EL W Europa League Round of 16 1st Leg

Manchester United 4:1 Real Betis

Post-match discussion


Thu, 09 March 2023

Solius

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Good response. Good win! Should’ve had even more goals really.
 

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Very good 2nd half , should have scored a lot more. Need to take this form into Sunday now.

But worry about how many chances we spurn.
 

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Great response from the lads. Could of had a few more too. Pellestri looking really good.
 

Tom Cato

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Second half was a excecllent redemption arch.
First half was pretty dull, perhaps they needed to find their groove.

Cant fault Ten Hag after getting 4 goals at home. Dalot starting is the only mistake, why did AWB even lose his place to him in the first place?
 

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I was not just pumping air for the last 5 minutes like a mad man.

This felt good.
 

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Great way to bounce back, we just need to be more clinical, we would be in a lot better shape if we can take advantage of our chances.
 

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Good result. Gives us some breathing space for the second leg.

Very happy for Bruno. Good performance from him and great header.

Onwards.
 

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We got 4 goals. I'm not going to complain about the umpteen others we should have had.

Another masterclass of attrition for EtH. We outlast the competition and score on the back end to cement the victory.

I think Bruno's my MotM, but I'll have to think more.
 

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I guess it doesn't matter if you're wasteful in possession when you're playing against a bunch of farmers and chain-smokers.

More Pellestri, please.
This is a tough Betis team, which gave Madrid a lot of problems over the weekend. This is an excellent statement win.
 

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Positive performance save about 20 minutes in the first half. Should be able to rotate some in the second leg.
 

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Pretty good bounce back. We didn't have things totally go our way and had to dig some more to put Betis in their place. With better decision making, we would have trampled them those last 20 minutes.
 

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Second half was a excecllent redemption arch.
First half was pretty dull, perhaps they needed to find their groove.

Cant fault Ten Hag after getting 4 goals at home. Dalot starting is the only mistake, why did AWB even lose his place to him in the first place?
AWB played pretty fecking well recently. Dalot not so much.
 

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Chuffed to bits with that. Very happy for Wout and with the team determination today. Could have been 7-0 :nono:
 

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Felt we should have had at least one more goal which would have killed the tie, but good response and helps keep the season on track.
 

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Poor finishing from us again. Betis totally collapsed in that second half and we should have given them a Liverpool style mauling.

Bruno was excellent tonight though to be fair.
 

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La Liga level is really poor at the minute. The leagues lack of pace is killing them
 

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Really strong performance in the end. Steam rollered them.
Pellistri looked like a right sided version of Garnacho. Proper old style pacey winger, quality.
 

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Nice response. I have 0 respect for Spanish teams currently though my goodness they are crap.

Said it in another thread but I didn't even think we were particularly good until the game was essentially won. Pretty sloppy but we were able to retrieve possession well enough that we kept the pressure on all game.
 

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Perfect reply to Sunday. We were decent 1st half but Betis looked dangerous at times.
2nd half the attacks flowed better and lots of good chances created. We also controlled the game much better
Delighted to see Wout get a goal. Sancho looked lively and Pellistri is special. AWB played well when he came on, id have him starting on sunday.
Bruno motm.
 

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Just what we needed in response and to take over there.
 

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No whining at all from Bruno all game. It's like he knew his behaviour on Sunday was disgraceful for a captain. totally cut out the whining and stupid flicks, super focused and played really well.
 

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Deserved 3 goal win. Glad we were ruthless in the 2nd half. Could have scored 6 here but 3 goal win is fair. Should be the tie done and dusted.

Don't normally do the ratings but I'm going to today just for de Gea dropping a 1
 

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Score Predictions

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  • Man Utd win
  • Real Betis win
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  • 33% Man Utd 2:0 Real Betis
  • 16% Man Utd 3:0 Real Betis
  • 12% Man Utd 2:1 Real Betis
  • 9% Man Utd 1:0 Real Betis
  • 8% Man Utd 3:1 Real Betis
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  • 1% Man Utd 0:1 Real Betis
  • 1% Man Utd 1:2 Real Betis
  • 1% Man Utd 4:1 Real Betis
  • 1% Man Utd 0:5 Real Betis
  • 1% Man Utd 2:2 Real Betis
  • 1% Man Utd 6:0 Real Betis
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  • 1% Man Utd 9:0 Real Betis
  • 1% Man Utd 3:2 Real Betis
  • 1% Man Utd 0:3 Real Betis
  • 1% Man Utd 0:4 Real Betis
  • 1% Man Utd 0:7 Real Betis
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. Real Betis
Possession
57% 43%
Shots
25 6
Shots on Target
13 2
Corners
8 4
Fouls
15 6

Referee

Daniel Siebert