CL W Champions League Group H

Manchester United 5:0 RB Leipzig

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Wed, 28 October 2020

saivet

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Great second half. Throughout the match they never looked threatening. Weirdly, I don't think it was a great performance, we were clinical late on in the match and they collapsed.
 

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Fantastic performance. I was critical of our transfer window but hold my hands up. Our attack and midfield depth has genuinely been transformed. The evidence was there tonight
 

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This will either be a masterstroke or the beginning of the end.
Never in any doubt!

Hope this shuts up every Ole outer who cream themselves over hipster coaches.

World class performance, world class management and tactics tonight!
 

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Great stuff altogether. That's a proper squad, lads. Fred man of the match for me. He was everywhere. Pogba and Van de Beek worked hard. They all worked hard in fairness, as they had to. Defence positionally very good tonight. Mctominay superb when he came on, as was Bruno and what can you say about Rashford. Thrilling stuff.
 

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Great performance. Rashford and Fernandes made a massive impact and Martial got a confidence boosting goal. Perfect
 

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Imagine losing to a team, and then they sub in Bruno, Rashford and Cavani.
 

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Brilliant display. Hard to see them not qualifying now. Get one more result and should be able to rest players in midweek.
No bad performances in the team tonight. Fred, shaw, WB, Marić, Pogba, Greenwood,VDB. All 11 and the 5 subs were really outstanding. They definitely wanted it tonight and never stopped.Well done to Ole and the staff.
 

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Thats what team depth does for you. Please Ole keep it 4-4-2 diamond for now. It suits all our players.
 

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Defended well first half against a very good team - Awesome 2nd half. Rashford at his very best. Bruno Also made a huge difference.
Ole in.
 

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That was actually a tight, tactical battle for 75 minutes. We went up a level with those subs though and they just couldn't live with us afterwards. Loving Sir Marcus of Rashford's Imperial Phase. The boy is truly golden.
 

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Fantastic performance! If we keep this up moving forward into the season we'll end it with a trophy of some kind. Here's hoping we grab the better ones.
 

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That was brilliant. Contained Leipzig all night and killed them in 15 minutes.
We’ve got serious options in that squad now. Fernandes, Cavani and Rashford all off the bench.
The diamond has to stay. It allows us to get 2 of Bruno, VDB and Pogba into the midfield. Special mention for Pogba tonight - he was brilliant
 
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Fantastic performance and result. Every player was a 7 it above. What I loved most is that we played 3 different ways, first 25 minutes like a home European team, last part of first half like an away team, second half we destroyed them like Man Utd used to destroy teams.
 

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Does this mean we're through 5-4 on aggregate then? Great game.
 

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Fantastic 2nd half performance. Our energy levels and press against a team known for that style of play was immense. Fred covered some serious yardage tonight.

Rashford was the obvious game changer and what a 30 minute cameo from him. Martial was poor most of the night but as soon as he scored from the spot his confidence returned. At least 3 times he tore into the defender at full pelt, which is where he is most dangerous, having not done it once before the penalty.

The only thing missing was a Cavani goal to get himself off the mark.

Our pressing from the front and high working midfield completely nullified our CB problem.
 

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Our front 3 scoring again:drool:
Rashy being unselfish and still bagging a hat trick :drool:
Julian’s Jacket:lol:
 

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Destroyed them in those final 15 minutes, every player looked like he wanted a go. The difference a bit of squad competition can make.
 

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Slow first half they had a lot of the ball but never threatened, second half outstanding kick on now in the league
 

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Great result, great display. I’f we can get some consistency going we will not be a bad team. In Rashford and Greenwood we have two of the hottest young talents in the game right now.
 

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I love Champions League football on a night like this. :drool:

Playing the diamond. :drool:
VDB getting a start with Pogba. :drool:
Scoring 5.:drool:
Rashford getting a hat-trick after ANOTHER week of amazing activism. :drool:
Bruno bossing it when coming on. :drool:
AWB doing his best Gandalf impersonation. :drool:
Ole choosing a great lineup, then improving it with the subs. :drool:

:drool:/10
 

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We bossed the divers. Totally bossed them. They never looked threatening. Fred + Matic and then Fred + McT were solid in front of defense. Fred is I think peaked.
 

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Our defence when they pushed for an equalizer (+ our strong bench) was key to this win. Once they ran out of steam our quality was just to much to handle for them. They will miss Werner this season.

Absolutely buzzing, need to go to sleep but not sure how now :D
 

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THAT attitude in the 90th minute is a shift in mentality I didn’t expect to see and I absolutely loved it. That was something special. If we show even half of that drive against Arsenal I would 8-2 to be at their shoes on Sunday.



Fred is my favorite player now. Look at that energy, man. The guy is unreal.

Also, Rashford take a bow, son.
Yea that hunger to win the ball back and score more goals even if the 3 points are already in the bag is fantastic to see.
 

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What a fecking second half that was. I was concerned by the 20+ minutes after the first goal but the second half performance was just excellent all the way. Great subs, too.

Is this Rashford's first hat-trick? Also, I'm really happy for Martial. He had a difficult start to the season but his second half performance merited a goal.
 

Man of the Match

Marcus Rashford image Marcus Rashford 81% of 440 votes

Runners-up

Player Ratings

7.4 Total Average Rating

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Score Predictions

177,32,46
  • Man Utd win
  • RB Leipzig win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 26% Man Utd 2:1 RB Leipzig
  • 19% Man Utd 2:0 RB Leipzig
  • 12% Man Utd 1:1 RB Leipzig
  • 8% Man Utd 1:0 RB Leipzig
  • 6% Man Utd 3:1 RB Leipzig
  • 5% Man Utd 1:2 RB Leipzig
  • 5% Man Utd 3:0 RB Leipzig
  • 4% Man Utd 2:2 RB Leipzig
  • 4% Man Utd 3:2 RB Leipzig
  • 3% Man Utd 1:3 RB Leipzig
  • 2% Man Utd 0:0 RB Leipzig
  • 2% Man Utd 0:2 RB Leipzig
  • 1% Man Utd 0:1 RB Leipzig
  • 1% Man Utd 0:5 RB Leipzig
  • 1% Man Utd 5:0 RB Leipzig
  • 0% Man Utd 0:3 RB Leipzig
  • 0% Man Utd 4:2 RB Leipzig
  • 0% Man Utd 5:2 RB Leipzig
  • 0% Man Utd 2:4 RB Leipzig
Compiled from 255 predictions.
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. RB Leipzig
Possession
47% 53%
Shots
11 9
Shots on Target
5 2
Corners
2 5
Fouls
16 18

Referee

Matej Jug