Maybe they didn’t have so much horrible defeats in the past, but that doesn’t mean that they didn’t have them at all. Manchester United had its fair share of embarrassment like any other club, even in their glorious years under sir Alex Ferguson. But the question is: how did they recover after them? Fans are eager to know that ahead of today’s first-leg match with Betis in the Europa League at Old Trafford. And they can be optimistic.Manchester United Premier League title race summed up 😂 pic.twitter.com/C6VtrwTSH5— IG: footy.memes.21 (@footymemes21) March 6, 2023 In almost all games in which they lost by four or more goals, they managed a win in the next game. But it has to be said, some of those games were against really easy opponents. You don’t have to lose 6-1 at home to Manchester City in 2011 so that you can redeem yourself against third-tier Aldershot in the League Cup. But in most games, United won, like against Southampton 6-3 (after 5-0 in Newcastle), or 4-1 at Watford (after 5-0 against Chelsea), or 4-1 in Newcastle (after 6-1 defeat from Spurs). In 2009, United was humiliated by Liverpool 4-1, and they didn’t recover the next week but lost to Fulham before finally winning against Aston Villa 3-2.Naija connection: Ighalo wants Osimhen to join Manchester UnitedBut the former Manchester City boss knows that tradition is not everything and is aiming at still fragile minds of United’s players ahead of tonight’s game. Manuel Pellegrini admits he was happy to see a heavy defeat of his former arch-rivals.“Well, really, it was unbelievable! I am a Manchester City fan also, so I was not very sad about what happened. I was watching the first 45 minutes because after that we had to play against Real Madrid, so I couldn’t see when Liverpool scored the other six goals. I don’t think that they will play with the last game in their mind. I think that they will play in their duty, that they must qualify for the next round of the Europa League. And also, we are not going to start the game thinking that they had a defeat of 7-0 inside them. We play against a difficult team. We must be the best Betis we can do if we want to have a good result here” said the former City boss.They spent almost 250,000,000 euros but they have no alternatives after the 0-7 fiascoOn the other side, Marcus Rashford took to the club’s official website to announce the start of redemption after a 7-0 humiliation by Liverpool.“It’s obviously going to be a massive challenge. We expect them like most Spanish teams to be comfortable on the ball, comfortable in possession. Our next opportunity to almost redeem ourselfs as individuals and as a team is the next game. For me, whenever we do lose a game, you just want to be back out on the pitch as quickly as possible. We have to be grateful that we get the opportunity to redeem ourselves and we have to try to take that with both hands” said Rashford.UEFA EUROPA LEAGUERound of 16 – 1st legThursday20:45: (1.70) Union Berlin (3.60) St.Gilloise (5.40)20:45: (1.33) Leverkusen (5.70) Ferencvaros (10.0)20:45: (3.40) Sporting (3.45) Arsenal (2.25)20:45: (2.25) Roma (3.15) Sociedad (3.45)23:00: (1.80) Sevilla (3.70) Fenerbahce (5.00)23:00: (1.70) Juventus (3.70) Freiburg (5.90)23:00: (1.45) Man.Utd. (4.40) Betis (7.25)23:00: (3.10) Shakhtar (3.45) Feyenoord (2.40)***odds are subject to change***
