1-1 with Club Brugge in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie.
The France international cancelled out an opening goal from Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis to give Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side a slight advantage heading into the return game at Old Trafford.
Solskjaer made six changes to the team that won 2-0 at Chelsea on Monday, and it was one of the fresh starters, goalkeeper Sergio Romero, who was at fault for the opening goal.
Match Events
14' CLOSE! Pereira's shot denied by Mignolet
Pereira makes a driving run through Club Brugge's midfield and hits his shot from the edge of the box. He drills his effort low towards the bottom-right corner and Mignolet gets down well to push it around the post.
15' GOAL! Club Brugge 1-0 Man Utd (Bonaventure)
CLUB BRUGGE LEAD! Mignolet plays a long kick upfield and Dennis gets in between the two United defenders. Dennis brings it down brilliantly and chips it over Romero who has come out of his box. It's a great finish at it nestles into the far bottom corner. 1-0 Club Brugge!
28' CLOSE! Romero denies Bonaventure's effort
SAVE! Dennis plays a one-two with Tau to get past Dalot and the defender commits himself as he tries to intercept it. Dennis is at a tight angle on the left of the box but goes for goal, and Romero blocks it at his near post.
36' GOAL! Club Brugge 1-1 Man Utd (Martial)
MARTIAL EQUALISES! De Cuyper's throw-in was meant for Mechele and he allowed it to run across him without realising Martial was closing him down. The forward nicks it and makes a driving run into the box before sending his low shot past Mignolet and into the back of the net. 1-1!
50' AGAIN! Romero denies Bonaventure's shot
Dennis times his run perfectly to stay onside and gets away from Shaw as he cuts inside from the right. It's a tight angle for the shot, but his low shot is well saved by Romero.
68' Sub! Ighalo replaces Martial
Solskjaer's first change of the game sees Ighalo coming on to replace Martial.
Hussein Manga
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Every Man United fan during the game.
Angus T
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Seem we will never be consistent even with the rotation. we need to offload those bad players ffs
olosco50
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Man United Wi-Fi can only work with Chelsea but hard to connect with unknowing teams.
Mancborn
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ole now: so if we hold them 0_0 at old Trafford we will be through?🤣
ishti
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Lingard & Pereira in the team is like playing with 9 men against 13.
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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Anthony Taylor cant referee every game lads.... 😅
Profnick
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All those who are blaming Ole, we have a Match on Sunday, we cannot play Bruno 3 matches straight in 7 days. it's unfortunate we have Lingard and Pereira who are playing horsecrap. Martial and Ighalo were making runs but no supply, Mata was drifting about. we started attacking well when Bruno and Fred came on. Ole tried to rest his players but unfortunately the bench is as poor as it can get. we need Pogba back or Grealish and Maddison together just to complement Bruno
ibrahiem_shaps
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October 1: Dennis scores twice vs. Real Madrid February 20: Dennis scores vs. Man Utd Not afraid of the big names 😤
blue999
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Keep update with this website for latest GIF: http://bit.ly/2PaNaPI
EAsoft
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We missed Greenwood in the RW today
Sahabonasir
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Lingard & Pereira in the team is like playing with 9 men against 13
JamesWalker
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Ole Cycle 😓