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Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini defeated Old Trafford after a painful 1-0 win against the Young Boys in the Champions League on Tuesday, during a controversial game stoppage.
United's difficulties at home The disenchantment of their fans seemed likely to continue as it seemed that, for the first time in their history, they would not be able to score in their European draw in three consecutive games.
Dominating the game with a blunt dart, Belgium's Fellaini opened the scoring in the 91st minute as the ball seemed to slip away as he pivoted to hit him.
"For me, it was not a handball," he told BT Sport. "If it touched my hand, it was not done on purpose."
However, United was also grateful for the right hand of goalkeeper David de Gea, who made a remarkable save in the second half after a defeat defeat of Ulisses. Garcia strikes, releasing the ball out of the goal line.
He was so brilliant that he even urged United manager Jose Mourinho to call the Spaniard "the best goalkeeper in the world."
The Swiss champions gained confidence in the second half, encouraged by United's mundane efforts, which struggled to create opportunities and waste what little they had in vogue.
Marcus Rashford, one of their most alive players, was also their most useless, missing out on five chances, including a remarkable one in the first five minutes.
The relief around Old Trafford when Fellaini was unleashed cost him as much time as the legs of his defender Loris Benito was so pronounced that an emotional Mourinho even raised and pitched the ball.
The late win after another mediocre performance at least allowed United to qualify in Group H, from 10 points to two points from Juventus, who beat Valencia 1-0 to eliminate the Spaniards. who are five years old. Young boys are on one.
"The most important is to qualify and for some of my lovers and those who love stats, I am 14 seasons in the Champions League and 14 times my teams qualified until the group stage," Mourinho told BT Sport.
"The season when I was not in the Champions League, I won the Europa League."
On a wet night at Old Trafford, animated by the sight of 3 000 spectators, all in a yellow rain. United started in style, although Mourinho left Paul Pogba on the bench and omitted Alexis Sanchez.
The Frenchman scored two goals in the match in Berne, when United won 3-0. , Rashford is injured during a one – on – one meeting with goalkeeper David von Ballmoos, as if it could be a comfortable night out for the hosts. .
Rashford forced Von Ballmoos to make another decisive save in the quarter-hour and fired a wide distance. minutes later with his exciting gameplay betrayed by poor f United started playing in a now familiar imposing fashion.
The Young Boys barely created an opportunity, but could have taken advantage just before half-time without Djibril Sow's attempt to give an overly elaborate finish to the back of the heel. 19659002] The Rashford debacle continued after the break, when he cut his left foot off before Fellaini took another opportunity in a volley.
This encouraged all visitors to come out of their shells and Garcia forced De Gea's incredible stoppage as Switzerland. The team looked more and more dangerous.
"We are grateful to David for making an incredible stop, but we dug in, continued and, okay, it was not good but we won the match." United defender Phil Jones said
"This takes some pressure off Spain but we have to finish the group with strength."
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