The Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, coach of Manchester United, confirmed that the lack of focus and defensive errors were behind the 2-1 loss against the Swiss team Young Boys, in the match that brought the two teams together at the “Suis Wankdorf” stadium, in the first round of Group F of the Champions League. For the current season 2021-2022.
Solskjaer said after the end of the match: “When you lose your focus and make many mistakes, you will be punished, which is what happened in tonight’s match, as we did last season against the Turkish team Basaksehir.”
On the substitution of Ronaldo and Bruno, the United coach said: “We reached the 70th minute, and the two players made a great effort on Saturday and today on artificial turf, and we also wanted to use Matic’s experience in keeping the ball and the vitality of Lingard.”
Solskjaer spoke about Bissaka’s expulsion, saying: “The pitch played a role. Bissaka received the ball with difficulty. He reached the ball but could not control and continued his intervention. It is difficult to criticize the referee’s decision, but Bissaka did not interfere with the player’s ankle, but rather on the top of his foot.” .
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Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo scored Manchester United’s goal in the 13th minute of the match, increasing his lead in the Champions League scorers list throughout history with 135 goals.
Don scored his first appearance in the Red Devils shirt in the Champions League after returning to him during the last summer transfers from Italian Juventus.
Ronaldo participated in his 177th match in the Champions League, equaling the record recorded by former Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas, as the most participation in the history of the competition.
The “Opta” network, which specializes in monitoring statistics, also stated that Young Boys, the 36th team that has scored against Portuguese star Ronaldo in the Champions League, equals the record recorded in the name of Argentine star Lionel Messi, player of Paris Saint-Germain.
Then Momi Njimalo scored the equalizer for Young Boys in the 66th minute of the match, before Anne Theson Sepacho scored the deadly winning goal for the Swiss team in the last minute of the match.
Manchester United player Aaron Wan-Bissaka received a direct red card in the 35th minute of the match after his violent intervention against the Young Boys player.
