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Man United 2-1 Barcelona (3-2) – Red Devils to Round of 16

Man United 2-1 Barcelona (3-2) – Red Devils to progressed to the Europa League Round of 16 thanks to a fine performance from Brazilian duo Fred and Antony.

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Man United 2-1 Barcelona (3-2) – Highlights

The 2-2 draw at Camp Nou despite scoring first a week ago forces Barcelona to settle the result at Old Trafford.

Again, the Catalan took the lead, this time Robert Lewandowski left his mark on English soil with the penalty at the 18th minute.

Bruno Fernandes became the villain when he hauled down Alejandro Balde in the penalty area, Lewandowski converting the subsequent spot-kick despite David de Gea’s best efforts which almost saved the spot-kick.

This is the Polish’s 39th goal in major European competitions since the start of the 2019-20 season, which is the most any player has registered during that span, while he also reached the 25-goal mark for the 12th campaign in succession.

But Fred canceled out Lewandowski’s milestone by equalising early in the second half.

Man United’s midfielder made a perfect first touch to leave Barca’s defender behind, only to shoot it low and beat Marc Andre ter Stegen.

Antony, who just returned from injury, scored a big goal to complete the turnaround for his side 17 minutes from time.

Red Devils held on for their first victory over their European competition’s rival since April 2008, when they won in the Champions League semi-final.

Comeback kings United keep the European dream alive

Man United came from behind to stun Barcelona at Camp Nou, and once again, they did it again to end their opponents’ 11-match unbeaten streak away from home.

It was only the Red Devils’ second win in 12 attempts against the Blaugrana, who were eventually eliminated from Champions League and now Europa League.

Barca’s disappointed results in European competitions carry on

The Catalan club have just won one of their last 15 games in Europe against teams from the top 5 European leagues (D5 L9), as many defeats as in their 50 previous such games (W31 D10 L9).

Notable Opta facts

• This was the first time Barcelona have lost a game (in any competition) in which they led at half-time since April 2021 against Granada (1-2), having gone unbeaten in 37 such matches.
• Only Marcus Rashford (17) has netted more goals for Manchester United at Old Trafford this season than Fred (five).
• Since making his Manchester United debut in February 2020, Bruno Fernandes (25 – 12 goals, 13 assists) is one of just five players to have been directly involved in 25+ goals in major European competitions alongside Robert Lewandowski (37), Kylian Mbappe (33), Karim Benzema (27) and Mo Salah (27).
• Barcelona faced United without both Gavi and Pedri, the first time both have failed to feature in a game for Barcelona since January 5, 2022 against Linares Deportivo, ending a run of 61 successive matches where at least one of the two had appeared for the Blaugrana.