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Good evening and welcome to coverage of this evening’s crunch game at the Red Bull Arena. It all comes down to tonight in Group H, with Manchester United, tonight’s opponents RB Leipizg, and Paris Saint-Germain all level on nine points with 90 minutes left to play.

Champions League / Group Stage
Red Bull Arena / 08.12.2020
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Marcus Foley

Updated 08/12/2020 at 22:02 GMT


22:00
Manchester United are out of the Champions League on a disastrous night for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side. The late comeback gave them hope of an unlikely and frankly undeserved draw that would have saved them in this competition, but Leipzig were the better team on the night and deservedly progress to the knockout stages. United will drop into the Europa League.
End of 2nd Half
94'
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The whistle goes! Manchester United are out of the Champions League.
90'
There will be four minutes of added time. Four minutes for United to find a goal to save their Champions League campaign.
89'
The clock is ticking down and Leipzing are taking as much time out of this as they possibly can. United need one more goal...
82'
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GOOOAAALLL!!!! The comeback is well and truly on! Paul Pogba heads in off the back of Maguire's head, and protests from Leipzig about a possible handball are rejected by the video official. Out of absolutely nowhere it's 3-2 and United are right back in this. They need one more goal to go through. What a finish we have in store here!
I. Konaté
Own goal
I. Konaté
RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig
Own goal1
Fouls3
Hit Post / Hit Bar1
Wide1
80'
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GOOOAAALLL!!! Fernandes converts from the spot with his trademark stop-start finish and it's 3-1. Surely United can't do it from here!?
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Penalty
B. Fernandes
Manchester United
Manchester United
Goals1
On target3
Blocked Shots1
Yellow Cards1
79'
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PENALTY! Greenwood goes down in the box and the referee points to the spot. That looks extremely soft, but it's a lifeline for United...
76'
The game in Paris still hasn't restarted as negotiations continue following the alleged racist incident involving the fourth official.
74'
You have to tip your hat to the way Leipzig have played tonight. Nagelsmann has set them up in a way that has made United look a bit silly at times, with Leipzig overloading midfield for much of the first half and repeatedly finding additional numbers in the attacking third. The stats at the end of the match will likely show United with more possession and more attempts on goal, but in truth Leipzig are fully deserving of their lead, and it could be even bigger had they taken a few more of the golden chances in the first half.
73'
Fernandes spears in a shot that the keeper tips over the bar. It's a smart save, but one that he should be making.
72'
Greenwood stings the palms of the keeper as United throw bodies forward, but they're going to need something special to rescue this campaign now.
70'
That was a disaster of a goal from a United point of view. A cross into the box took a deflection and nobody responded in the United defence, leaving Kluivert completely unmarked to drift onto the end of it. The finish was deft, clipped over the onrushing De Gea, but United's players won't enjoy watching that back in the post-mortem.
69'
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GOOOAAALLL!!! Justin Kluivert clips a finish over David de Gea to put Leipzig 3-0 up and that could be all she wrote.
J. Kluivert
Goal
J. Kluivert
RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig
Goals1
On target1
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
66'
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OFF THE BAR! Fernandes curls an absolute peach of a free-kick over the wall, but it cannons back off the bar. What an effort!
64'
Pogba and Fernandes link up nicely in midfield and you sense that this game could be a bit of a siege now. United will be wary of Leipzig on the break, but there's so much attacking firepower on the pitch for the visitors that you have to think they'll create enough chances for a comeback. Whether they can take them is another matter.
61'
United make a double change, with Paul Pogba and Brandon Williams coming on.
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Manchester United
N. Matic
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N. Matic
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Manchester United
60'
The delay in Paris means that we won't be completely sure about the make-up of this group for a long while after full-time. But United know that they need a draw to go through, it's simple from United's point of view.
58'
I promised a fashion update earlier, but the cold weather means that Nagelsmann has put his snazzy suit collection away for the winter it seems. The Leipzig manager is instead in a fetching green jacket with a black hoody underneath - stylish but understated (maybe a little young for most his age, but he can just about pull it off).
54'
Big chance! A teasing cross arcs across the face of the Leipzig goal, but it's too high for McTominay and Maguire can't quite reach it at the back post. The centre-back was unmarked, but seemed to be a little slow to react, almost like it took him by surprise that the ball reached him.
53'
United have had a string of corners in the opening stages of the second half, but a Leipzig head has met every single one.