PSG power shows how far Man United have fallen
Barring an incredible comeback in three weeks, United will miss out on the Champions League quarterfinals for the fifth year in a row
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first two months as caretaker manager have rekindled memories of Manchester United’s glorious past but the defeat against Paris Saint-Germain shows the tough path back to the top of European football. Barring an incredible comeback in the French capital in three weeks, United will miss out on the Champions League quarterfinals for the fifth consecutive year. Even with the injury-enforced absences of the world’s most expensive player Neymar and the prolific Edison Cavani, PSG were simply too good for Solskjaer’s men, with the 2-0 scoreline at Old Trafford on Tuesday only kept respectable by United goalkeeper David de Gea’s efforts in the second half. “This is a level up from what we’ve played against with the games we’ve had,” admitted Solskjaer. The man who scored the winning goal when United won the Champions League in 1999 had won 10 and drawn one of his first 11 games in charge to lead United back into the top four of the Premier League — the passport into ...
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