United suffer a late comeback against Copenhagen and find themselves in trouble in the Champions League

ESPN.com.brNov 8, 2023, 7:09 pmReading: 2 min.

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O Manchester United is in trouble in Champions League. This Wednesday (8), the team lost 4-3 to Copenhagen away from home in the 4th round.

The result complicates the lives of Red Devilswhich remains outside the qualifying zone for the knockout stage and will have a decisive duel away from home against Galatasaray in the next round.

But the start was good for the visiting team. After just 2 minutes, after a beautiful play on the baseline, McTominay crossed to Hojlund, who only pushed it into the back of the net.

At 27, after Alejandro Garnacho’s shot, Hojlund took advantage of the rebound to score the English team’s second goal.

Everything started to go wrong in the 41st minute, when Rashford was sent off after a VAR review of an accidental stamp.

Three minutes later, after a cross from Ankersen, Diogo Gonçalves set up Elyounoussi to complete the goal.

With long stoppage time, a penalty was awarded to the home team in the 52nd minute, with Diogo Gonçalves converting and equalizing in the next minute.

In the second stage, despite the opposing pressure, United still had a penalty awarded in the 23rd minute, with Bruno Fernandes scoring and putting the English ahead again.

But the match would change its face in the final minutes. At 36, after Dalot hesitated, Lerager completed the cross and equalized again.

Five minutes later, the turnaround. Bardghji finished brilliantly inside the box to score the fourth.