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Thursday, October 6, 2022
Manchester United and Omonia Nicosia
Manchester United got here from a objective all the way down to defeat Cypriot facet Omonia Nicosia 3-2 of their third Group E fixture of the UEFA Europa League on Thursday night.
The Pink Devils got here into the match with a degree to show following the disastrous 6-3 hammering by the hands of their metropolis neighbours and arch rivals within the Premier League on Sunday.
United instantly hit the bottom operating with Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Anthony making a number of makes an attempt on objective.
Nonetheless, the sudden occurred only a minute later when United had been punished after the ball was hijacked from Tyrell Malacia and the hosts launched a counterattack which Karim Ansarifard transformed to place Nicosia forward.
With 76 per cent of possession, United had been unable to search out an equaliser as the primary half ended 1-0 in favour of the Cypriot facet.
United made some modifications within the earlier minutes of the second second half with Luke Shaw approaching for Malacia whereas Jadon Sancho was substituted for Marcus Rashford.
The shuffle instantly paid off as Rashford curled the ball into the highest nook of the submit from exterior the field to degree the sport for United.
Only one minute into motion, Anthony Martial who got here on for Fernandes scored from exterior the 18-yard field to place United into the lead for the very first time within the encounter.
Moments later, Diogo Dalot dribbled previous the goalkeeper and handed the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was met with an empty objective submit however the 37-year-old ahead struck towards the bar.
Ronaldo set Rashford as much as get his brace of the night to provide United a two-goal lead nevertheless it wasn’t lengthy when Nikolas Panayiotou pulled one again for Nicosia.
Afterwards, the five-time Ballon D’Or was once more near scoring his first objective within the competitors however all had been to no avail because the match ended 3-2 in favour of the United to retain their second place within the group with six factors.
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