Manchester United was destroyed a late balance against Lyon on Thursday evening against Lyon after taking a total leader back to Old Trafford next week.
It looked like Joshua Zirkzees 88th Minute headball was a highly competitive 2-1 win in France, only so that Rayan Cherki scored a goal later.
Thiago Almada initially gave Lyon a lead in the first half before Leny Yoro United led back to level shortly before the interval.
How the game unfolds
French Football can also complain about hostile days and Lyon fans who complain about the deafening backdrop, which welcomes both groups of players.
The early phases of the game did not match the atmosphere from the stands, since both sides looked the other. It only meant limited opportunities at an early stage until Patrick Dorgu could not be converted by Rasmus Hojlund.
The contents then started to flow a little more freely and Lyon gave her fans something that they could really scream over when Almada broke the Deadlock in the first half in the first half. The free kick of the Argentinian left was intended as a cross, but as a jump from Lyon shirts in the middle did not contact, Andre Onana misjudged it and embedded the ball in the back corner.
United has got used to falling back, but did not have to be swallowed up by the crowd. They kept themselves stable and deep in the first half after interruption time, Yoro was equalized. It was a little unorthodox, with a free kick from Bruno Fernandes, who was initially clear from Lyon goalkeeper Lucas Perri, who was then switched back to the goal by Manuel Ugarte. Yoro’s film, when he flashed past his head, was instinctive, but effective when the ball curled the back of the network.
In the second half and Lyon, Alexandre Lacazette replaced a great opportunity to restore the leadership of his team, and shot nearby after excellent work by Georges Mikautadze nearby to create the chance. The hosts continued to give up the better chances, and Corentin Tolisso also shot to worry about Onana and Mikautadze, fired the goal from a decent position.
The creative quality from both sides was missing until United saw two excellent opportunities to take the lead with a ten -minute lead. Alejandro Garnacho connected with Patrick Dorgu’s cross from left to refuse from Perri before Casemiro went far from the resulting corner.
It was still time for the ex-Arsenal veteran Lacazette to miss another decent opportunity. The Dutch held away from Fernande’s floating dink to the long post to get in the way.
But Lyon had the last laugh. When they pushed forward, Mikautadze’s strike was saved by Onana, with the ball bouncing home the goalkeeper on the way from Cherkis.
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Although the disappointment transformed a victory into a draw, United himself believed that they had only achieved a crucial late gate a few moments earlier.
What they are is the only team that is still unbeaten in the Europa League this season. It is now 11 without defeat on the continental level, ie a run that Ruben Amorim can only dream of in Germany.
Europe was the break from United in this challenging season.
For the first time since she became Manchester United head coach in November, Ruben Amorim called an unchanged XI. The team, which started the Manchester Derby on Sunday, impressed him clearly, while it is also a positive sign of new NO injuries in a season defined by absences.
Apart from that, Amorim still had the room on the bench, to name four academy young people – Harry Amass, Godwill Kukonki, Jack Moorhouse and Jaydan Kamason.
Mason Mount got another cameo run in it, while it also marked the welcoming return of Kobbie Mainoo after it was excluded after several weeks.
Former midfielder Nemanja Matic did not make any strokes before the game when he described Andre Onana as “one of the worst” goalkeepers that the club ever had. It was a large headlight in the cameraane, which was welcomed with an enemy atmosphere of the Lyon fans to delete him from his game.
Ready to make a mistake, he did it. The way Lyon went through Thiago Almada was the absolute last thing that the United goalkeeper needed. Unfortunately, it is now eight mistakes for Onana that have led to all competitions since the beginning of last season, which is high among all goalkeepers of the Premier League.
It wasn’t the biggest gun, but it was avoidable and what Matetic had achieved from his comments under construction was apparently successful.
Leny Yoro was not known as a goalkeeper during his young career. In fact, the Frenchman had only found the network three times before the kick -off.
But there is something to say for a central defender that can be a threat in both boxes. United Famous had it with Steve Bruce more than 30 years ago, while Sergio Ramos scored more than 100 goals for Real Madrid. Nemanja Vidic was a little more hit and Miss, but received seven goals in 2008/09.
Harry Maguire has recently returned a respectable number and has scored seven points since the beginning of last season, but there is the potential that Yoro really increases the bar in this regard because it is no longer in the brand.