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Manchester, March 14
Manchester United suffered a shock exit in the Champions League last-16 with a 2-1 loss to Sevilla after substitute Wissam Ben Yedder struck twice at Old Trafford.
The Spaniards, who had never won a Champions League match in England, moved into the quarterfinals of Europe’s elite club competition for the first time since 1958 having drawn the first leg 0-0.
Jose Mourinho’s side were stunned by the two late strikes from Frenchman Ben Yedder and although Romelu Lukaku pulled a goal back, United’s once promising European campaign came to a sorry end.
Ben Yedder put the visitors in front with a low finish just 87 seconds after coming off the bench in the 72nd minute and scored again with a header that hit the underside of the bar and went in four minutes later. United were sloppy in passing and a lack of shape, urgency and fluency.
Questions will be asked as to why Mourinho switched around the team and formation from that game.
Marcus Rashford was moved to the right, Alexis Sanchez to the left and Jesse Lingard and Marouane Fellaini brought into midfield for Scott McTominay and Juan Mata.
However, while United laboured, Sevilla had not looked a real threat in what was a generally poor quality game until the introduction of Ben Yedder with 18 minutes left.
