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Christian Eriksen was the hero-grew to alter into-villain as Manchester United kicked off their UEFA Europa League marketing campaign with a frustrating 1-1 draw at home to FC Twente.
The Danish midfielder sizzled in a sizzling first-time effort on 35 minutes to present Erik ten Hag’s men an interval lead.
On the alternative hand, the Dutch facet had been successfully-organised and carried a threat on the counter-attack that bore fruit when Sam Lammers dispossessed Eriksen and beat Andre Onana at his come post 22 minutes from time.
Bruno Fernandes and Harry Maguire each and every went cease to a winner for The Purple Devils, nevertheless the Eredivisie facet held agency to secure a celebrated level.
Manchester United will now swap focal level to a Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
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Given the names on this season’s opponents, The Purple Devils are rightly idea to be one in every of the favourites to pass the total system on the Road to the ultimate at the Estadio de San Mamés in Bilbao, Spain – so this was an early setback.
At cases it was too pedestrian, seriously in the 2d half of, and the hosts had been ultimately punished for a failure to make on their interval lead.
The TNT Sports actions consultants, Karen Carney and Owen Hargreaves, had spoken of United’s lack of killer instinct to date this season sooner than the match and it manifested here with Twente coming abet to haunt Ten Hag, who had grown up loving the membership and represented them at some level of his taking part in days.
United’s momentum following the international smash has been hampered by this lacklustre draw, nevertheless they remain unbeaten in that time with a obligatory clash with Tottenham at the weekend presumably offering a more lifelike barometer of where they in reality stand when it involves growth this season.
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Participant of the match – Lars Unnerstall (Twente)
The visiting shot-stopper produced a series of saves, including two distinctive ones in each and every half of to assist secure a memorable result for the Dutch minnows.
Participant ratings
MAN UNITED: Onana 6, Mazraoui 6, Maguire 7, Martinez 7, Dalot 7, Ugarte 6, Eriksen 7, Diallo 7, Fernandes 7, Rashford 7, Zirkzee 6. Subs: Garnacho 6, Mainoo n/a, Mount n/a, Hojlund n/a.
FC TWENTE: Unnerstall 9, Salah-Eddine 8, Bruns 8, Hilgers 8, van Rooij 8, Vlap 7, Regeer 7, van Bergen 7, Steijn 7, van Wolfsinkel 7, Lammers 7. Subs: Kjolo 7, Rots 7, Lagerbielke n/a, Ltaief n/a, Besselink n/a.
Match highlights
08’ – CHANCE! The hosts are caught being too casual on the a ways true and the Dutch facet nearly punish them. It be fed into the come-post bustle of Sam Lammers, who opens his physique up and slides a facet-footer inches past the a ways post.
26’ – CHANCE! Lars Unnerstall pulls off a relatively marvellous reaction cease, flinging his arm as a lot as his top left-hand corner to push away Lisandro Martinez’s carefully deflected header.
35’ – GOAL! – Man United 1-0 FC Twente: (Eriksen). The Denmark necessary particular person rifles a sensational first-time strike into the a ways corner after Diogo Dalot was challenged out of it on the left facet of the gap.
68’ – GOAL! – Man United 1-1 FC Twente: (Lammers). The Dutch facet possess afraid Weak Trafford. Lammers pinches the ball off Eriksen and surges into the true facet of the gap before beating Andre Onana at his come post.
90+3’ – CHANCE! Unnerstall pulls off one other sensational assign to assign out Harry Maguire’s deflected header.
