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Manchester United’s Champions League dreams came to an end on Wednesday night at the Parc des Princes. The European deyetants drew 1-1 at home with French heavyweights Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg but lost 3-1 in the other. match to lose 4-2 on aggregate.
Lieke Martens opened the scoring in the 18th minute when she took advantage of a rebound from Mary Earps’ opening save on Tabitha Chawinga’s effort. Lisa Naalsund levelled the score with a ball at the end of the two minutes after the break.
However, the celebrations were interrupted when Martens restored the hosts’ lead within 60 seconds of the restart. Chawinga turned the ball over to the plate for Martens to score from the center of the box, before Sandy Baltimore ended the game in the 57th. minute, outpacing Hannah Blundell in speed and throwing Earps from close range.
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The game was reflected in the first leg, with United desperate to relieve the pressure on the blue shirts, but to no avail – it was a sloppy and clinging performance from the Reds in the first forty-five minutes.
They didn’t have the courage to shut down their hosts, the passes were sloppy and aimless. The visitors looked tired, unable to keep up with PSG’s pace and numbers; even Ella Toone missed from close range.
It’s not all doom and gloom. Rivière and Geyse advanced well down the right flank, with the duo having shots on target in the opening 15 minutes. Functionality took a step forward over time: Leah Galton caused disarray on the left flank and had a goal disallowed in the second half. Melvine Malard also made a decent change, as did Geyse, who made it on his own.
But in the end, United were lucky to hold PSG to a 3-1 draw as PSG’s Chawinga took Rivière’s biggest lead in a run down the hosts’ left flank. United simply couldn’t keep up with PSG’s speed up front. row.
Maya Le Tissier and Riviere were separated by Chawinga, who drove the ball past Earps, but Le Tissier’s recovery run pinned her England teammate to deny the hosts an open goal early on. United made too many individual errors all over the pitch to concede the second goal. , and the third is the result of mediocre functionality across the board.