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Champions League Group A

FC Basel 1:0 Manchester United

St. Jakob-Park

Kick-off
Wed, 22 November 2017 @ 7:45pm GMT
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    Robbie Boy

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    Did we lose in Russia and Portugal righteo?
    Did we lose to Chelsea, Huddersfield and Basel away from home? Yes. Did we toil against Liverpool and Stoke away from home and get two poor draws? Oh, yes we did.

    Obviously we have won too, but to pretend we don't have problems on the road is crazy. Expected from you though.
     

    Hugh Jass

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    Should not have brought on Zlatan. Should have brought on McTominae and kept it tight.
     

    Irrational.

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    Disgraceful, shocking.

    Cannot believe how poor we were in the second half after such a commanding display in the first. Guess that's the price you pay for not putting your chances away.

    Matic was responsible for the goal, and was shite from the minute he came on.

    Lukaku looks like a complete phony of a striker. Can't do anything if the ball is not spoon-fed to him on a plate in the box.

    Darmian and Blind - the less said the better.

    Taking Martial off was a mistake.
     

    alsabi

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    We have actually qualified with that defeat, since our head-to-head GD vs Basel is 3-1. They can't now finish above us.
     

    ha_rooney

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    Should never have taken martial off. Darmian is useless.
     

    ayushreddevil9

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    Woohoo... I think it was Basel's cup final the way they are celebrating.
     

    NotoriousISSY

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    Never seen two full backs be that bad at the same time.

    We regret missing chances in the first half first and foremost, but the complacency in the second half was horrendous.

    Didn’t like that, rip into them in private and start again this weekend.
     

    Prodigy24

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    Should have scored four in the first half, yet we somehow end up losing after that shit show of a second half. Fullbacks absolutely awful. Darmian should only play against lower league teams in the league cup and that's it.
     

    James Peril

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    Should have been offside given than the first attacker goes for the ball, but who cares... absolute pathetic performance. Ashamed of the tactics and the players aren’t even trying one bit.

    We haven’t created a single chance in the second half, in fact we have been pegged back completely and look like Everton.

    Zlatan Ibrooneyvic, please stay away from 10 and dropping back, it’s never going to work mate. Way too slow on the ball when unde pressure, the disturbing thing is that it’s Mourinho fronting this nonsense. Zlatan is old and slow, use him only like Spurs are using Llorente. A last resort and/or reserve, people seem to forget all the dark games from last season.
     

    Baby Groot

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    I think Mourinho deserve this lose.
    This is usually what happens when the game approach is not to lose.
     

    Hugh Jass

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    I would not worry too much. It was an attitude problem in the second half. We perked up suddenly when they scored. Should have kept Pogba on and not brought on Zlatan and killed the game.
     

    redshaw

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    Basel lost 3 out of 4 home games.

    Shocking second half from us but Basel fans deserve something. Better than any set of reserved English fans.
     

    Paul_Scholes18

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    Very poor second half. Dropped down a lot. Rashford and Zlatan was really terrible when they come on. No effort to defend or do something.

    Very strange I think.
     

    Ramshock

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    Did we lose to Chelsea, Huddersfield and Basel away from home? Yes. Did we toil against Liverpool and Stoke away from home and get two poor draws? Oh, yes we did.

    Obviously we have won too, but to pretend we don't have problems on the road is crazy. Expected from you though.
    Ach your bollocks, fecking hell anyone can lose away from home the commentator just said they have beaten us Liverpool and Chelsea there. Calm down ffs

    Expected :lol:
     

    Wayne's World

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    Our full-backs are costing us time and time again. I also include Valencia and Young in this, they aren't good enough for a team going for trophies.

    City went out and spent big money in full-back areas and the improvements they have made are for us to see. We need to do the same next Summer.
     
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Post-match discussion

Player Ratings

5.4 Total Average Rating

Highest Rated Player

Lowest Rated Player

Compiled from 318 ratings.

Score Predictions

513,18,67
  • Man Utd win
  • Basel win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 34% Basel 0:2 Man Utd
  • 14% Basel 0:3 Man Utd
  • 13% Basel 1:2 Man Utd
  • 10% Basel 0:1 Man Utd
  • 7% Basel 1:1 Man Utd
  • 7% Basel 1:3 Man Utd
  • 4% Basel 0:4 Man Utd
  • 3% Basel 0:0 Man Utd
  • 2% Basel 0:5 Man Utd
  • 1% Basel 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Basel 2:1 Man Utd
  • 1% Basel 2:2 Man Utd
  • 1% Basel 3:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Basel 1:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Basel 4:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Basel 5:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Basel 3:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Basel 1:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Basel 5:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Basel 2:3 Man Utd
  • 0% Basel 4:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Basel 2:0 Man Utd
Compiled from 598 predictions.
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Match Stats

  1. Basel
  2. Man Utd
Possession
32% 68%
Shots
13 14
Shots on Target
6 4
Corners
4 6
Fouls
7 13

Referee

Daniele Orsato