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Man United plumb new depths with UCL meltdown in Copenhagen

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Only Erik ten Hag's Manchester United could win a game twice and still lose. When the full story of their crazy 2023-24 season is told, there won't be a more inexplicable chapter than the one which describes their Champions League meltdown in Copenhagen on Wednesday.

A pre-match tifo unfurled by the home supporters warned United that the Parken Stadium was "Your Theatre of Nightmares" and it couldn't have been more prescient.

Coasting at 2-0 after 30 mins and then having made it 3-2 to regain the lead on 69 minutes, despite being reduced to ten players following the first-half sending off of Marcus Rashford, United threw victory away against FC Copenhagen with some shambolic defending in in the closing stages that led to the home side scoring twice in the final seven minutes to win 4-3 and send United to the bottom of Group A with two games to play.