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| Marcus Rashford scored a late Penalty in 2019 against PSG to send United through |
Europe's Biggest Club Competition, the UEFA Champions League group stage 2020-21 kicked off yesterday with groups E-H playing their matches.The main focus of most people was on Group H fixture between last season's beaten finalists Paris Saint Germain and Manchester United.
The last meeting between these two teams turned out to be memorable one for United Fans as they overcomed a 2-0 Round of 16 deficient through a last minute Penalty to go through on away goals. PSG this season would be hoping to do one better and win the Competition and silence their critics.
United game into this game with mixed results. With 2 away wins they were looking good but at home though they had shipped 9 goals in 2 games.
Penalty in a Manchester United game had become the talking point in recent times, so it didn't came off as a suprise when they won another penalty against Paris Saint Germain. Bruno Fernandes saw his penalty saved over the weekend against Newcastle. This time he failed to convert again but VAR allowed him to retake his penalty as Keylor Navas the PSG Goalkeeper was seen off the line which Is considered a foul these days. He retook it and made no mistake to give United the lead in the 23rd minute.
Despite having the likes of both Kylian Mbappe and Neymar in the front three with former United Player Angel Di Maria, it was through United's striker Anthony Martial's own goal that PSG levelled the score.
The Breaking Point of the match came in the 87th minute as Marcus Rashford punished PSG again after turning with a pass from Paul Pogba to smash it in the bottom left corner to win the game 2-1 for Manchester United.
Other Result in Group H-
RB Leipzig 2-0 Istanbul Basaksheir
Results in Group G-
Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 Juventus
FC Barcelona 5-1 Ferencvaros
Results in Group F-
Zenit 1-2 Club Brugge
Lazio 3-1 Borussia Dortmund
Results in Group E-
Chelsea 0-0 Sevilla
Rennes 1-1 Krasnodar
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