RB Leipzig 3-2 Manchester United: Player ratings as Red Devils are knocked out | UEFA Champions League 2020-21

Manchester United were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League after a 3-2 defeat to RB Leipzig on Tuesday night. Even though Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba scored late goals to rekindle hope, Manchester United left themselves with a mountain that was too steep to climb.

Manchester United were 2-0 down within the first 13 minutes. Angelino scored the first goal for RB Leipzig and set up another for Amadou Haidara minutes later.

Leipzig had another goal ruled out in the first half after Willi Orban tapped the ball home off a rebound from Ibrahima Konate's header, which hit the bar. Emil Forsberg also missed a glorious opportunity to make it 3-0 before half-time.

After the break, Manchester United were a more rejuvenated side and created some chances to score. Even then, it took them until the 80th minute to score their first. However, by then, Justin Kluivert had already scored to give Leipzig a 3-0 lead.

Fernandes' 80th-minute penalty and Pogba's header were just a couple of minutes apart from each other, but gave Manchester United much-needed momentum for the last few minutes of the game.

Here's how each player fared for both RB Leipzig and Manchester United.

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RB Leipzig Player Ratings vs. Manchester United

Angelino put RB Leipzig ahead in the third minute

Peter Gulacsi - 7/10

He made a critical save at the end of the game to prevent a Nordi Mukiele own goal. That save was worth its weight in gold, as Leipzig would have definitely had no time to find an equaliser if it went in.

Nordi Mukiele - 6/10

He would have had his heart in his mouth when he deflected a late cross towards goal, but was bailed out by Gulacsi.

Ibrahima Konate - 6/10

Konate fluctuated between the sublime and the ridiculous throughout this game. He really should have taken more care before barging into Greenwood to concede the penalty.

Willi Orban - 6/10

Orban was denied his goal by VAR, but it was a correct decision. He was also Leipzig's best defender on the night.

Angelino - 8/10

Angelino tortured Wan-Bissaka, especially in the first half. He took his goal superbly, and then set up Haidara with a pin-point cross.

Kevin Kampl - 6/10

Kampl was sometimes over-eager in the tackle and gave away a few too many fouls. One could argue, though, that those fouls were necessary to break Bruno Fernandes' rhythm.

Marcel Sabitzer - 7/10

In the first half, when Leipzig had most of the play and were controlling possession, they played through Sabitzer. His passing, movement, and vision were all sublime, as he allowed Leipzig to maintain a high tempo.

Amadou Haidara - 7/10

The volley that he scored to put Leipzig 2-0 up was not an easy technique, but Haidara pulled it off with nonchalance. His work-rate down the right side was also excellent.

Emil Forsberg - 6/10

He really should have scored soon after Haidara put the tie to bed within the first 20 minutes of the game. He was substituted early in the second half.

Dani Olmo - 5/10

The Spaniard was the quietest player among those that started for RB Leipzig. Eventually, Olmo was replaced by Yussuf Poulsen.

Christopher Nkunku - 6/10

Nkunku was full of running, as always. However, he was never able to create any chances of note in this game.

Substitutes

Justin Kluivert - 7/10

Kluivert took full toll of confusion between Harry Maguire and David De Gea to sneak in and score the most important goal of his career so far.

Yussuf Poulsen - 6/10

The Dane replaced Olmo with 30 minutes to go, presumably to help Leipzig hold play up in the Manchester United half of the field.

Tyler Adams - 5/10

After replacing Kampl, he faced a barrage of Manchester United attacks through Pogba and Fernandes.

Marcel Halstenberg - N/A

The German international replaced Angelino in injury time.

Manchester United Player Ratings vs. RB Leipzig

Bruno Fernandes scored with a penalty

Manchester United didn't perform well in Germany.

David De Gea - 5/10

De Gea could have done nothing to stop either of the first two Leipzig goals. He should have done better than to turn his back away from the striker when Kluivert scored past him.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka - 3/10

Wan-Bissaka had a terrible game. He was caught too far in-field, and too close to Lindelof. That gave Angelino the space he needed to operate on the left flank.

Victor Lindelof - 5/10

None of the three goals that Manchester United conceded came off a mistake from Lindelof. But he needed to take charge, and ensure that the likes of Olmo and Forsberg didn't impact the game too much for RB Leipzig.

Harry Maguire - 4/10

Ultimately, Maguire cost United the goal that sent them out of the competition. He should have either dealt with that cross himself, or communicated well enough with De Gea to get the Spaniard to claim that ball. Maguire just left it, when De Gea was not expecting him to.

Luke Shaw - 5/10

In his first game back from injury, Shaw played as the left-sided centre-back in the first half. He had no understanding with Telles and was constantly making last-ditch interventions to clean up previous misses.

Alex Telles - 4/10

Telles had to be tracking Haidara for the second Leipzig goal, but didn't get his head to the ball, which allowed an easy finish.

Nemanja Matic - 4/10

The speed of Leipzig's passing and movement meant that Manchester United struggled in midfield. The intensity was not ideal for Matic, who was always a fraction of a second behind with his challenges.

Scott McTominay - 4/10

Like Matic, McTominay didn't have any impact on the game either. He was a nuisance in the box when Manchester United had set-pieces, but from open play, both offensively and defensively, McTominay struggled.

Bruno Fernandes - 5/10

For most of the game, Fernandes cut a frustrated figure and was whining to the referee about a host of things. He dispatched his penalty with ease, as he always seems to do.

Mason Greenwood - 5/10

United really struggled to get Greenwood into good attacking positions throughout the game, which meant that his threat was almost non-existent.

Marcus Rashford - 5/10

Rashford had an isolated game up-front for Manchester United, as the Red Devils could not get him involved as much as they'd have liked. When he did get his chances, he seemed to rush into taking the shot a bit too early.

Substitutes

Donny van de Beek - 7/10

The Dutchman replaced Telles at half-time, and made a visible difference to Manchester United's play. He was the link between the Manchester United lines, and allowed the likes of Fernandes a lot more possession.

Paul Pogba - 8/10

Pogba was magnificent after coming on to replace Matic. He controlled possession brilliantly, allowed the flair players to create chances in the final third, and even got a goal himself. The goal, though, was eventually given to Maguire,

Brandon Williams - 5/10

Williams came on to replace Shaw, with the latter still recovering from a month-long injury worry.

Axel Tuanzebe - N/A

He really didn't play for enough time to warrant a rating.

TImothy Fosu-Mensah - N/A

It was curious that Solskjaer swapped out two defenders for like-for-like replacements when Manchester United were desperate to find a goal at the end of the game.