One of the crucial things that needed to happen so that Manchester United could advance into the next stage of the Champions League (or at least the Europa League) was to defeat Bayern Munich. United then needed some other results in the game between Copenhagen and Galatasaray, but the win over the Germans was the first non-conditional step. And the Red Devils failed. They didn’t only lose 1-0, but they failed to dominate the game at least. In a must-win match, the Red Devils finished with a single shot on target! As if the stumbling English giant was more afraid of the humiliation that Bayern could potentially give him, so he calculated in a game where there is no place for calculations.UCL: Hellish international campaign for the Red Devils ends – United out of Europe completelyBut, according to their coach, they played well!“Today’s performance was very good. We didn’t deserve to lose, but we lost the game. But also, Bayern is a good team. Even when they are not in the game, they have individual class and just need one moment. Unfortunately, that happened. We know we want to be more consistent. As manager I have to improve the team, I have to guide them and the players have to take the responsibility. We have to do that together,” said the Dutchman.12 – Man Utd have lost 12 of their 24 games in all competitions this season, as many as they lost in 62 matches across the whole of 2022-23. Downturn. pic.twitter.com/HnpnEfiSWH— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 12, 2023 Erik ten Hag is still not under threat, but with results like these, new minority owner (yet to be officially appointed) Sir Jim Ratcliffe will have a long look at his ‘achievements’ at the end of the season. But even though his team finished with the club’s lowest-ever points total in the Champions League, along with the last place in the group, the Dutchman is still satisfied. Asked how he looks at Manchester’s participation in the Champions League, he said:“Not with regret. We didn’t make it, but we have to accept it. We have to learn from it. We played some good football in the Champions League. We have to take some good performances into the Premier League. We want to be back in the Champions League. We didn’t lose it today, that’s clear. We had good performances but also we made mistakes. In the end it was not good enough. The facts are we do not have enough points. We are disappointed as a group, as a manager, I am disappointed. We should have done better”.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – ROUND 6TuesdayPSV – Arsenal 1-1 (0-1)/Vertessen 50 – Nketiah 42/Lens – Sevilla 2-1 (0-0)/Frankowski 63 pen, Fulgini 90+6 – Ramos 79 pen/Salzburg – Benfica 1-3 (0-2)/Sucic 57 – Di Maria 32, Rafa Silva 45+1, Cabral 90+1/Inter – Sociedad 0-0Man.Utd. – Bayern 0-1 (0-0)/Coman 71/Copenhagen – Galatasaray 1-0 (0-0)/Lerager 58/Napoli – Braga 2-0 (2-0)/Saatci 9 og, Osimhen 34/Union Berlin – Real Madrid 2-3 (0-0)/Volland 45+1, Kral 85 – Joselu 61, 73, Ceballos 89/Wednesday20:45: (7.75) Crvena Zvezda (4.80) Man.City (1.40)20:45: (1.35) RB Leipzig (5.30) Young Boys (8.00)23:00: (1.65) Atl.Madrid (3.70) Lazio (5.60)23:00: (3.20) Celtic (3.60) Feyenoord (2.30)23:00: (4.00) Dortmund (3.60) PSG (1.90)23:00: (1.95) Newcastle (3.50) Milan (3.90)23:00: (1.50) Porto (4.40) Shakhtar (7.50)23:00: (5.50) Antwerp (3.90) Barcelona (1.63)***odds are subject to change**
