It was initial because they blew it up again, they can win like that

Manchester United suffered in a match where despite achieving the victory they were far from having a great performance, the positive streak of the club continues, the team is reaching another level, there are already nine matches without losing, they have increased the level of the team, they are already a better team that creates more options, but also has moments where they fail to have connectivity with their teammates.

There was a lot of hope of achieving the expected result, the match was complicated in many ways for the Red Devils when they quickly took the lead, at the start of the match they already had a clear advantage, they did not know how to team up enough to look for that second goal, which reduced the chances for Erik ten Hag's team.

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They were insistent in looking for the result to achieve that first position in the group, they wanted to go directly to the round of 16, they wanted to achieve the desired result that would give them direct passage to that phase, but now they will have to play a preliminary phase against a team from the Champions League, they will have a complicated match against one of those teams that come from the Champions League.

They also had a clear disadvantage, they did not have attacking players who are essential in Erik ten Hag's system, they are very important players for this project, they are Anthony Martial, who is not ready to play, but he is already training, Antony, who is injured and Jadon Sancho, who is ill and could not be part of the call-up for the Europa League match on the last day of the group stage.

Maguire had to play up front from the bench, they had no players available

Manchester United had a very important match where they continue to show that this team is getting better and better, they have better resources as a team as time goes by, they are very effective in the way they play, they want to keep adding a lot of experience as a team, they have injuries and important absentees, that's why they had to use Harry Maguire as a striker, looking for goal balls.