Football news - The stats and facts behind Manchester United historic comeback win over PSG
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ByEurosport
Published 06/03/2019 at 22:41 GMT
Manchester United pulled off a remarkable comeback on Wednesday night, becoming the first team in Champions League history to qualify after losing the first leg of a knockout match at home by two or more goals.
Marcus Rashford après avoir marqué le but du 1-3 lors de PSG-Manchester United / Ligue des champions
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History may have been against them in Paris, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United are made of something special and the moment Romelu Lukaku scored in the second minute it seemed like something special was in the air.
Here are the pick of the stats and facts after a remarkable evening at the Parc des Princes.
– Manchester United became the first team in Champions League history to qualify for the next round having lost the first leg of a knockout match at home by two or more goals.
– Romelu Lukaku’s first goal after 111 seconds was Man Utd’s fastest in a Champions League knockout match since Wayne Rooney scored after 63 seconds against Bayern Munich in March 2010.
– Since the start of last season, the only Premier League players to score more goals in all competitions than Man Utd’s Romelu Lukaku (42) are Mo Salah (64), Harry Kane (64) and Sergio Aguero (55).
– Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first match in charge on December 22nd, only Manchester City (15) have won more matches in all competitions than Man Utd (14) among teams in the top five European leagues.
– Manchester United have now scored in 21 consecutive away matches in all competitions, equalling the club record set between November 1956 and September 1957 under Sir Matt Busby.
– Mason Greenwood became the youngest player to appear for Manchester United in the Champions League, aged 17 years and 156 days, breaking the record held by Gerard Pique (17y 310d).
– PSG conceded with three of the four shots on target they faced in this game and have been eliminated at the last 16 stage in each of the last three Champions League seasons.
– PSG have lost seven of their last 12 Champions League knockout matches (W4 D1), including each of their last two at the Parc des Princes.
Stats courtesy of Opta
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