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A defensive disasterclass by Manchester United in their most important fixture of the season so far has seen them crash out of the UEFA Champions League in the group stages after losing 3-2 to RB Leipzig.
Needing just a draw to make it to the Round of 16, Manchester United relinquished their slight advantage by conceding as early as the second minute of the game. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer curiously chose to go with a 3-5-2 formation and his defence was in disarray throughout the first half where they were lucky to have conceded just two.
It was all Angelino for RB Leipzig in the first half as he scored the first and set Haidara up for their second. Just when it looked like Manchester United might claw their way back into the game, Harry Maguire and David de Gea switched off inside their box allowing Justin Kluivert to slot the ball home for their third goal of the game and put the game to bed.
Bruno Fernandes converted from the spot in the 79th minute to give Manchester United what looked like a consolation goal after Greenwood was brought down inside the box by Konate. They were then handed some hope a couple of minutes later as Paul Pogba subsequently nodded home but it ended up being a scramble of sorts and the ball went in after taking a touch of Maguire.
There are talking points aplenty starting with how the morale in the Manchester United dressing room must have been low following Mino Raiola's controversial statement regarding Paul Pogba's future. It was clear that the team were reeling from it as they looked so out of their element in the opening half an hour.
Without further ado, let's take a look at the hits and flops from the game.
#5 Hit- Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig)
Kevin Kampl was given a job to do and that was to disrupt the Manchester United midfield by all means and that's exactly what he did. He was always popping up to cover for a teammate or fight for a second ball.
Kampl also disrupted the flow of the game many times and in fact, came close to being booked twice. But it's all part of the game and he did an excellent job keeping the dangerous Bruno Fernandes in check.
To curb Manchester United, you need to keep Bruno Fernandes out of play and Kevin Kampl was the man who did it for RB Leipzig tonight.
#4 Flop - Alex Telles (Manchester United)
We're not even sure whether Alex Telles is to be blamed alone for the mishaps in the first half as he was consistently found out of position. Telles was either tucked in too deep allowing too much space for Haidara and Forsberg or he was floating too far ahead.
He has proved yet again that he is absolutely hopeless when it comes to defending aerial balls as he let the ball fly past him into Haidara for RB Leipzig's first goal. Telles did not offer much going forward either and looked undone by the tempo of the game and lost the ball on far too many occasions.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer brought Telles off at the beginning of the second half and you couldn't fault him for that. It was a poor display from the Brazilian.
#3 Hit- Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig)
Marcel Sabitzer put in a shift and then some for Julian Nagelsmann against Manchester United in the middle of the park. He covered every blade of grass on the pitch and his excellent vision and passion was on show as RB Leipzig took the lead in the first half.
After motoring into the right side of the pitch, Sabitzer whipped in a beauty that was finished off by Angelino. It was Sabitzer who once again played Angelino into space to set up RB Leipzig's second goal of the game.
He also got involved plenty in the second half, committing several tactical fouls as Manchester United threatened to break and at times did look like he was walking on borrowed time. But he managed to stay in there.
#2 Flop- Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United)
Aaron Wan-Bissaka chose Manchester United's biggest fixture of the season to drop an absolute stinker. Perhaps too reliant on his ability to tackle and win the ball back, the Manchester United right-back kept conceding acres of space to Angelino and the RB Leipzig winger made him pay.
Wan-Bissaka got nowhere close to Angelino as he scored the first and then set up the next one. He was once again nowhere to be found as Angelino almost set up Emil Forsberg for a third goal.
He was then rightly screamed at by Luke Shaw after an audacious and baffling decision to play a backheel flick in the middle of the park to concede possession off which RB Leipzig nearly scored another one and almost killed the game as far as Manchester United were concerned.
#1 Hit - Angelino (RB Leipzig)
Manchester City loanee Angelino absolutely relished the opportunity to do a job on the Red Devils and he was all over them in the first half. He opened the scoring as early as the second minute of the game with a deadly finish..
Angelino exploited the space ceded to him down that left side by the confused Manchester United full-back and every time RB Leipzig ventured forward down the left side, it looked like they were going to score.
Angelino turned provider 10 minutes later, this time whipping in a sumptuous ball for Haidara who slotted it into the corner to extend RB Leipzig's lead. The 23-year-old didn't stop there, he created yet another wonderful opportunity for Leipzig to score but Emil Forsberg botched his finish after being found in space in the middle of the box.
Angelino was touted as one of the players to watch out for ahead of the game. He has been RB Leipzig's best performer this season and he proved to be the difference maker on one of their most important nights of the season.
