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Match report
A remarkable 90 minutes of football at Old Trafford on Thursday evening culminated in Manchester United, at the death, scraping past an Omonoia outfit who can return to Cyprus with their heads held high.
Erik ten Hag’s troops, of course, marked their return to action a short time ago.
Turning their attentions back towards matters on the continent on the back of a 2-1 downing of Everton at the weekend, the Red Devils welcomed Neil Lennon’s Omonoia to Old Trafford, for a Europa League group stage clash.
The evening’s hosts headed into proceedings eyeing an altogether more comfortable night’s work this time round, after stuttering to a 3-2 triumph in Nicosia this day last week.
When all was said and done, however, as alluded to above, this proved to be far from the case.
Instead, despite peppering the Omonoia goal across the 90 minutes, United’s breakthrough only arrived a full three minutes into injury time.
What a finish!
Scott McTominay sunk Cypriot hearts at Old Trafford in the 93rd minute with this strike to secure the three points for the home side… 💫#UEL pic.twitter.com/Gq1zW2Q7zY
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 13, 2022
Upon the final whistle sounding on Thursday night, the scoreline, in turn, stood at 1-0, leaving Erik ten Hag’s United in 2nd in the Europa League Group E table, three points adrift of leaders Real Sociedad.
Player ratings
Manchester United
David de Gea – 5.5, Diogo Dalot – 4.5, Victor Lindelof – 5, Lisandro Martinez – 6, Tyrell Malacia – 6, Casemiro – 6, Fred – 5.5, Bruno Fernandes – 5, Antony – 5.5, Marcus Rashford – 6, Cristiano Ronaldo – 5.5
Scott McTominay – 6.5
Omonoia FC
Francis Uzoho – 9, Adam Matthews – 6, Adam Lang – 5.5, Nemanja Miletic – 5.5, Hector Yuste – 6, Fotios Kitsos – 5.5, Nikolas Panagiotou – 5, Moreto Cassama – 6.5, Charalampos Charalampous – 6, Bruno Felipe – 6.5, Andronikos Kakoullis – 5.5
Social media reaction
This half almost a carbon copy of last week. #mufc have had the chances to make it a comfortable evening but Omonia should be ahead. Dreadful decision by Bruno when he had to square it.
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) October 13, 2022
Ronaldo again isolated with no service, this team looks disjointed
— Hardeep Singh Dhadwal (@hdhadwalmufc) October 13, 2022
The Omonia goalkeeper every time Manchester United try to score… pic.twitter.com/W8rQtW8F9P
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) October 13, 2022
An eventful 2022 for Uzoho, who’s gone from apologising for preventing Nigeria from qualifying for the World Cup to keeping United at bay for the best part of 50 minutes.
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) October 13, 2022
Ronaldo and their keeper who’s having the game of his life.pic.twitter.com/kDJ8YXEVNN
— The CR7 Timeline. (@TimelineCR7) October 13, 2022
Dalot got Worldclass shoutouts after that brace in the nations league and decided to go back to his bozo genes
— Tinka 🔴 (@UtdCode) October 13, 2022
68′ – Horrendous challenge from Cassama on Casemiro. He gets a yellow but it should’ve been a red
— utdreport (@utdreport) October 13, 2022
Tyrell Malacia’s half by numbers vs. Nicosia:
100% duels won
96% pass accuracy
45 passes completed
3 chances created
3/3 tackles won
2 interceptionsLooking lively. 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱 pic.twitter.com/hl5x1tOa4X
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) October 13, 2022
dalot can’t defend and can’t put crosses
awb can defend well and can’t put crosses— Anish (@mctominayhive) October 13, 2022
Scott McTominay’s game by numbers vs. Nicosia:
11 touches
6 passes completed
3 shots
1 goalThe only player that could finish their dinner tonight. 😅😅😅 pic.twitter.com/icsxzCzKg4
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) October 13, 2022
Man Utd (4.15) 1-0 (0.12) Omonia
— The xG Philosophy (@xGPhilosophy) October 13, 2022
United had 34 shots before beating Omonoia keeper Francis Uzoho 😱#UEL pic.twitter.com/OKPifjxsRm
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 13, 2022
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