Europa League Debrief: Late drama at Old Trafford
Football Daily
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🗓️ 23 January 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Manchester United narrowly beat Rangers 2-1 to boost their chances of qualifying for the last 16 of the Europa League. The result also means that Philippe Clement's side are all but through to at least the knockout play-off round.
Steve Crossman presents reaction to Thursday's night's game from Old Trafford, alongside former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson and commentator Ian Dennis.
Former United first-team coach Rene Meulensteen also joins to provide his view on the game, while you can hear the post-match thoughts of both managers. TIMECODES:
00:29 - The story of the game 10:19 - Ruben Amorim 12:41 - Debate on the goalkeepers of both teams 17:59 - Philippe Clement
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| 0:48.8 | All Trafford, away to my right-hand side. Some very, very noisy Rangers Rangers supporters they've been loud all |
| 0:54.7 | night despite the fact that their team have been beaten 2-1 by Manchester United |
| 0:58.6 | here in the Europa League it was not the most dramatic 85 minutes but then the |
| 1:05.0 | last few really made up for it Manchester United a fourth in the Europa League |
| 1:09.8 | League phase it's very much in |
| 1:12.3 | their hands going into their final game away at the team that used to be called Stauer-Booker-Esten |
| 1:17.2 | and now FCSB. Tottenham is sixth because they won three-two against Hoffenheim in the Europa |
| 1:22.9 | League. They're on 14 points. A win for them in their final game against Elf's Bjure would guarantee their passage through automatically in the Europa League. |
| 1:31.7 | The reality is a draw would probably be enough. |
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