EL D Europa League Round of 32 - 1st Leg

Club Brugge 1:1 Manchester United

Post-match discussion


Thu, 20 February 2020

Only positives to take from that are we didn’t get beat, got an away goal, Martial’s positive performance and Bruno’s cameo (except the free-kick).

Rest of that was fecking boring and very poor all round.
 
Utterly awful match. Martial and Bruno a level of quality above the rest
 
Brugge are terrible, I was actually worried about this tie, we'll destroy them at home. That said our 2nd string isn't much better :lol:
 
Arrogant team selection. Furious at that lineup and the performance did nothing to justify it. Three games into Bruno’s United career and we shoehorn Pereira, Mata and Lingard into an XI. Do you want to be here next season or not, Ole?
 
Who cares. We need to focus on top 4, if we win the Europa then even better
 
Poor game. Poor performance. In the wider context of the season though, have to be satisfied with that. Ole gambled with the team selection and got a result. Hard to see Brugge troubling us too much at Old Trafford
 
We're piss poor team to watch. As bad as it was under LvG, Jose or Moyes.
 
Given we played the trinity (Andreas/Lingard/Mata) a draw was the best we could hope for
 
fantastic assist from De Cuyper. boring, mediocre performance but a decent result to take back to Old Trafford, and some starters got rested.
 
Our team lacks so much quality outside of the first XI. If we have everyone fit for the rest of the season we might be alright, but realistically any time Ole rotates the squad we’re going to see more of this.

Still, draw and away goal in a two legged European fixture is a solid result.
 
Meh I'll take it considering the team and the weather. Should batter them next week.
 
Bruno did everything right except the free kicks :lol:

Meh. Start him on the return leg.

Only saw towards the end so can't say too much.

Lingard was awful. Should never have started.
 
Poor match, livened up by Bruno. Hope the penny drops with Ole and he realises you cant play Mata Lingard and Periera in the same side. All are woefully poor and need selling or given away end of the season
 
Very poor first half aar Martial excellent goal. once he scored we looked better and then improved further in the second half. Once Bruno came on we looked far more threatening and played some decent football in the last 10-15 mins And really should have gone on to win it. - a real off night for Williams, he looked knackered in the latter stages Too.
 
Arrogant team selection. Furious at that lineup and the performance did nothing to justify it. Three games into Bruno’s United career and we shoehorn Pereira, Mata and Lingard into an XI. Do you want to be here next season or not, Ole?

You are aware that we played Chelsea away 3 days ago and play again in 3 days. It's called squad management. Have to look at the bigger picture
 
Given we played the trinity (Andreas/Lingard/Mata) a draw was the best we could hope for
Seriously. First order of any business should be to get our squad to a situation where none of them are even squad players. So far off standard.
 
Bruno and Fred are going to be great together. Add in McT and do we really need Pogba?

An away draw with an away goal, can't complain I guess. Should really have won it. I do see us winning at home. both disappointed and satisfied at the same time.
 
If you didn’t already know that is Ole’s plan B
Pick your worst players .......Lindelof,Pereira,Lingard,Mata,Delot,and build your team around them.
 
Should be a good position to make it into the next round.... it wasnt pretty though. Not that you could expect much good football with Pereira and Lingard.
 
I thought this game was on at 8pm, then the wife shouted up that the game was on , watched the last 5 minutes....... pleased I missed it. It would have been an hour and half wasted from my life.
 
Happy enough with that. Played well within ourselves and conserved energy. Second leg at home we'll field a stronger side and go through fairly easy.
 
A 1-1 draw on the road? I'll take it. I mean, c'mon... at one point, hail was falling on the pitch. With a more adept lineup at home, this tie should work out just fine. Now we have a pretty solid, rested squad for Watford.
 
You are aware that we played Chelsea away 3 days ago and play again in 3 days. It's called squad management. Have to look at the bigger picture
There’s more than one way to rotate a side.
 
Players like Gomes will be wondering why the is not getting game time ahead of Lingard.
Aweful performance
 
Pitch seemed heavy both teams struggled to string passes together. Martial took his goal well and I though Shaw actually had a good match.

Glad to see Ole go for it in the last 15 minutes. 1-1 is a fair result.
 
Expected result given the lineup. We have plenty of players who wouldn't look out of place in Brugge.
 
Creditable result, given the heavy rotation. Scrappy game. Brugges are no mugs. Went 2 nil up before conceding 2 to draw at the Bernabeu this season. We'd do well to be switched on next week, but should get the job done.
 

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Score Predictions

154,20,41
  • Man Utd win
  • Brugge win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 33% Brugge 0:2 Man Utd
  • 16% Brugge 1:1 Man Utd
  • 13% Brugge 1:2 Man Utd
  • 11% Brugge 0:1 Man Utd
  • 7% Brugge 0:3 Man Utd
  • 5% Brugge 1:3 Man Utd
  • 4% Brugge 1:0 Man Utd
  • 4% Brugge 2:1 Man Utd
  • 3% Brugge 0:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Brugge 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Brugge 0:5 Man Utd
  • 1% Brugge 2:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Brugge 2:4 Man Utd
  • 0% Brugge 5:0 Man Utd
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Match Stats

  1. Brugge
  2. Man Utd
Possession
40% 60%
Shots
10 16
Shots on Target
4 4
Corners
4 5
Fouls
15 9

Referee

Aleksey Kulbakov