Manchester United managed to find the self-destruct button once again and press it firmly with the bemused Old Trafford crowd watching. The Red Devils were cruising to a 2-0 win over Sevilla in their UEFA Europa League quarter-final clash with only ten minutes left, but the game ended in a 2-2 draw and trusty defender Lisandro Martinez stretched off.UEL: Never write off Sevilla on a Thursday! The Red Devils had it but now they trembleTo add insult to injury, the 93rd-minute equaliser was a freak own goal from the man everyone loves to ridicule – Harry Maguire.The big defender has had his share of poor performances, lapses in concentration, and balls given away, but his unfortunate own goal on Thursday night was just that – unfortunate. Moroccan hitman Youssef En-Nesyri directed a header that would have gone wide of David De Gea’s goal, but it hit the side of Magure’s head, changed its direction and ended up in the net. It wasn’t funny, but you just had to laugh – it happened again.Former United and Bayern Munich midfielder Owen Hargreaves covered the game as a pundit and couldn’t believe how unlucky Maguire was. “The second own goal is so difficult for Harry. This could go anywhere and ends up in the back of the net. It was going so far wide it is absolutely unbelievable. There is nothing Harry can do. It is so unlucky for Harry.”Harry Maguire.. Strikers Instinct 🤣 pic.twitter.com/K8RqxntCaK— Arsenal_Obsessed (@ObsessedArsenal) April 13, 2023 However, some say luck has nothing to do with what happened to United on the night. Club legend Paul Scholes said Erik Ten Hag’s side relaxed and was punished for it.”When you are in a quarter-final like that, this is the time to win the game. That should have been three, four, five nil against that opposition. It is almost as if they thought it was too easy, a stroll in the park. You can’t do that in Europe, and against Sevilla, we know their record. Sevilla weren’t great in the first half, and United were playing so well, you thought this is three, four, five and the end of the game tonight. The second half was a complete disaster.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7179869##Ten Hag couldn’t do anything but watch his team grind to a halt and concede a couple of goals, leaving him with no cushion to carry to Spain in the second leg.”And then, the last ten minutes of the game, everything was against us. We have to be smarter, we switch off for the first goal, and then we get the injury of Martinez, another bad luck. Both goals against, both deflected. What can you do? Sometimes you have bad days and bad luck. Tonight was not our night.”
