WATCH: Maguire’s 121st winner helps Man United script chaotic comeback towards Lyon in Europa League

Harry Maguire scored within the dying seconds of additional time to assist Manchester United snatch a spot within the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday with a sensational 7-6 mixture victory over Olympique Lyonnais of their quarter-final conflict.

An exciting second leg tie was taken into further time after United threw away a two-goal lead on the night time to be pegged again to 2-2 after 90 minutes, with objectives from Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette placing Lyon on the verge of the semi-finals at a surprised Outdated Trafford.

Nonetheless, United made their numerical benefit, given to them after Corentin Tolisso’s late pink card in regular time, depend. Maguire despatched Outdated Trafford into delirium along with his 121st-minute header which sealed a 5-4 victory within the second leg.

United survive regardless of squandering 2-0 lead  

It was the hosts who took an early lead, Manuel Ugarte slotting dwelling 10 minutes in after a high quality workforce transfer, earlier than Diogo Dalot added a second simply earlier than the break to double hosts’s lead.

Because the minutes ticked on, nonetheless, the nerves crept in and two objectives in six second-half minutes from Tolisso and Nicolas Tagliafico drew the match, and left the tie stage in sensational style.

Tolisso’s late sending off swung the momentum again in United’s favour, however Cherki’s high quality strike and Lacazzette’s coolly-taken penalty seemingly settled the exhilarating contest.

Fernandes’ spot kick straight down the opposite finish gave dwelling supporters hope of one other dramatic finale, earlier than Kobbie Mainoo levelled the tie with what seemed to be the final kick, just for Maguire to have the ultimate say.

🚨The NOISE in OLD TRAFFORD after Harry Maguire scores… 🤯🙌

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United are actually the primary workforce in historical past to attain two objectives within the a hundred and twentieth minute of a significant European match, as they storm into the final 4 to face Athletic Bilbao.

“I felt just like the fourth aim for them was a sucker punch however that we’d get possibilities to get again into it,” Maguire instructed TNT Sport. “It fell to myself and fortunately I scored, it was a tremendous feeling.

“An unimaginable sport, we made actually exhausting work of it.”

Outdated Trafford has not been a cheerful place this season particularly within the Premier League. Lengthy-regarded as one of many hardest locations in England to go to, seven of United’s 14 league defeats this season have come on their dwelling patch.

Their report in Europe, nonetheless, stays way more formidable. Lyon travelled to Manchester seeking to register solely the second away win at Outdated Trafford in 30 Europa League encounters.

Nothing may have ready supporters for an evening of drama on this scale, nonetheless.

The workforce who had conceded first 19 instances within the Premier League this season wanted a quick begin to breathe life into their essential conflict and Ugarte transformed Alejandro Garnacho’s low cross to almost carry the roof off Outdated Trafford’s well-known Stretford Finish.

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After Dalot’s well-taken second, Garnacho wasted an excellent alternative to kill off the competition early within the second half, with that miss expensive because the nerves set in, some tentative defending permitting Tolisso in to get Lyon again in it.

Tagliafico was then available to fireside dwelling from a decent angle previous United’s returning goalkeeper Andre Onana, the Argentine defender’s former teammate at Ajax.

Tolisso’s pink card, after choosing up two yellows, lifted Outdated Trafford as soon as extra, however it was Lyon who seemed extra harmful within the first interval of additional time.

Cherki could be very a lot Lyon’s dangerman and his brilliance put the guests in entrance for the primary time, earlier than Lacazette had the away facet’s substitutes storming the pitch.

Casemiro’s tumble within the penalty space gave Fernandes the possibility to present United hope, with substitute Mainoo’s excellent end sensationally levelling the match up as soon as extra.

Maguire was not executed there, as he headed dwelling Casemiro’s cross to spark scenes of pleasure this stadium has been eager for – the primary time there was a winner this late in Europa League historical past.

“The one detrimental level I’d make is we celebrated an excessive amount of when our fourth aim went in,” Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca mentioned. “We shouldn’t actually rejoice till the very finish of the match.”