Man United traveled to Copenhagen's home ground with the baggage of a 1-0 victory over Fulham in round 11 of the 2023-2024 Premier League.
Coach Ten Hag's students entered the match with a very good game, taking an early 2-0 lead after only 28 minutes of play. Rasmus Hojlund scored both of the first two goals for the "Red Devils" of Manchester.
However, the turning point of the match came in the 42nd minute when Man United striker Marcus Rashford received a direct red card and left the field.
With the advantage of one more player, the home team Copenhagen later returned extremely strongly, Mohamed Elyounoussi and Diogo Goncalves respectively equalized and leveled the score 2-2 before the first half officially ended.
In the second half, Man United unexpectedly took the lead in the 69th minute. Harry Maguire headed the ball into the hands of centre-back Lerager in the penalty area. After watching VAR, the referee awarded Man United a penalty. On the 11m mark, captain Bruno Fernandes made no mistake in scoring to put Man United ahead 3-2.
However, that was all the England representative could do in this match.
Controlling the game and continuously pressuring, Copenhagen equalized 3-3 in the 83rd minute, scored by Lukas Lerager. Shortly after that, Roony Bardghji took the home team up to take a dramatic 4-3 lead.
The match ended with a 4-3 overall victory for Copenhagen. This result caused Man United to fall to the bottom of Group A of the UEFA Champions League 2023-2024 with only 3 points after 3 matches played.
