Jose Mourinho sees red as Fenerbahce and United play out draw

Fenerbahçe’s coach Jose Mourinho was sent off against his former club Manchester United on Thursday. The 1-1 draw meant the Red Devils tied all their first three Europa League games.

Underwhelming United ahead at the break

As expected, Mourinho picked Manchester United’s former players Fred and Sofyan Amrabat in the middle of the park. Youssef En-Nesyri, a two-time Europa League winner with Sevilla, starts ahead of Edin Džeko up front.

With Bruno Fernandes suspended, Lisandro Martínez captains United for the first time in his 70th appearance for the club. The Argentinian once again deployed at left-back. But the biggest surprise of the lineup came with Noussair Mazraoui drafted to replace Bruno.

Fenerbahçe won the midfield battle in the opening ten minutes, but the visitors handled the pleasure well. And they took the lead from their first chance courtesy of Christian Eriksen. The Danish midfielder at Tottenham Hotspur.

Marcus Rashford, whose half-time substitution cost the Red Devils two points against Porto, nearly doubled the lead moments later. But the hosts once again took control of proceedings to end the half strongly.

Andre Onana maintained United’s lead with a couple of impressive saves from En-Nesyri’s headers in a matter of seconds. But nothing was going right for Erik ten Hag’s men in Fenerbahçe’s box. From out-of-position Mazraoui to out-of-form Joshua Zirkzee, United’s attackers had an underwhelming 45 minutes in İstanbul.

Mourinho sees red, but United still held to draw

Meanwhile, the tough-tackling Manuel Ugarte was Manchester United’s best player. The Uruguayan took the ball off Fred to start an attack that resulted in Eriksen’s goal on his first start since the 3-0 home defeat to Spurs.

However, once again, United started the second half on the wrong foot. And, at the third time of asking, En-Nesyri beat Onana with a well-timed header inside the first ten minutes. It’s an expected outcome…

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Author : Eskender Tamrat

Publish date : 2024-10-24 21:29:01

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