{"id":492453,"date":"2025-04-17T18:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T22:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=492453"},"modified":"2025-04-17T18:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T22:15:58","slug":"manchester-united-pull-off-historic-extra-time-comeback-against-lyon-to-reach-europe-league-semis","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/manchester-united-pull-off-historic-extra-time-comeback-against-lyon-to-reach-europe-league-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United pull off historic extra-time comeback against Lyon to reach Europe League semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United pulled off one of their most dramatic European comebacks ever, scoring twice in the final minute of extra time to beat 10-man Lyon at Old Trafford, turning a 4-2 deficit into an unforgettable 5-4 aggregate win.<\/p>\n<p>United began the game confident and took the lead in the 10th minute with a beautifully constructed team move. Bruno Fernandes picked out Alejandro Garnacho on the wing, and the young Argentine showed great technique and composure before slipping a pass to Manuel Ugarte. The Uruguayan midfielder finished coolly to make it 1-0 on the night and 4-2 on aggregate. Just before half-time, United doubled their lead. Diogo Dalot received a brilliant long pass from Harry Maguire and unleashed a powerful diagonal shot into the far corner. Although VAR reviewed the play for a possible offside, the goal was upheld, giving United a 2-0 lead at the break and a commanding 5-2 advantage overall.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lyon, bolstered by their experience and determination, came roaring back in the final third of the match. In the 71st minute, Alexandre Lacazette nodded down a cross for Corentin Tolisso, who volleyed home to reduce the deficit to 2-1. Just seven minutes later, Ainsley Maitland-Niles found Nicol\u00e1s Tagliafico, who scored to level the match at 2-2 and bring the aggregate to 5-5. The momentum seemed to shift dramatically, and Lyon\u2019s resilience only grew stronger after Tolisso received a second yellow card in the 89th minute, leaving the French side with ten men.<\/p>\n<p>In extra time, the visitors shocked Old Trafford when Rayan Cherki scored in the 105th minute with a low, clinical strike following a defensive mix-up. Just three minutes later, Luke Shaw committed a costly foul on Youssouf Fofana in the box, and Lacazette converted the resulting penalty to put Lyon 4-2 ahead in the match and 6-5 on aggregate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Up from the back, you know the rest&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MUFC<\/a> || <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UEL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#UEL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wYGM74Vc8h\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/wYGM74Vc8h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1912990957923926376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But United weren\u2019t done. In the 114th minute, Thiago Almada brought down Casemiro in the box. After a VAR check, a penalty was awarded and Bruno Fernandes calmly stepped up to make it 4-3. As the crowd roared them on, United equalized again in the 120th minute when teenage midfielder Kobbie Mainoo showed remarkable composure to curl a shot into the corner of the net for 4-4 (6-6 on aggregate). In an ending worthy of a Hollywood script, Harry Maguire \u2013 thrown forward as a makeshift striker \u2013 rose highest to meet a lofted ball from Casemiro and scored the winner less than a minute later, sealing a 5-4 win and sending Old Trafford into absolute bedlam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United pulled off one of their most dramatic European comebacks ever, scoring twice in the final minute of extra time to beat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":492454,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[23465,21260,16789],"news_category":[143,14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[21665,21261,17559],"acf":{"announce":"The Red Devils were on the verge to be eliminated by 10-man Lyon at \"Old Trafford\"","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492455,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492453\/revisions\/492455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492453"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=492453"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=492453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}