Dmitriy Shomko’s driven effort and an unfortunate own goal from Reds centre-back Di’Shon Bernard turned the game around for the Blue and Yellows, after Jesse Lingard had opened the scoring 10 minutes in.
Speaking to MUTV and in his press conference after the final whistle, the manager waxed lyrical about the performances of tonight’s debutants in particular and looked ahead to our final Europa League group game, against AZ Alkmaar, in two weeks’ time...
WE HAD A SUPERB START
“I’ll definitely take the positives. Of course, we’re disappointed with the end result, but I thought we started the game fantastically.