During Erik ten Hag‘s tenure as the manager of Manchester United, many records have been broken, but they were all bad ones. His successor Ruben Amorim continued the negative trend, but he is not looking at tradition, he is desperately trying just to win one game, for starters. And he made it, but not without drama. Before tonight‘s game, Rangers never scored a goal at Old Trafford, and that tradition was also broken. Nigerian Cyriel Dessers stunned the home crowd in the 88th minute and when it looked like this will be another disappointing night for Red Devils, captain Bruno Fernandes scored an injury time winner and brought his team on the brink of Top 16 in the Europa League: Manchester – Rangers 2-1.🚨🇪🇺 GOAL | Manchester United 1-1 Rangers | Cyriel DessersCYRIEL DESSERS HAS EQUALIZED IN THE 89TH MINUTE FOR RANGERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!pic.twitter.com/hNCPotly0K— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) January 23, 2025 In the last round, the Red Devils will travel to Romania to face FCSB but with tonight‘s score, this will be a much easier trip. This was a visible better performance from Manchester than in the previous games. The Red Devils were dominant for the vast majority of the game, while Rangers tried to do something only on counter attacks, even thou their coach said that they won‘t ‘park the bus‘. And even with so many chances created by Diallo, Fernandez and Garnacho, the hosts needed ‘help‘ from their former player for the first goal. A boyhood Mancester fan Jack Butland scored an own goal in the 52nd minute. Rangers goalkeeper joined United on loan on 6 January 2023 for the remainder of the 2022–23 season. He was on the bench for United 20 times in all competitions, including for the 2023 FA Cup final, but never made a match appearance and tonight he made a crucial mistake which proved fatal. It was 52nd minute when the Red Devils had a corner kick and Butland came out but punched the ball badly and it went straight to the goal.Mind they said Jack Butland was worth £21m? He’s just punched the ball into his own net 😭 pic.twitter.com/76NmBpUprA— Ibrox Meltdowns 😎 (@GreedyPete11) January 23, 2025 Amorim had to keep his players fresh and rotate, so Toby Collyer made just his second Man Utd start, alongside Christian Eriksen, who was recalled for Kobbie Mainoo. At the back, Lisandro Martinez came in for the benched Harry Maguire and Alejandro Garnacho came in behind Joshua Zirkzee with Noussair Mazraoui dropping out. Altay Bayindir was on the goal again after his FA Cup heroics. First chance of the game (and a good one) was created by the visitors in the ninth minute but after that, it was all Red Devils. The hosts had the possession but they needed 20 minutes to get their first chance of the game. De Ligt scored after the corner kick in the 23rd minute, but the goal was nullified since Propper was fouled by Yoro. Diallo was next one to taste Butland but the Rangers keeper was on spot, as he was a minute later after Zirkzee‘s shot. Lisandro Martinez blasted the ball from 25 meters but Butland was there again to tip the ball over. United failed to press home the advantage as Garnacho fired a glorious chance off the post from close range, and there were some good chances too. So when Dessers scored this late equalizer, everybody though it was a punishment for all those misses, But Bruno didn’t gave up and scored the eventual winner for a much better mood in the dressing room tonight.BRUNO WINSSSSS ITTTTT pic.twitter.com/ajgfXhBhkZ— Frank🧠🇵🇹 (fan) (@AmorimEra_) January 23, 2025 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE – ROUND 7ThursdayAZ Alkmaar – Roma 1-0 (0-0)/Parrot 80/Bodo – Maccabi T.A. 3-1 (1-1)/Hogh 39, 65, Evjen 62 – Peretz 12/Fenerbahce – Olympique Lyon 0-0Hoffenheim – Tottenham 2-3 (0-2)/Maddison 3, Son 22, 77 – Stach 68, Mokwa 88/Malmo – Twente 2-3 (1-1)/Johnson 32,, Christiansen 79 – Stejin (p) 26, van Wolfswinkel 61, Lagerbielke 64/Plzen – Anderlecht 2-0 (2-0)/Červ 3, Adu 45/Porto – Olympiakos 0-1 (0-0)/Kaabi 79/Qarabag – FCSB 2-3 (2-2)/Andrade 1, Dawa 41(og) – Sut 7, 73, Miculescu 45+4/Eintr.Frankfurt – Ferencvaros 2-0 (0-0)/Uzun 49, Etikite 59/Elfsborg – Nice 1-0 (0-0)/Henriksson 62/Lazio – Sociedad 3-1 (3-0)/Zilla 5, Zaccagni 32, Castellanos 34 – Barrenextea 82/Ludogorets – Midtjylland 0-2 (0-1)/Osorio 18, Byskov 90+5/Man.Utd. – Rangers 2-1 (0-0)/Butler 52(og), Fernandes 90+2 – Deesers 88/PAOK – Slavia Praha 2-0 (1-0)/Schwab 25, Constantielias 52/Rigas – Ajax 1-0 (0-0)/Markhyev 75/St.Gilloise – Braga 2-1 (0-1)/Ivanovic 50, 74 – Ouazzani 16/
