In the early morning of December 13, the final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage was held. Manchester United sits at home and welcomes Bayern Munich, who has already qualified early. In this crucial battle concerning the life and death of the team, Manchester United lost 0-1 to their opponent. Manchester United, which lost, was at the bottom of the group and missed the knockout stages of this season’s Champions League and even the Europa League knockout play-offs.
According to statistics, this is Manchester United’s lowest score in the history of the European war. It is also the first time since the 2005-06 season that the team has been eliminated from the European war before Christmas.
Although Manchester United lost the game, at the post-match press conference, team coach Ten Hag said that the team performed very well against Bayern and had a very good performance. “Obviously we didn’t completely lose the game today.”
Ten Hag believed that the team’s defense and pressing were very good and they won a lot of possession. But the team failed to convert these advantages into wins because Bayern is a strong team.
At the same time, Ten Hag highly praised the spirit shown by the players. The players gave everything in the game and showed good spirit. He said the team would learn from the defeat and play good football.