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Man Utd 0-1 Barcelona: Shaw possess goal gives Solskjaer another mountain to climb

Manchester United lost 1-0 at home to Barcelona inside the Champions League on Wednesday, leaving them in a precarious position

Match Report


Barcelona took a large step in the direction of their first Champions League semi-very last in 4 years as they claimed a slim 1-0 win away to Manchester United notwithstanding a very well underwhelming overall performance.Ernesto Valverde's guys had been a long way from their quality, with Lionel Messi uncharacteristically quiet, though United didn't make the most in their periods of superiority and need to win at Camp Nou if they are to progress any further within the opposition.

Barca's sure begin saw them produce the only goal, the grievous Luke Shaw deflecting a Luis Suarez header into his very own net, however United looked brilliant for the rest of the first half.Although that example of play continued after the interval, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side struggled to create meaningful possibilities and, as sloppy as Barca were, they successfully held on to a crucial away success.

Match Events 

5' CHANCE! Rashford's free-kick goes wide

Rashford hits the free-kick well yet it bolts wide of the Barcelona target.

12' OWN GOAL! Man Utd 0-1 Barcelona (Shaw)

Messi chips the ball to the back post and Suarez gestures it back crosswise over goal. The ex-Liverpool striker wheels away to celebrate yet the final touch fell off Shaw so will surely be a possess goal.

Suarez' celebrations are initially stopped as the offside flag went up, however a VAR check demonstrates that he was just about onside.

30' Penalty yell as McTominay tackled down in the crate

McTominay cuts inside Pique in the container and there is a little piece of contact from the ex-United safeguard on the current United star. The official waves the appeals away and VAR will not be utilized to check the choice.

31' Messi left bleeding after a collision with Smalling



There was no malice from Smalling when getting Messi, yet he has left the whiz forward in a significant awful manner. There is blood pouring from Messi's nose and he will require some fixing up before reemerging the field.

36' Amazing recovery from De Gea!

Smalling fails to deal with a skipping ball and Suarez jumps on its finish. In the wake of holding it up he tees up Coutinho, whose powerful shot is kept out by De Gea's leg.

64' CHANCE! Suarez fires into the side-netting

Semedo plays a decent little ball in behind for Suarez to latch on to. The striker looks for the close post, as opposed to going crosswise over De Gea, and he can only select the side-netting.

66' SAVE! De Gea denies Alba's shot

Alba is slipped in down the left and De Gea makes the spare down low with his feet. Joined could do with rolling out an improvement as they have lost their musicality.

83' NEARLY! Messi's free-kick spared by De Gea!


Messi's free-kick experiences the wall. De Gea figures out how to watch the ball all the way, in spite of a slight deflection on its way through, to make a standard spare down the middle.

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