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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


17'
United are being overrun in midfield, with the back three left with nobody to pick up and Forsberg dropping into midfield to add an extra number to that area. It's chaotic from the visitors and they need to work out how to fix it and sharpish!
14'
It should be 3-0, the ball drops to Forsberg on the penalty spot but he can't pick out the finish that the chance merited. This is shambolic from United.
13'
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GOOOAAALLL!!! Things go from bad to worse for United as they concede another early on in this match. Again it’s Angelino who finds the space, but this time he whips in a deep cross and it’s finished beautifully on the volley by Haidara.
A. Haidara
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A. Haidara
RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig
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8'
The first bright spark on the night comes from Mason Greenwood, who stings the palms of the keeper with a quickly-taken shot from the edge of the box. That’s some encouragement at least after an extremely shaky start.
7'
Angelino almost gets in again down the Leipzig left, just as he did for the goal. This time his shot across the body of the keeper is a comfortable save for De Gea, but it’s worrying how easily the Leipzig man is finding space.
5'
United are rattled after that early goal and Bruno Fernandes becomes the first player in the book with a rash challenge in the centre of the park.
B. Fernandes
Yellow card
B. Fernandes
Manchester United
Manchester United
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2'
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GOOOAAALLL!!! It's a nightmare start for United as Angelino puts the hosts ahead with just two minutes on the clock.
Angeliño
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Angeliño
RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig
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2'
The hosts are of course without their star centre-back Upamecano, a defender who has been attracting plenty of interest in the transfer market of late.
1st Half
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Leipzig get the game underway in an empty Red Bull Arena. The hosts are in their usual white with red shorts, United are in their dark blue and black away strip.
19:59
Here we go… 90 minutes stand between United and the knockout stages of the Champions League.
19:55
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the decision to leave Paul Pogba on the bench has nothing whatsoever to do with the comments made by the player’s agent this week about Pogba having no future at the club. Solskjaer says it was always his intention to switch to Matic and McTominay as the midfield two for this match.
19:40
PSG, the other team on nine points in this group, are at home this evening against Basaksehir.
19:35
The equation for United is pretty simple tonight. If they win the group they will likely top the group barring a ridiculous scoreline in PSG’s game. They only have to draw to progress to the knockout stages. Defeat will see them eliminated.
19:25
Team News: Nagelsmann picks what he describes as his strongest available line-up… but the big question-mark of the pre-game build-up is what the Leipzig manager will wearing. His outfits have caused quite the stir in this tournament in 2020. More on that later…
19:20
Team News: United leave Paul Pogba on the bench and switch to a back three, with Luke Shaw returning to the side after injury.