English football club giant, Manchester United, has qualified for the semi-final of the Europa league after beating their French opponent, Olympique Lyon, 5-4 during the quarter final second leg game.
Manchester United dragged their season out of the ashes in quite extraordinary fashion as they scored twice in the final minute of extra time to complete a staggering comeback from 4-2 down against 10-man Lyon at Old Trafford.
United, during the game on Thursday, appeared to be heading out of the competition in the worst possible manner as they tossed away a two-goal lead in the space of seven minutes before conceding twice in extra time.
Supporters were streaming for the exits in their droves but Bruno Fernandes breathed new life into United when he converted a penalty seven minutes from time after a video assistant referee intervention for a foul on Casemiro that had initially gone unpunished.
With Old Trafford a cauldron of noise, Kobbie Mainoo somehow kept his cool to curl an equaliser into the corner of the Lyon goal as the tie entered its final minute.
That was extraordinary. But there was no inclination to settle for penalties from the hosts.
In front of legendary former manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who was watching on from the stands, United produced an ending right out of his 1999 Champions League-winning playbook as Casemiro lifted the ball into the penalty area and makeshift centre-forward Harry Maguire rose to send it arcing into the corner.
It was up there with the most famous games this stadium has ever seen and means Ruben Amorim’s side now face a semi-final with Athletic Bilbao.
