The 56-year-old was previously in charge of Real Madrid before getting sacked during the previous transfer window as he is now taking a break from management.
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Still, the visitors looked the most likely in the aftermath. Daley Blind picked out Juan Mata with a forward pass and the Spaniard was able to turn unchallenged before sliding the ball into the path of his team-mate, who finished coolly with only goalkeeper Diego Benaglio to beat.
Their build-up play has been alarmingly slow at times this season. Anything less and they will be relying on PSV Eindhoven slipping up in their game.
Only a win at Wolfsburg will guarantee United’s place in the last 16.
Final standings in #UCL Group B: 1. All the results are like that, they’re always 1-0 or 2-1.
Ronaldo’s exploits overshadowed a hat trick by Karim Benzema at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
Anthony Martial gave United a 10th-minute lead but the hosts equalised three minutes later through Naldo.
PSG was already guaranteed to finish second behind Madrid.
With five goalless draws in their last nine matches in all competitons, it appears the fans could have a point.t we wanted to But we wanted to scratch beneath the surface to understand if Manchester United really deserve the boring tag they’ve been labelled with this season.
Manchester United travel to Wolfsburg on Tuesday evening in desperate need of a win to progress to the knockout round of the Champions League. If PSV wins and the other game is drawn, PSV and Wolfsburg will be split for first place on overall goal difference as their head-to-head is equal. CSKA finished last with four points. Saturday’s 0-0 draw against West Ham – their seventh stalemate in 10 matches, including a penalty shoot-out defeat to Middlesbrough in the Capital One Cup – was greeted with boos at Old Trafford.
Vieirinha regained the lead for Wolfsburg in the 29th, before an own goal by Josuha Guilavogui in the 82nd tied the score.
Wolfsburg’s reply came quickly when central defender Naldo volleyed home from a free kick from Ricardo Rodriguez, who limped off a couple of minutes later with a hamstring injury. “But Bayern also won there 6-1”. The German side showed last time around that they were capable of putting the Red Devils under pressure by beating them at their own game, possession, and will look to do it again this time around.
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Benfica substitute Kostas Mitroglou halved the difference in the 75th. “It’s a sad night for them, they go into the Europa League”.
