Mata was passing forward. I'm done with that.
EL W Europa League Round of 32 - 2nd Leg
Manchester United 5:0 Club Brugge
Post-match discussion
Thu, 27 February 2020
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Fred starting to look a real player for us.
Why did they keep running their socks off in 2nd half though? Should have conserved energy for Everton.
The only teams I have concerns about is Wolverhampton and Inter. The rest of the teams i expect us to have full control against in this tournament.
They were enjoying themselves and our defenders were hardly stretched. Mctominay was taken off as was Bruno and James. They are starters against Everton. Fred won't feel any pain tonight with that brace.
They usually take the foot off the gas when they go ahead. Nice to see them working hard all game for a change.
Mata looked a level higher playing with Fernandes.
Nice win. Bruno & Mata are simpatico and make things look easy. Fred also seems to be on the same wavelength. Maybe it's a Latin thing.
Can't get too excited considering it's only Brugge plus they were down a man, but good to see they knew how to really take it to an undermanned team.
Can't get too excited considering it's only Brugge plus they were down a man, but good to see they knew how to really take it to an undermanned team.
Best we've played for ages. And it wasn't just for 20 mins or one half. Cracking performance.
Terrific display, the ten men was always going to help but that doesn't mean you have to play the type of football we did. Bruno has made a world of difference, him and Mata link up brilliantly and made up for Ighalo to get his first.
Its anyones who plays against us
Fernandes looks really special and seems to have brought other players up with him. The passing has got much quicker.
Excellent result. Nice to see Ighalo get off the mark and a nice brace for Fred. Don't we look so much better with Bailly in for Lindelof? I know we weren't really put under pressure but still. Bailly all the way for me. Fernandes seems to bring everyone into the game, even Mata had a good game. Fred and McTominay are a good pairing. I think the only disappointment was James not really firing. I hope it's just a temporary dip. Looking forward to the next round.
Agreed. It does show how the mental side of players and a team is so important. We knew that confidence was low, but this boost shows how much I think. It does obviously help that as you say, he's not only a special player, but one that can inspire and elevate the others around him.
Hope it long continues, and now that the board, Ole and the coaches have seen what this kind of player can bring to us again, they should only add players in future who have a similar or higher level and attributes.
An all round excellent performance and result to match. Our best performance of the season. From minute one, we were on the front foot and didn’t take our foot off the gas.
Fernandes was different class throughout and Fred is arguably the most improved player in the country.
Fernandes was different class throughout and Fred is arguably the most improved player in the country.
Just back from Old Trafford, one of my most enjoyable nights there for a very long time.
Obviously the sending off made it easier than it could have been but sometimes against 10 men it can be difficult
Great to see ighalo score on his first start. Rare to see Fred score nevermind twice. Bruno a joy to watch live, he also brings out the best in the players around him. Greenwood looked very sharp when introduced.
Sidenote Mignolet got some amount off banter off the United fans, he couldn't stop falling on his own arse. Are you Gerrard in disguise we all sang.
As for the next round, I don't really care so long as its not a long trip away.
Obviously the sending off made it easier than it could have been but sometimes against 10 men it can be difficult
Great to see ighalo score on his first start. Rare to see Fred score nevermind twice. Bruno a joy to watch live, he also brings out the best in the players around him. Greenwood looked very sharp when introduced.
Sidenote Mignolet got some amount off banter off the United fans, he couldn't stop falling on his own arse. Are you Gerrard in disguise we all sang.
As for the next round, I don't really care so long as its not a long trip away.
Brugge has 50% possession (in an away match) and yet lost 0-5. Only shows how deceiving possession is or over-rate a stat it is.
He is just part of the pieces we are building up.
By the time Rashford is back I’d say Pogba will be with another club
There’s usually the it’s only Brugge rubbish or if that defender doesn’t get sent off we get beat.
Istanbul or Wolves would be 51/49 for me.
There is no way in hell Brugge had 50% possession.
Yeah according to fotmob it was only 33.2
Very good performance, it was nice to see us looking like we had some attacking structure as a possession team, the link between Bruno and Mata was class.
Good to see the hard work pay off for all the players. Team is starting to gel nicely. Loads of little interplays between players developing across the pitch which is a very positive sign.
That hand ball though laugh out loud
Can Bruno and Pogba play in the same team or will they get in each others' way ?
Or is there not enough room for them and Pogba's ego ?
Or, can they play together ?
Or is there not enough room for them and Pogba's ego ?
Or, can they play together ?
I know it's only Bruges, but I really think Igahlo will be a player for United. He's going to be a great back up and score big goals.
James needs to do better, but let's not forget that it was James' sublime shot that inspired their defender to start a goal-keeping career and got us the all-important penalty…
I hope so, too. He's clearly still getting into full form and should improve
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After that I'm hoping we get Inter and the chance to dump Lukaku out! Bring it on.
Great debut from Mata in his ambassadorial role.
Glad to see Yeboah lash one into the cage too.
Glad to see Yeboah lash one into the cage too.
I think those working their tripe off in the second half when the game was won were those who knew beforehand barring injuries they wouldn't be starting against Everton, and there was a place on the bench to fight for.
I caught some of the full game replayed on MUTV and Gardner compared Diatta to Mane. What do people think about that comparison out of interest?
Just repeating what Ole had said about him in the presser on Wednesday.
Wonder if Ole would consider taking a punt on him in next January window maybe
He's got time on his side(he's just turned 21 a few days ago)but hasn't done anything of note yet to get him on the radar of the bigger clubs.
How about the red? What a fantastic dive. Worth a poster, that. Shocking! What a clown!!!!!
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Score Predictions
240,6,5
- Man Utd win
- Brugge win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 43% Man Utd 2:0 Brugge
- 22% Man Utd 3:0 Brugge
- 11% Man Utd 2:1 Brugge
- 6% Man Utd 3:1 Brugge
- 5% Man Utd 4:0 Brugge
- 4% Man Utd 1:0 Brugge
- 2% Man Utd 5:0 Brugge
- 2% Man Utd 4:1 Brugge
- 1% Man Utd 0:5 Brugge
- 1% Man Utd 1:1 Brugge
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 Brugge
- 0% Man Utd 4:2 Brugge
- 0% Man Utd 2:3 Brugge
- 0% Man Utd 5:1 Brugge
- 0% Man Utd 1:2 Brugge
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 Brugge
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Brugge
- Possession
- 67% 33%
- Shots
- 27 7
- Shots on Target
- 10 0
- Corners
- 8 3
- Fouls
- 7 7
Referee
Serdar Gozubuyuk
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Mason Greenwood
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replaced by Tahith Chong
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