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11¹ The Manchester United 'keeper saved a swerving shot from TORRES. 12¹ WAN-BISSAKA shot wide. 16¹ An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of the 'keeper by PHILOGENE. 18¹ PHILOGENE placed a deadly shot just wide from twenty yards out. 20¹ NUNO MENDES's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. 22¹ PELLISTRI worked the ball to AMASS, LATTE LATH gathered his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the Benfica 'keeper. 23¹ GOAL!! A Benfica counter-attack allowed SANCET to setup TORRES with a simple goal. (1-0 Benfica) 26¹ The Manchester United 'keeper blocked a clever strike from PALMER. 26¹ LARSSON fluffed a simple chance. 30¹ A shot from TORRES seemed a certain goal but DIENG managed to fist the ball clear. 32¹ A clever cross from ANTONY was drove goalbound by PHILOGENE only for MAMARDASHVILI to block. 39¹ GOAL!! A delightful shot from AMASS was punched clear by MAMARDASHVILI only as far as LATTE LATH who slammed the ball past the stranded MAMARDASHVILI. (1-1) 44¹ GOAL!! A deep corner left the 'keeper struggling and TORRES knocked the ball over the line. (2-1 Benfica) 4² WAHI beat DIALLO and flicked the ball to LARSSON who dragged his effort wide. 6² RÚBEN DIAS touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Manchester United 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. 21² The motionless Benfica 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from GATTI dropped just over. 25² SANCET beat two Manchester United players and thundered an effort over the bar. 26² TORRES stepped inside DIALLO but drove the ball into the arms of DIENG. 29² A accurate pass fell to SANCET and his deadly shot raced narrowly over. 33² A fine ball from MOLINA on the left found WAHI who sliced his shot over the bar. 35² GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled NORTON-CUFFY to drive the ball home. (2-2) 36² A free-kick from TORRES went just wide.

Manchester United   League position: 21 Home league form: XXWL Overall league form: WWXLXLLW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Seny DIENG 6  1 6½ Giorgi MAMARDASHVILI (c)Aaron WAN-BISSAKA 7  2 8½ Nahuel MOLINA Harry AMASS 6½ 3 7  NUNO Alexandre MENDES ANTONY Matheus 7½ 4 6½ Oihan SANCET Patrick McNAIR 6½ 5 6  Federico GATTI Dael FRY 6  6 7  RÚBEN Santos DIAS(c) Amad DIALLO 7  7 8  Cole PALMER Jaden PHILOGENE 6½ 8 7  PEDRO Lomba NETO (p)Emmanuel LATTE LATH 6  9 7  Elye WAHI(p) (f)Facundo PELLISTRI 5½ 10 6½ Hugo LARSSON(f) Morgan ROGERS 6½ 11 7½ Ferrán TORRES Manager Steven Gibson Hannibal MEJBRI    12    Mickey VAN DE VEN Tom GLOVER    13    Marco CARNESECCHI Ethan WHEATLEY    14    Daniel VIVIAN Brooke NORTON-CUFFY 6½ 15 6  SAVINHO Matt CROOKS 6  16 6  Evan FERGUSON

Benfica   League position: 2 Away league form: WXWX Overall league form: WXWWWXXW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Manchester United 2 Benfica 2 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 35,617, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Carlo Dinelli 7½) Latte Lath 39¹, Norton-Cuffy 35² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Torres 23¹, Torres 44¹ Latte LathóNorton-Cuffy 10², RogersóCrooks 34² SancetóSavinho 36², GattióFerguson 36²         10 2 2 8 1 10 7 9 7 11 14 20 5 6 43% 57% ¶ Man of the match: Nahuel Molina ¶