Bayern Munich vs. Manchester United, 2014 UEFA Champions League: Goodnight, Red Devils

Bayern’s first really dangerous chance came in the 14th minute when Arjen Robben retreated a step in the United box and fired a wicked ball that went just wide of the goal. Thomas Müller was making a run at the far post, but was a step late, missing a chance to potentially get a boot on Robben’s ball.

For the rest of the first half, Manchester United seemed happy to keep nine or 10 men in their defensive area, frustrating Bayern’s attack and simply not allowing them any space to operate in the attacking third.

That’s a tough one to concede. It looks like it took a slight deflection, though David De Gea was certainly slow to react. And that should prove to be the clinching goal in a tie that United were in a lot longer than they should have been.

With that goal, Bayern Munich made it 1-1 in the match and 2-2 on aggregate. Considering Bayern have the momentum and home field (as well as the better team), it’s tough to see them not advancing now.

We don’t see fullbacks hit shots like this every day. And certainly not Patrice Evra.

Good clearance, Chris Smalling. Try not to hit your boss in the gut next time.

Watch Moyes’ face at the very end of this. It’s awesome.

Kickoff is at 2:45 p.m. ET, 8:45 p.m. local time from the Allianz Arena. You can catch the game on Fox Sports 1 in the U.S., Sky Sports 1 in the U.K. and Sportsnet regional networks in Canada.

Still, that’s better than most thought United would fare in the first leg. They’re certainly not worth counting out at this stage, even if they’re pretty significant underdogs. They showed that they had a good idea of how to defend Pep Guardiola’s Bayern, though they might be in for a difficult test if Mandzukic plays from the start in the second leg.

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