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• Manchester United 0-2 PSG: Champions League last 16, first leg – as it happened

  12-02-2019 23:32 via theguardian.com
  Paul Pogba saw red as Ole Gunnar Solskjær tasted defeat as Manchester United manager for the first timeRead Daniel Taylor’s match report from Old Trafford 10.32pm GMT So that’s that, on a miserable night for Manchester United. Their participation in this season’s Champions League is hanging by a thread after PSG turned up the heat during the second half. Our man Daniel Taylor was at Old Trafford to witness it all, and here’s his verdict. Thanks for reading! Related:
  
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• PSG prove too good for Manchester United and Paul Pogba is sent off

  12-02-2019 23:02 via theguardian.com
  For Manchester United, perhaps it was a reality check, a reminder of their imperfections and how tough it can be at the highest level of European football. This was the night Ole Gunnar Solskjær could not find any of the magic that has seen him pass every other test with distinction. Outscored, outpassed and outsung – they were well beaten and it will need something remarkable if they can save themselves at Parc des Princes in three weeks’ time.Unfortunately for Solskjaer, who
  
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• Roma 2-1 Porto: Champions League last 16, first leg – as it happened

  12-02-2019 22:57 via theguardian.com
  Roma edged a tight leg thanks to a double from Nicolo Zaniolo, but Adrian Lopez’s away goal gave Porto hope for the second leg on 6 March 9.57pm GMT Roma hold on in the end and will take a 2-1 lead to Portugal for the second leg. But the evening’s ended on a note of slight disappointment for the Italians given that they led 2-0 thanks to a double from Nicolo Zaniolo. Adrian Lopez’s away goal means Porto will fancy their chances on 6 March. Thanks for reading and emailing. Bye.
  
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• Manchester United v PSG: Champions League last 16, first leg – live!

  12-02-2019 21:51 via theguardian.com
  Champions League last-16, first-leg updates from Old TraffordRoma v Porto: Champions League last 16, first leg – live!And feel free to send your thoughts to Scott by email here 8.51pm GMT 45 min +4: It looks as though Lingard can’t continue. He’s down holding his left hamstring. Sanchez had prepared to come on for Martial a few minutes ago, but now he’s taking Lingard’s place instead. 8.49pm GMT 45 min +2: Dani Alves scoops a harmless free kick over the bar, de Gea
  
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• Roma v Porto: Champions League last 16, first leg – live!

  12-02-2019 21:49 via theguardian.com
  Champions League last-16, first-leg updates, 8pm GMT kick-offMan Utd v PSG: Champions League last 16, first legAnd feel free to email Jacob or tweet @JacobSteinberg8.49pm GMT Let’s be charitable and call it a tight game. 8.48pm GMT 45 min: Pellegrini stays down after a collision with Tiquinho. Play stops so he can receives some treatment. He’s fine. 8.44pm GMT 42 min: El Shaarawy almost breaks through on the left. But he doesn’t. 8.41pm GMT 37 min: Fazio picks out Dzeko with a
  
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• Spurs ready for Champions League and Dortmund – then a much-needed break

  12-02-2019 20:38 via theguardian.com
  • Tottenham likely to be without starting services of Danny Rose
  • Harry Kane and Dele Alli set to be ready for 5 March returnIt has been a punishing schedule for Mauricio Pochettino and his Tottenham players. Since they returned from the November international break they have played 21 times in 78 days, fighting against tiredness and injuries without reinforcements from the summer or winter transfer windows while also dealing with the unsettling delays over their new stadium.The 22nd
  
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• PSG's long and sometimes successful relationship with Brazilian footballers

  12-02-2019 13:48 via theguardian.com
  Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Dani Alves and Neymar are just the latest Brazilian players to have found a home in Paris
  By Craig McCracken for Beyond The Last Man
  The build-up to PSG’s tie against Manchester United in the Champions League has centred around a player who is unlikely to even set foot on the pitch in either leg. Such is life with Neymar, a continual source of histrionics wrapped up in a soap opera inside a melodrama. His latest metatarsal drama has inflicted a sense of angst on t
  
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• PSG’s Gianluigi Buffon takes turn to try to fill the only gap on his CV

  12-02-2019 12:01 via theguardian.com
  French champions have rotated their goalkeepers all season and on Tuesday the Italian veteran is due to play at Old TraffordWhen Paris Saint-German signed Gianluigi Buffon last summer in the hope that he could help satisfy their craving for Champions League success, it looked like a move that illustrated why the French club will never be European champions under their Qatari regime. It was not because the Champions League is the one major trophy that Buffon has never lifted but because PSG alrea
  
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