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Heading into the knockout round play-offs…
Based on league and UECL results only
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Ten Hag: “It’s always a joy to see Frenkie de Jong again, and to watch him play. But hopefully he won’t play very good.”
Marcus Rashford has now equalled his best ever goal scoring tally in a season (22 goals).
It’s only February
Gavi will miss the second leg at Old Trafford due to suspension, and Pedri came off injured in the first half.
Barça will likely be missing their star midfield duo next week against Man United
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No player in Europe’s top 5 leagues has scored more goals than Marcus Rashford (13) since the World Cup ended
Casemiro created 6 successful put throughs last night; no player has created more in a single Europa League game this season
Gavi for Barcelona vs. Man Utd:
◉ = Most final third passes (22)
◉ Most duels won (13)
◉ Most fouls won (5)
◉ = Most touches in opp. box (5)
◉ = Most tackles (4)
◉= Most aerial duels won (3)
◉ Most fouls conceded (3)
Will be a huge miss in the second leg.
Xavi criticised the decision to deny Barcelona a penalty in their Europa League game against Manchester United after a late handball shout.
Fred escaped a potential penalty for handling a Sergi Roberto effort late in the game, with the score level at 2-2, as both Maurizio Mariani and VAR decided not to punish the Brazilian midfielder.
“It’s a penalty like a cathedral,” Xavi told reporters, using a colloquial phrase that translates to the decision being a monumental error.
”Already at Inter Milan in the Champions League they didn’t give it to us, here either. I don’t know how we’ll get a penalty for handball.
“It seems incredible to me. They said VAR had checked it.”
Should Barcelona have been awarded a penalty for this possible handball on Fred?