EL W Europa League Play-off 2nd Leg

Manchester United 2:1 Barcelona

Post-match discussion


Thu, 23 February 2023

Garnacho needs to be taught how to manage a game. A couple of times when he should have gone to the corner he gave the ball away with lose passes into the middle, leading to dangerous counters. Should know better.
If a 18 year old winger walked into an European night against Barcelona knowing how to manage the game, quite frankly ETH should send him to Ayia Napa to get a fecking life.
 
I can not stand Barca, absolute shithouses, gotta love ETHc cult hero already and the ground was absolutely BOUNCING. Perfect subs at the right time.
 
We didn't just beat them, honestly we outplayed them over these two legs. We were the better side in both games. So happy with where we're going under ETH. We are winning more than one cup this season
 
Great win , brilliant 2nd half.

The two legs were among the most entertaining games I have watched in years , both games flew by.
 
Garnacho needs to be taught how to manage a game. A couple of times when he should have gone to the corner he gave the ball away with lose passes into the middle, leading to dangerous counters. Should know better.
This is your takeaway after that match, really?
 
Great win!! I’m so freaking over the moon. Common United!!! It’s freaking finals time Sunday!!
You can see a pattern here - 1/2 players might be shit one day but the others put in such a shift to counter that. Great team effort! We go again but we need a rest in that west ham game. Players looking tired
 
The most worried I was in that second half was when Casemiro and Rashford went down injured.
 
Wow, just wow. So happy to get past Barca, doesn't make up for those lost CL finals but just getting past these lot, with refs helping them along the way, feels so good.

We turned ot around sec half and Fred just continues to annoy and delight in equal manner. I guess we just have to accept this from him and what a return to team by Antony, fantastic.
 
Impressive to think they’ve only conceded 7 goals in the league this season and you put four past them in two games.
 
Erik ten bag’s constant ability to read game and adjust to give us the upper hand is so satisfying. What a fecking manager we have!

Excellent second half!’we deserve to go through over the two legs.
 
Thanks for the replies…..sounds like I missed another great night at Old Trafford.
Hopefully they aren’t too knackered by this match as it should have the squad buzzing for Sunday.
 
That felt like winning a Champions League semi final and it was only a back door playoff into the final 16 of the Europa League :lol: Amazing.
 
Impressive to think they’ve only conceded 7 goals in the league this season and you put four past them in two games.
I think it says a lot about the Spanish league this season frankly. Hard to imagine Sociedad being close to third, but I guess Newcastle are similar.
 
I think correct me if i am wrong its only the fourth time we have beaten barca in europe.
 
The Antony sub changed the game at half time. Thought we started really well and then the penalty incident just took it out of us but that second half performance was magnificent :devil:

As annoying and inconsistent as he can be we're a better team with Antony on that right side, it's as simple as that. He just stretches the game and always seems available even if he fecks up. He's never anonymous.

Our South Americans tonight were just :drool:
 
They want to make Europa exciting so I’m sure we will be facing Juve before long.

To be fair, having beaten Barcelona I would say we are the best team left in the competition and we should be winning it.
After this tie, I don’t want us to play a small team. I just remember that it’s even better playing a big team in big games. That’s what it’s about !
 
We're winning games based on enthusiasm and work rate. We shine because we have a couple of mentality monsters in the team with Casimero, Fred, Bruno, Martinez, Dalot, Bissaka, Shaw and Varane. They all work their socks off. Next improvement should be playing good football and killing teams early on.

We now beat City, Chelsea, Pool, Spurs, Arsenal and Barca at home. We can actually win several prizes this season.
 
I think it’s fair to say, all united fans absolutely adore our manager General Heisenberg ETH, he sees what we see before we do, makes changes and it’s so refreshing to see a united team that just wants to take teams on, whoever they are and go toe to toe, we are four or five new players away from being an exceptional squad, whoever takes over the club, please just get ETH signed up on an extended 6 year contract and give him the £250-300m to make the club truly great again. He won’t let you down.
 
Just realized that casemiro got a yellow in both the legs. So hoping we get an easier draw as a yellow in 1st leg and he misses the 2nd leg. Hope we are winning comfortably the first leg and ETH does a jose and asks case to take a yellow to avoid further suspension
 
Impressive result, especially coming back from behind. It was almost like the referee was against United in the first half. I expected United would be more dominant in the game with a more emphatic scoreline. However, it's nice to again get one over barça, who have almost turned themselves into a nemesis. United should from now on consistently beat these feckers more, especially on the biggest stages like cup finals.
 
Great win , brilliant 2nd half.

The two legs were among the most entertaining games I have watched in years , both games flew by.
Yes, as an over-all tie, the two games made it one of the best European clashes in years. Can't remember too often being so good in both legs. Maybe against Inter in the quarters in '99
 

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Score Predictions

195,21,15
  • Man Utd win
  • Barcelona win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 42% Man Utd 2:1 Barcelona
  • 14% Man Utd 3:1 Barcelona
  • 13% Man Utd 2:0 Barcelona
  • 6% Man Utd 3:2 Barcelona
  • 5% Man Utd 1:2 Barcelona
  • 4% Man Utd 1:0 Barcelona
  • 3% Man Utd 1:1 Barcelona
  • 3% Man Utd 3:0 Barcelona
  • 3% Man Utd 2:2 Barcelona
  • 1% Man Utd 5:0 Barcelona
  • 1% Man Utd 0:1 Barcelona
  • 1% Man Utd 0:2 Barcelona
  • 1% Man Utd 4:2 Barcelona
  • 1% Man Utd 2:3 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 6:0 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 0:0 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 1:3 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 0:3 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 4:1 Barcelona
  • 0% Man Utd 0:5 Barcelona
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. Barcelona
Possession
42% 58%
Shots
12 6
Shots on Target
5 3
Corners
1 2
Fouls
13 12

Referee

Clement Turpin