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Evening all and welcome to the greatest, most momentous match of all-time.

Champions League / Group Stage
Old Trafford / 05.12.2017
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Pete Sharland

Updated 05/12/2017 at 21:38 GMT


20:35
That was an entertaining first half and we look set for more of the same in the second.
20:34
Half-time:Manchester United 0-1 CSKA Moscow
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GOAL! Manchester United 0-1 CSKA Moscow ( Dzagoev) This is really nice from CSKA, but useless officiating. Golovin sends Fernandes away down the right and he cuts back. Chalov tries to reach it, can't, and Vitinho pokes goalwards, the ball hitting Dzagoev on its way in; Dzagoev was in the middle of the box and offside. The ensuing row concerns whether the ball hit him, but it's nonsense; he was stood in the middle of the six-yard box, how is that not offside in any circumstance?! STOP PRESS: Daley Blind slid off the pitch so was perhaps playing him on, so the question is now whether or not he could've got back on the pitch; I'd say not.
43'
A ball over the top sees Valencia ahead of Nababkin, who drags him down outside the box and lets go inside it as they fall; the ref decides it's fine, which makes it fine defending.
43'
Lovely from Shaw, nipping past Fernandes and forcing Vitinho to slide in; it looks like a corner but the ref says goalkick.
42'
Munich, by the way, need to win by four to finish top of that group.
41'
Corentin Tolisso has scored for Bayern, who now lead PSG 2-0.
40'
Fernandes gets in behinfd Shaw, found by a decent pass from Golovin, but Shaw is alert and slides in to cede a corner which United clear. They break, and Rashford slides a clever pass into the box for Lukaku when Herrera was free at the back post, and United have to make do with a corner.
37'
United have played way better than they did in Basel, but there are similarities: chances spurned, opposition growing in confidence. And then Mata plays a careless square pass into his own box, Chalov laying back to Dzagoev and forcing Shaw to plough through ball and man. CSKA want a penalty, but that was an excellent challenge.
35'
Pogba lifts a fine pass over the top for Lukaku, who allows it drop before pounding after it, hoping it'll stop. But it's always getting away from him - he ought to have hit it a-sap - and it ends up behind.
34'
CSKA have been a bit better these last few minutes and Golovin slides a pass into Vitinho, buy Lindelof is alert and intercept.
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First threat from CSKA, Golovin, who looked good when the teams met in Moscow, exchanging passes with Nababkin, zooming down the left and crossing well; Shaw needed to be alert to see the ball behind. And the corner then picked out Berezutski, who hooked a shot from behind his right buttock, consequently sending it high.
29'
Apparently Celtic, who need to avoid losing by three goals to reach the Europa League, are getting a bit of a 0-0 doing off Anderlecht. But Brendan will surely rearrange them then tell us all how clever he is. In fact, maybe this is all a ruse to begin with.
27'
Lovely from Rashford, who pulls down a ball and juggles it away from his man, then slips a pass through the middle for Lukaku only to get too much on it.
26'
Olympiakos trail Juventus 1-0; that's the only other goal so far tonight, as CSKA have some tidy possession and Vitinho wafts a shot over the top.
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23'
More Luke Shaw! Pogba gets on the ball and slides a delicious pass into his stride, down the side of Fernandes; Shaw hares onto it and sends a cross into the box to meet the slide of Rashford, but gets just too much on it.
22'
I should say that Akinfeev is having an absolute Friedel here; old Bradley was always brilliant against United.
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United are stepping it up now after allowing CSKA plenty of time on the ball to begin with. They've punned them back for a while now and Rashford absolutely pastes Berezutski down the left before United work it back to the right. Valencia's cross then comes over and Shaw, who looks really good at wing-back, volleys hard into the ground and again Akinfeev shoves it out; Lukaku tries to force home from close range via scissors-kick, but again Akinfeev saves. United are surely going to score presently.
17'
United really need a goal here, not for its own sake, but because they look so smooth and sharp in attack and need to keep the good vibes going.