Manchester United twice surrendered a two-goal lead in a thrilling 3-3 draw with Galatasaray in the Champions League group stage on Wednesday evening.
A thrilling first half in Turkey saw a flurry of goals, Alejandro Garnacho and Bruno Fernandes putting the visitors 2-0 up early on, before Hakim Ziyech pulled one back with a free-kick.
Scott McTominay grabbed United’s third restore the two-goal advantage and ease any nerves but Andre Onana’s error gave Ziyech his second of the game. Kerem Akturkoglu then equalised with a wonderful effort, leaving the visiting Red Devils unable to find a winner and heading into matchday six against runaway group leaders Bayern Munich with only one win from five games.
How the game unfolded
Torrential rain threatened a potential postponement in Istanbul, but kick-off went ahead as planned.
It was a typically cacophonous atmosphere inside RAMS Park, but Garnacho, after scoring a stunning overhead kick at the weekend, was quick to silence the Galatasaray supporters with ten minutes played. Fernandes supplied the Argentine with some quick footwork inside the penalty area before the winger fired into the roof of the net on his left foot.
The hosts could have levelled just minutes later but Andre Onana produced an instinctive stop from ex-Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira’s near-post header, Harry Maguire proceeding to block well on the line from the rebound.
A frenetic opening 18 minutes was capped by a stupendous strike from Fernandes to double United’s advantage, the Portuguese thrashing a beautiful long-range effort beyond Fernando Muslera.
However, Ziyech’s free-kick from 20 yards bamboozled an uncertain Onana at the other end ten minutes later, flying beyond the Cameroonian to cut the deficit and reawaken the crowd. Mauro Icardi thought he’d equalised just before the break with a delightful finish, but his shoulder was offside.
Despite Galatasaray forcing their way back into the match, United went back two ahead shortly after the restart. Aaron Wan-Bissaka made a bursting run down the right-hand side and supplied a low cross for Scott McTominay to turn home from close range.
United looked as if they had control of proceedings but another comical Onana error gifted Galatasaray a route back into the match. A second Ziyech free kick was whipped towards the former Inter goalkeeper, who clumsily parried into his own net in bizarre fashion.
Galatasaray completed their comeback with 20 minutes remaining, Akturkoglu rifling a…
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