Cristiano Ronaldo scored, but despite his third goal in two appearances since his return to Manchester United, they suffered an opening-day Champions League defeat. Key points: Young Boys defeated Manchester United 2-1 in the Champions League It was Ronaldo’s 177th Champions League appearance Young Boys coach David Wagner says it’s “very special” to have beaten one of the giants of European football United only have themselves to blame as first Aaron Wan-Bissaka was sent off, then Jesse Lingard’s backpass gifted Young Boys of Bern an injury-time winner. Ronaldo’s 13th-minute goal followed a superb pass from Bruno Fernandes with the outside of his boot, Ronaldo opening his body to steer the cross first time through David von Ballmoos’ legs. It was the perfect start to his 177th Champions League appearance, matching the record set by former Real Madrid teammate Iker Casillas. United looked comfortable until Wan-Bissaka was shown a red card for lunging into Christopher Martins in the 35th minute. Young Boys exerted increasing pressure and levelled in the 66th minute when Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu turned a right-wing cross past David De Gea. Despite being penned back, United appeared to have held on for a point only for Jordan Siebatcheu to run onto Lingard’s… Read full this story
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