DBasia.news – Manchester United started the struggle in the 2021-2022 Champions League with a defeat. Visiting the Young Boys headquarters on matchday 1 of Group F, at the Stade de Suisse, the Red Devils lost 2-1.
Cristiano Ronaldo silenced the host public after scoring a goal in the 13th minute. Ronaldo’s shot went into the net even though David von Ballmoos tried to parry it.
Thus, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 63 goals in the Champions League in 68 appearances when he was over 30 years old. That way, Ronaldo became the player with the most goals scored in a period over 30 years.
However, this impressive record could not help Manchester United bring home the three points. As the host managed to rise and turned to win.
Disaster for Manchester United began to occur after Aaron Wan-Bissaka received a red card in the 35th minute. Then, Young Boys equalized through Moumi Ngamaleu entering the 66th minute.
Young Boys’ winning goal was created in injury time. Theoson Siebatcheu listed his name on the scoreboard.
Throughout the match, Manchester United only fired two shots. Man United’s second shot was created when the game entered the 25th minute through Ronaldo.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s ability to form a team that is talkative in Europe is also in question. The reason, Man United lost seven times in the last 11 matches in the Champions League.
That way, 13% of Man United’s total defeats throughout the history of the Champions League were in the Solskjaer era (7/43). In fact, the Norwegian tactician only led 4.8% of the Red Devils’ matches (11/231).
According to Solskjaer, Manchester United lacked discipline. Solskjaer feels, the Red Devils has fallen into the same hole.
“Discipline is a big part of football in general, not just in the Champions League. Lack of concentration and make mistakes, you’re done,” said Solskjaer after the game.
“We did it last year, conceding twice on the counter-attack against Basaksehir. Meanwhile, we lost in the closing seconds today.”
With that defeat, Manchester United are at the bottom of Group F. Meanwhile, the duel between Villarreal and Atalanta ended as strong as 2-2.