RESPECT FOR THE OPPOSITION VAR INFLUENTIAL Old Trafford enjoyed former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez’s furious reaction to Barcelona's early goal initially being disallowed for offside.
Perhaps, at first, United were too passive and paid too much respect to the opposition. However, a juddering Chris Smalling challenge on Lionel Messi, which left the Argentinian bloodied, lifted the crowd in the first period and there was cause for optimism for longer periods of the second half. That said, the way Barcelona kept possession to see out the closing stages was worrying as we were simply unable to get close enough to Marc-Andre Ter Stegen’s goal. There is no disputing the Catalans are an excellent side with world-class players.
Five talking points from Old Trafford
