Defeated by PSG, Manchester United received praise from its legend

DBasia.news – Manchester United did have to acknowledge the superiority of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on the fifth matchday of Group H of the 2020-2021 Champions League. However, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team’s play is considered to be great and has received praise from club legends.

In a match that took place at Old Trafford, Thursday (3/12) am, Manchester United were defeated with a score of 1-3. This result threatens the opportunities for the Red Devils to qualify for the top 16.

Manchester United and PSG played equally strongly in the first half. Neymar’s quick goal was able to be countered by Marcus Rashford.

Attacks were presented in the second half. But PSG was more effective in completing opportunities by scoring two additional goals through Marquinhos and Neymar’s second goal.

One of the causes of Manchester United’s defeat was Fred’s red card. The England representative had to play with ten players from the 70th minute when the position was still 2-1 for PSG.

With the lack of one player has made Manchester United’s task even more difficult. The insistence of Harry Maguire and his colleagues to equalize finally resulted in a disastrous injury time when PSG scored the third goal.

Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes, who now work as observers, also watched this match. The two Manchester United legends saw the positive side of the defeat of their former club.

“I think Solskjaer will be pleased with the overall performance of his team. Yes, the result was not what he wanted but it was an extraordinary performance, “Scholes told BT Sport.

“Ole will be delighted with three strikers who are all capable of creating wonderful chances,” added Ferdinand.

In this match, Manchester United did not appear disappointing. They were able to bombard PSG’s goal, who were finalists last season.

One of the golden opportunities that failed was when Martial’s shot in front of the goal soared. Meanwhile, Edinson Cavani’s shot also hit the crossbar.

This was also realized by Solskjaer. He admitted that the results of the match could have been different had his front players been calmer in completing opportunities.

“With a more clinical finish, we should finish the game because we had some big chances, big moments. That’s the difference,” said Solskjaer.