It was a good game to watch. The own goal was unfortunate and the second was also a mistake.....not precisely gifts but not really acceptable, the Benfica equaliser wasn't.
Benfica will take that all day long and two home draws in this group is simply not good enough for Manchester United.
I believe that Manchester United will step up and produce the result they really need under the familiar pressure, but it still might not be enough to win the group thanks to the odd rule of outright goal difference not being the deciding difference. This will not be good news for the knockout draw.
bad mistake by de gea, should have kicked it up field, it sucks extra bad since benfica were rubbish. we'll atleast get a point at basel and then draw barca or madrid in the knockouts and they will rape us with that sort of defending.
Benfica were actually really good considering they were playing at old trafford and deserved a point in my opinion. + berbatov should of scored that volley cant believe he missed it
they arent good, last season we would have beat them 3-0, we're just making average teams look good by giving the ball away cheaply and crappy defending. since when do man utd concede a 2-0 lead at home to basel and draw 3-3? never seen that happen before.
If man u keeps playing like that they wont achieve much this year, but they will most likely step it up later. They always do rather terrible in the group stages but step it up during the knockouts
Benfica are good! Portugeese football are good.They showed it in Europe league last year, and now they will surprising in CL (still hoping/believing Porto also will make it).
You started this season off to a cracker and now its slowly dieing down and it really shows that you need quality midfielders who can actually keep the ball and control possession! I think carrick is absolute shite why does he even get playing time!?
United have been poor in the Champions League this season. We seem to lack a yard of pace compared to our Premier League displays. I know we need to employ different tactics in the Champions League but to be honest our players just don't seem comfortable in play.
On a side note Nani was fantastic tonight, really stepped up in the absence of Rooney.
Benfica qualify out of the group with this draw, since by scoring two away goals to Man Utd's 1 in Portugal gives them the better head to head record. That also means that Benfica will still top the group if both they and Man Utd win or draw their last matches. If Benfica draw or lose to Otelul Galati while Basel wins, Basel tops the group. If both Basel and Benfica win, Benfica tops the group and Basel comes second. Man Utd can still top the group if they win while Benfica draws, or they draw while Benfica loses.
Bottom line, a loss for Man Utd means down to the Europa League for them. They'll need help from Otelul Galati if they want to top the group, but in all likelihood, they're finishing second in the group this time.
I'd like to see it to be honest. If we did beat them with us playing as "poorly" as we have been. Then what would it make them look like. If we lose, everyone expected it and we learn a few lessons. Win/win.
Good enough for Benfica :)
Btw how was this approved? There's a video wrong.
bad mistake by de gea, should have kicked it up field, it sucks extra bad since benfica were rubbish. we'll atleast get a point at basel and then draw barca or madrid in the knockouts and they will rape us with that sort of defending.
So both Manchester teams could be leaving early if things go wrong on day six but United should be beating teams like Basel
United have been poor in the Champions League this season. We seem to lack a yard of pace compared to our Premier League displays. I know we need to employ different tactics in the Champions League but to be honest our players just don't seem comfortable in play.
On a side note Nani was fantastic tonight, really stepped up in the absence of Rooney.
Ok, lets sort this out:
Benfica qualify out of the group with this draw, since by scoring two away goals to Man Utd's 1 in Portugal gives them the better head to head record. That also means that Benfica will still top the group if both they and Man Utd win or draw their last matches. If Benfica draw or lose to Otelul Galati while Basel wins, Basel tops the group. If both Basel and Benfica win, Benfica tops the group and Basel comes second. Man Utd can still top the group if they win while Benfica draws, or they draw while Benfica loses.
Bottom line, a loss for Man Utd means down to the Europa League for them. They'll need help from Otelul Galati if they want to top the group, but in all likelihood, they're finishing second in the group this time.