Manchester United look to keep their hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League alive as they face Lyon in tonight’s Europa League quater-final second leg.
United looked to be heading for an important away win in France before Rayan Cherki’s late goal secured a 2-2 draw for Lyon to set up an enticing second leg at Old Trafford.
Ruben Amorim chose to ring the changes at the weekend ahead of tonight’s game, but will have taken little confidence from their convincing 4-1 defeat to Newcastle on Sunday.
But his side will now hope to get back to winning ways at Old Trafford tonight and set up a semi-final clash against either Rangers or Athletic Bilbao.
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FULL-TIME: Man Utd 5-4 Lyon (7-6 agg.)
UNITED ARE THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS!
Man Utd 5-4 Lyon (7-6 agg.)
120+7 mins: Into the eighth minute we go and we’re still playing. Fernandes goes down to win a free-kick – surely we’re near the end now?
Man Utd 5-4 Lyon (7-6 agg.)
120+3 mins: Five minutes of added time as Lyon now pour numbers forward looking for a winner. Mount wins a foul for United and the home side are surely going to run the clock down now.
GOAL! Man Utd 5-4 Lyon (Maguire, 120+1 mins)
AND UNITED HAVE SURELY WON IT! Maguire rises highest to head home Casemiro’s cross and it’s bedlam in the Old Trafford stands.
What a remarkable turnaround.
GOAL! Man Utd 4-4 Lyon (Mainoo, 120 mins)
HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT!
Mainoo brings it down superbly in the box, creates the opening and curls a wonderful effort past Perri to level things up!
What a tie.
Man Utd 3-4 Lyon (5-6 agg.)
118 mins: Fernandes on the edge of the box but it’s a poor effort from the skipper who slices it well wide of the mark.
Man Utd 3-4 Lyon (5-6 agg.)
116 mins: Appeals for another penalty as Maguire tumbles to the ground. The referee waves it away and there’s not much in that.
GOAL! Man Utd 3-4 Lyon (Fernandes, 114 mins)
Fernandes finds the back of the net! United surely can’t turn this around?
Man Utd 2-4 Lyon (4-6 agg.)
112 mins: PENALTY! United are appealing for a penalty now and the referee is heading over to the VAR monitor. It was Casemiro who went down in the box and the referee reverses his decision and awards the spot kick.
GOAL! Man Utd 2-4 Lyon (Lacazette, 110 mins)
And Lacazette makes no mistake! The Frenchman sends Onana the wrong way and fires into the bottom-left corner.
Four unanswered goals for the visitors who move 6-4 ahead on aggregate, playing with ten men. United need a miracle.
Man Utd 2-3 Lyon (4-5 agg.)
108 mins: PENALTY! From bad to worse for United as Shaw brings down Fofana inside the area.
Lyon with a chance to surely put this game to bed.
Man Utd 2-3 Lyon (4-5 agg.)
107 mins: A change for the visitors as Abner comes on for Cherki. A defensive switch from the visitors.
United, meanwhile, have thrown Maguire forward as a makeshift striker as they go in search of an equaliser to send us to penalties.
Man Utd 2-3 Lyon (4-5 agg.)
106 mins: And we’re back underway. 15 minutes for United to save their season.
HALF-TIME: Man Utd 2-3 Lyon (4-5 agg.)
Added time in extra-time flies by and United are suddenly staring an exit square in the face.
A smattering of boos ring out from the Old Trafford crowd – they must be stunned by what they have witnessed after that superb first-half display.
GOAL! Man Utd 2-3 Lyon (Cherki, 105 mins)
WOW, WOW, WOW! Ten-man Lyon hit the front!
Fofana’s mazy run draws in two United players but the loose ball falls to Cherki who smashes it past Onana to give Lyon a 5-4 lead on aggregate on the brink of half-time in extra-time.,
Man Utd 2-2 Lyon (4-4 agg.)
100 mins: A double change for United as Eriksen and Amass come on for Garnacho and Dorgu.
Perhaps surprising to see Garnacho come off as he appeared one of few United players to have caused Lyon problems since the first half.
Man Utd 2-2 Lyon (4-4 agg.)
98 mins: Fernandes picks out Mainoo with a splitting pass through the lines, but the Englishman’s cross into the box is poor by contrast and Lyon can clear the danger.
Man Utd 2-2 Lyon (4-4 agg.)
96 mins: Lacazette skews an effort wide after the ball drops gratefully at his feet inside the area. The offside flag went up anyway on the Frenchman.
Man Utd 2-2 Lyon (4-4 agg.)
93 mins: Maguire enters the book after a clumsy foul on Cherki.
Man Utd 2-2 Lyon (4-4 agg.)
91 mins: And we’re back underway in extra-time.
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