{"id":4198,"date":"2023-11-09T01:06:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T00:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/11\/09\/roony-haunts-manchester-united-red-devils-at-brink-of-ucl-exit\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T01:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T00:06:32","slug":"roony-haunts-manchester-united-red-devils-at-brink-of-ucl-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/11\/09\/roony-haunts-manchester-united-red-devils-at-brink-of-ucl-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Roony haunts Manchester United, Red Devils at brink of UCL exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Teenage sensation Roony Bardghji was the hero for FC Copenhagen as they came from behind to pick up a sensational 4-3 win over Manchester United in Group A of the UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United picked up their first win of the competition last time out when they hosted FC Copenhagen at Old Trafford, and visited Denmark hoping to complete the double.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils lost their opening two games in the group, and were in danger of falling further behind in the race for the knockout stage.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United opened the scoring in the third minute, with summer signing Rasmus Hojlund tapping home from close range for his fourth goal of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils doubled their advantage in the 28th minute when Hojlund tapped home from close range after Copenhagen goalkeeper Kamil Grabara spilled a shot from Alejandro Garnacho into his path.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United were reduced to ten men when a VAR check confirmed a red card to star forward Marcus Rashford after a dangerous foul.<\/p>\n<p>Copenhagen pulled one back in the 45th minute when former Southampton forward Mohammed Elyounoussi finished a low cross into the box.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish champions drew level in added time after Manchester United conceded a penalty. Diogo Goncalves stepped up and sent Andre Onana the wrong way to level affairs, sending the home crowd into raptures.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United retook the lead after 69 minutes when captain Bruno Fernandes stepped up to score a penalty, which had been awarded for a handball.<\/p>\n<p>Copenhagen left it late but found an equaliser once more through Lukas Lerager\u2019s smart back-post finish in the 83rd minute, setting up a tense finale.<\/p>\n<p>With three minutes left to play, 17-year-old substitute forward Roony Bardghji stunned the travelling fans with a fine half-volley, sealing a famous win for his side.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are bottom of Group A after four rounds of matches and face Bayern Munich and Galatasaray in their final two games of the group.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsration.com\/roony-haunts-manchester-united-red-devils-at-brink-of-ucl-exit\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teenage sensation Roony Bardghji was the hero for FC Copenhagen as they came from behind to pick up a sensational 4-3 win over Manchester United in Group A of the UEFA Champions League. Manchester United picked up their first win of the competition last time out when they hosted FC Copenhagen at Old Trafford, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}