MU luckily escaped defeat in Europa League

Traveling to Porto's Dragão Stadium, MU's performance could not satisfy the fans. In the last 3 matches in all competitions, coach Erik ten Hag and his team played disappointingly, drawing 2 and losing 1. More notably, at the weekend, the "Red Devils" lost 0-3 to Tottenham right at home.

MU's way of entering the match against Porto somewhat surprised the fans. MU played at a fast pace and the strikers worked hard to close the gap and move constantly. The renewal of the strikers, replacing Joshua Zirkzee with Rasmus Højlund, made the English representative especially dangerous in central attacking situations. In the 20th minute, Rasmus Højlund himself made a smart move, receiving a pass from Marcus Rashford to raise the score to 2-0 for MU. In this situation, the Manchester team also found the opening goal in the 7th minute after Marcus Rashford broke straight into the middle.

Hàng thủ thảm họa, Bruno lại nhận thẻ đỏ: M.U thoát thua may mắn ở Europa League- Ảnh 1. — MU scored 2 early goals right at Porto's field

It seemed that two early goals would help MU win, but everything changed completely in the following minutes. From the 25th minute, MU's defense played like they were sleepwalking, allowing Porto to continuously attack. Disaster began to come to the away team in the 27th minute when Diogo Dalot and Matthijs de Ligt had a series of bad situations, creating conditions for Pepe to shorten the score to 1-2 for Porto. In the 34th minute, MU's dense defense continued to make mistakes, allowing Porto to equalize 2-2. The player who brought joy to the home team was Samu Omorodion with a brave aerial battle. Notably, this is the 31st match, since the beginning of the 2023-2024 season, that MU has conceded two or more goals in a match. In the whole of England, no team has a defense as bad as MU

The second half was when MU disappointed fans even more. Coach Erik ten Hag's players shot 29 times in this match, but most of them were inaccurate. Not only struggling in attack, in the 50th minute, MU let Samu Omorodion break through the net, putting Porto in the lead 3-2. This time, Matthijs de Ligt was directly mentioned for not being able to keep up with the Spanish striker. Before that, when MU conceded the second goal, Matthijs de Ligt also made a mistake, losing to Samu Omorodion in the air.

Hàng thủ thảm họa, Bruno lại nhận thẻ đỏ: M.U thoát thua may mắn ở Europa League- Ảnh 2. — Matthijs de Ligt (number 4) continuously made mistakes, causing MU to concede 3 goals.

On his return to Portugal, Bruno Fernandes also knew how to make fans mention his name. However, instead of scoring or assisting, he received a red card for kicking his opponent in the head. More notably, this was the second red card in just 5 days for the Portuguese player. Previously, when MU was led by Tottenham at home, Bruno Fernandes also received a red card for kicking James Madison's shin. Fortunately for Bruno Fernandes, when he pushed MU into a difficult position, Porto did not push up their formation to find a goal. Not only that, in the extra minutes, Harry Maguire fought bravely in the air, bringing a lucky 3-3 draw for MU.

After the match, coach Erik ten Hag himself admitted that MU's defense could not have had a worse match. He said: "We started the match very well, dominated, scored two goals but then lost control because the players in the defense made many mistakes. MU must improve their defense immediately."

Meanwhile, Harry Maguire commented: "MU left the opponent with too much space. Porto continuously passed into the penalty area and in the end they punished us. In fact, I think most of the goals conceded came from the players' poor spirit."

Hàng thủ thảm họa, Bruno lại nhận thẻ đỏ: M.U thoát thua may mắn ở Europa League- Ảnh 3.

Hàng thủ thảm họa, Bruno lại nhận thẻ đỏ: M.U thoát thua may mắn ở Europa League- Ảnh 4.

Hàng thủ thảm họa, Bruno lại nhận thẻ đỏ: M.U thoát thua may mắn ở Europa League- Ảnh 5.

Bruno Fernandes (number 8) received a red card, Harry Maguire became the savior for MU

Drawing 3-3 with Porto, MU only has 2 points after 2 matches in the Europa League. The team from England caused great disappointment when only ranked 21st in the overall rankings. Meanwhile, Porto got their first point, ranked 24th. In the next match, MU's challenge is considered more difficult when they have to play away at Fenerbahce (October 25).

In contrast to MU, the remaining representative of England, Tottenham, had an easy 2-1 victory in Hungary against their opponent Ferencváros. This was the second consecutive victory of the "Rooster" in the Europa League, helping the team of coach Ange Postecoglou to rank 3rd in the overall rankings.