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Key moments
90+6' The referee checks his watch and blows his whistle to signal the end of this match.
88' The substitution is prepared. Scott McTominay (Manchester United) joins the action as a substitute, replacing Marcus Rashford.
86' The whistle blows and Casemiro (Manchester United) is booked for an infringement.
83' This yellow card was deserved. The tackle by Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) was quite harsh and Clement Turpin didn't hesitate to show him a yellow card.
82' The referee signals a substitution. Marcos Alonso (Barcelona) is brought on as a substitute for Ronald Araujo.
78' Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United) will have to be careful for the rest of the match as he is shown a yellow card.
75' Here comes a substitution. Ansu Fati (Barcelona) is brought on as a substitute for Raphinha.
73' 2 - 1 The ball rebounds and arrives at the feet of Antony (Manchester United) just outside the box. He doesn't think twice and fires a brilliant shot into the bottom left corner. His attempt was beyond the reach of Marc-Andre ter Stegen. 2:1.
72' Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) is booked after bringing down an opponent. Clement Turpin had an easy-decision to make.
70' Here comes a substitution. Sergi Roberto is given a rest as he is replaced by Ferran Torres (Barcelona).
67' Here is a change. Jadon Sancho is going off and Erik ten Hag gives the last tactical orders to Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United).
67' Substitution. Aaron Wan-Bissaka will be replaced by Diogo Dalot (Manchester United).
64' Jules Kounde (Barcelona) rises high to head a nice lofted cross towards the top right corner. Unfortunately for him, his close-range effort lacks pace and David de Gea makes a comfortable save. Good work from Barcelona as they win a corner.
60' Franck Kessie (Barcelona) goes into the book and receives a yellow card.
60' Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) gives the referee no choice but to show him a yellow card.
47' 1 - 1 Fred (Manchester United) collects a sweet pass and fires a low shot into the bottom right corner, leaving the keeper helpless.
46' Half-time substitution. Wout Weghorst will not participate anymore and Antony (Manchester United) is coming on.
46' The second half has just started.
45+2' Clement Turpin has ended the first half by blowing the whistle.
45' Franck Kessie (Barcelona) finds himself free inside the box and pulls the trigger, but his effort is brilliantly stopped by one of the defending players.
18' 0 - 1 Goal! David de Gea gets a hand on the penalty from Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), but can't stop it from flying inside the right post.
16' Foul! Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) is penalised for pulling back his opponent. The referee uncompromisingly points to the spot and it's a penalty to Barcelona.
3' Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) blows a clear opportunity to score a goal. He was one-on-one with Marc-Andre ter Stegen inside the six-yard box and attempted to put the ball low into the middle of the target, but was denied by a great save.
1' The match has just started.
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Preview
After a 3-0 win over Leicester in the Premier League on Sunday, Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag apparently told the fans to “make sure you are there” on Thursday for the big game against Barcelona after a scintillating 2-2 draw at Camp Nou last week.
Little wonder because this could be a season-defining week for the Red Devils with this second leg UEFA Europa League (UEL) playoffs followed by the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle.
They couldn’t have asked for a better place to be than home for this match, having lost just two of their last 11 UEFA home games (W6, D3) although both were 1-0 defeats against Spanish clubs.
The most recent was against Real Sociedad in this UEL campaign, after which they’ve subsequently gone unbeaten in 17 competitive home matches (W15, D2) signalling Old Trafford’s return to the famous fortress that it once was.
Barça did win on their most recent H2H visit in 2019, but will have to repeat those heroics here without the suspended Gavi and injured Pedri.
Manager Xavi Hernández was “proud” of his side in the first-leg which they followed up with a 2-0 win over Cádiz on Sunday to maintain an eight-point lead at the top in La Liga.
That made it an incredible 18-match unbeaten run (W16, D2) and means Barcelona are unlikely to be fazed by United’s recent home dominance.
Xavi may still be worried about his team’s travels in Europe amid an underwhelming record across their last nine UEFA road trips (W3, D2, L4).
The Catalans do not particularly have fond memories of England either with their recent visit ending in a 4-0 thumping at Liverpool, their heaviest against any Premier League club.
Key battle: David de Gea equalled Peter Schmeichel’s record of 180 clean sheets for United over the weekend but would happily trade that for his first-ever H2H shutout.
Trying to prevent that will be Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski whose 38 goals in 32 major UEFA matches since the start of 2018/19 is more than any other player.
Hot stat: Including the reverse fixture, Barcelona have failed to score before half-time in seven of their last 11 UEFA matches.
