Goals from Marcus Rashford (6th minute), Antony (52nd), Bruno Fernandes (58th) and Wout Weghorst (82nd) gave the Premier League third-placed team the best chance of reaching the quarter-finals. A week before the second leg in Spain, Ayoze Perez’s goal (52′) was not enough for Sevilla to put coach Erik ten Hag’s team under pressure.
Manchester had knocked out Spain’s champions FC Barcelona in the previous playoffs. Marcel Sabitzer was absent from United due to an injury, but the English record champions did not provide any details. United manager Erik ten Hag offered the same starting lineup that drew a historic 7-0 debacle against Liverpool on Sunday.
Di Maria strikes against Freiburg
In Turin, the surprise hoped for by SC Freiburg did not materialize. The fifth in the German Bundesliga with Philipp Lienhart and Michael Gregoritsch lost 1-0 at Juventus. Freiburg came under pressure against Juventus from the start, and the defense held up until the 53rd minute when Angel di Maria converted a Filip Kostic cross with a powerful header.
A little later Lucas Höler scored the supposed 1:1, but the video assistant refused to recognize the goal because of an alleged handball by Matthias Ginter. Lienhart had to leave the field in the 67th minute due to a hamstring injury, and Gregoritsch was substituted on in the 88th minute. At Juventus, former French world champion Paul Pogba was not in the squad for disciplinary reasons.
Union stays in the race with difficulty
In Berlin, Saint-Gilloise took the lead with a deflected shot from Victor Boniface (28′). After equalizing from a free kick by Josip Juranovic (42′), the guests punished a mistake by Trimmel, who had been substituted in the 77th minute, and scored their second goal thanks to Yorbe Vertessen (58′).
Union came back from a penalty kick converted by Robin Knoche (69′), but Boniface put Saint-Gilloise in the lead again (72′). The 3:3 finally went to the account of Sven Michel (89th).
Berliner unhappy about their own defense
“3:3 is okay,” said Captain Trimmel after the game, but complained about the individual mistakes before the goals were conceded. It wasn’t all bad. “So we remain positive,” said the Austrian.
His teammate Knoche criticized his own defensive behavior. “The opponent takes three shots at goal and three times we concede. That must not happen to us. Then in the end you’re happy that you’re still doing 3:3. In the end, there would have been more.”
Own goal saves Arsenal
The duel between Sporting and Arsenal was high-class at times. The Premier League leaders took the lead with a header from William Saliba (22′) from a corner, and the Portuguese equalizer from Goncalo Inacio (34′) was practically a mirror image.
Paulinho makes it 2-1 (55th minute)
Sporting Lisbon turns the game. Paulinho completes a strong Portuguese action in the margin to make it 2-1.
After the break, Paulinho (55′) made it 2-1 for the home side. The 2:2 resulted from a pass attempt by Granit Xhaka (62nd), which was unluckily deflected by Hidemasa Morita and hit the Japanese in such a way that the ball jumped into the goal from his hip.
Morita own goal to make it 2-2 (62nd minute)
Hidemasa Morita unhappily deflects a shot into his own goal to make it 2-2.
Roma continue to be successful
Salzburg conquerors AS Roma defeated Real Sociedad in front of their home crowd, goalscored by Stephan El Shaarawy (13′) and Marash Kumbulla (87′). Kerem Demirbay (9th) and Edmond Tapsoba (86th) scored for Leverkusen against Ferencvaros, coached by Stanislav Tschertschessow, who had kept up well for a long time.
Furthermore, Gernot Trauner, who came on as a substitute in the 57th minute, fought for Feyenoord Rotterdam in Warsaw to draw 1-1 against Shakhtar Donetsk, and FC Sevilla, who were badly battered in the Spanish league, kept the upper hand against Fenerbahce Istanbul 2-0 in front of their home crowd.
In the Conference League, West Ham laid the basis for promotion to the quarter-finals with a 2-0 win at Larnaka – Michail Antonio scored twice (36′, 45’+2′), as did Nice with a 1-0 win in Tiraspol. Austria’s autumn group opponents Villarreal drew 1-1 at Anderlecht. In both the Europa League and the Conference League, the second leg will increase next week.
