{"id":18259,"date":"2020-12-08T17:17:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18259"},"modified":"2020-12-09T12:48:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T16:48:26","slug":"manchester-united-crash-out-of-champions-league-after-loss-in-leipzig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18259","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Crash Out Of Champions League After Loss In Leipzig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2.57011168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2.57011168.jpg 631w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2.57011168-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/>Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League after falling just short of a remarkable European comeback at RB Leipzig as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side lost 3-2 in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Having started Group H with a win at last season\u2019s runners-up Paris St Germain and a five-star display at home to Tuesday\u2019s opponents, the Red Devils undid that fine work and have now dropped into the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>United had only required a point from their final two matches to reach the knockout phase, yet last week\u2019s loss to PSG was compounded by a heartbreaking defeat at Leipzig as poor defending proved too much to overturn in a grandstand finish.<\/p>\n<p>Angelino, on loan from Manchester City, got Julian Nagelsmann\u2019s men off to a dream start by lashing home inside two minutes, with Amadou Haidara adding a second soon after.<\/p>\n<p>United could easily have fallen further behind before substitute Justin Kluivert took advantage of hesitant defending to put Leipzig three goals ahead moments after a Bruno Fernandes free-kick hit the bar in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>It proved a hole too big for Solskjaer\u2019s comeback kings to dig themselves out of, despite Fernandes scoring from the spot and substitute Paul Pogba heading in off the back of Harry Maguire in the final 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-18259\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18259&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-18259\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18259&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-18259\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18259&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=18259\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League after falling just short of a remarkable European comeback at RB Leipzig as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side lost 3-2 in Germany. 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