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Daily Manchester United - 143 - Lyon Review (H) - Did We All Just Dream That??
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Piece together what happened against Lyon with Kieran. You may have more of an idea!
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Transcript
Thrilling Match Recap
00:00:09
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Hang on to something. Hang on to anything. Hello and welcome back to the Daily Manchester United. It's me, Kieran. And, uh...
00:00:20
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Yeah, let's talk about that. Let's talk about the whirlwind, the rollercoaster, the absolute madness of what we've just seen. Yes, this is being recorded within about half an hour of full time on the night. Manchester United five, Olympically on four. On aggregate, Manchester United progressed to the semifinals seven goals to six. Unbelievable.
00:00:46
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I'm speechless. We were tuning up at halftime, we were comfortable and that seems to be our undoing. um I was so ready to, to her you know, it felt like after 90 minutes that I was going to come here with my tail between my legs and talking about how United once again threw away a game.
00:01:07
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And that was made even worse when two more goals happened in extra time. Toledo getting sent off for a second book of an offence helped for sure. But I don't think it was the, you know, Leon played better with 10 men, it seemed.
00:01:22
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It seemed like they were so well organised, so well drilled at
Dramatic Turnaround Key Moments
00:01:25
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10 men. You've got Cherki scoring the absolute, well, he just rockets it in. for the third time. And then Luke Shaw giving away a penalty. Right, great.
00:01:35
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Here we go again. four two down to a team that were down to 10 men. Fernandes gets himself a put on the spot after a foul of the box.
00:01:46
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that's That's given VAR. It's a long time VAR has a look at it. Eventually they give it. Kobi Mainu, the coolest man in that stadium, finishing that one off.
00:01:58
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And not about a minute, maybe 70
Fan Experience at Old Trafford
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seconds later. Harry Maguire rises like a salmon to head it back and head it into the goal to get us through.
00:02:11
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i Words can't describe me. I'll tell you what, ah Pete, who's who's not long on the podcast, in fact, he's so new here, he hasn't actually appeared on an episode yet. He was at Old Trafford.
00:02:22
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Would you believe he was at Old Trafford? And he sent me a little clip. Here's him outside Old Trafford.
00:03:25
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Yeah, apologies for the... I mean, you can tell he's high on adrenaline there. um And yes, I'm sure he'll be on episode in the near future to talk to us about that. But yeah, if there's one match to be jealous that you weren't at Old Trafford, to be one jealous you weren't there for live,
Post-Match Analysis: Team's Performance
00:03:40
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this may have been the one. ah I say that actually.
00:03:43
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Whilst I'm on the high, let me bring you back down again. That was terrible. and was It We forgot to play football. It just seemed like if from the set or from well from the second half, right up until Bruno Fernandes is a behind the spot,
00:03:59
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It seemed like the players were paid at half-time, so just gave up for half the time. I don't know what happened. Was it fatigue? Could they just not be bothered? I don't know. But again, in the space of eight minutes, we threw away a two-goal lead.
00:04:14
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And we were lucky, I think, Taliso gets sent off there. If he doesn't get sent off, we're we're in a world of trouble. And then again, we conceded two more goals. going down to 10 men. I have no idea how we made it through.
Semifinals Preview: Athletic Bilbao
00:04:28
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I have no idea. We face Athletic Bilbao next in the semifinal. So either one thing's happening. Bilbao have a home advantage, even though they don't, obviously. But either they play in their own stadium or we stop them from doing that.
00:04:44
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So much has happened. I don't even know what happened to Tottenham. i I was so engrossed. Oh, they won in the end. Okay, great. So they're into the semifinal as well. They're on the other side of the tree. So they're going to face Bodo Glimt.
00:04:57
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Wow, that went to penalties. I didn't realise that. I saw Lazio went 3-0 up. I didn't realise Bodo Glimt actually pulled one back and then gone through. Sorry, no, Lazio. No? Hang on.
00:05:09
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No, it did go through. Sorry, of ah I'm reading the scores and it's just messy with my head. To to be honest, can you blame me for tonight? I don't think I'm with it.
Team Inconsistencies and Frustrations
00:05:20
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But yeah, it was only going be a shorter episode because very tight at the time.
00:05:27
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And I would like this episode up so that you can hear it as soon as possible. ah Maybe when you've sort of recovered. ah It's Good Friday, by the way, if you're watching, if you're listening in England.
00:05:38
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Use it well tonight, today, whatever you're doing, use it well. um But yeah, I genuinely cannot believe we made it through. I said after the Newcastle game, i was very scathing. and I was in a very foul mood. And up until about, well, to be honest, I i saw the goal. I saw Maguire's goal go in. It gave no reaction because I thought they're going to find something wrong with this.
00:06:00
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and and And in a reverse angle, is there little push that Maguire gives? But no, it's given. And still I had no reaction because I'm used to this United side. I'm so sick and tired of seeing the likes of Garnaccio and Dallow doing all of these you know poses to the camera or whatever, all for it to fall apart.
00:06:19
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And we go two goals down when we're... ah We've got a man advantage. It makes zero sense. It makes zero sense. I'm losing my mind supporting this football club.
00:06:30
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I really, really am. i have no idea which way to turn. I have no idea which team is going to turn up. And all of a sudden, it just seemed like, bang. Oh, yeah. We haven't finished playing yet. We better keep doing that.
00:06:43
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I... we're torn apart by We're torn apart by Newcastle. yeah i ah I'm not going to revisit sore wounds because I'm not ready to pour salt into them. But i I cannot conceive of a football team that can just look so wayward for a lot of this game.
00:07:02
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um But mental, absolutely mental. I'll look back at that and think, why didn't I celebrate? I have every reason not to. I have my reasons. I've made them clear. And I am the pessimist of the group. We all know this. And that's what I was going to say, what we love me for. But I don't think we do.
Player Contributions Discussion
00:07:20
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um Honestly, just mental, absolutely mental. um You can talk about the goals. Higate slotted it away very well. It was a lovely cutback. I think it was from... but Well, Fernandes plays it to Garnaccio. And his touch towards the towards the byline almost takes two players out of it. He puts it across goal.
00:07:43
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Hoyland then runs forward and sort of stops the defender from getting to the ball. And that allows Agate to stroke at home very comfortably. Diago Dallo, again, a really nice finish across the goal, across the keeper to get into that bottom left-hand corner.
00:07:58
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Wonderful stuff. And then Tolisso, yeah, he scored. Amazing. I just thought, here we go again. genuinely think now, even at 2-1, I thought we've lost this now. we've lost We don't have the bottle.
00:08:11
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we're We're a little bit mentally shaken to our core. And I would have used another word, a much more scathing word. had we not actually found a way to dig deep and and somehow get ourselves out of that. i I am speechless.
00:08:26
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I am speechless. But one place that isn't going to be speechless is our ad break. I'll be back and I'll put some words in my head. Meanwhile, listen to these words.
00:08:37
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I'll be back after this.
Penalty Controversy
00:09:32
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I have to say, if you if you're watching on Discovery+, plus Robbie Savage was was almost like a mystic, a medium, an oracle. He could see everything before they were going to happen. He he predicted Maguire's goal.
00:09:47
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he um ah you know He was spotting stuff in the game. i i I don't know. i
00:09:55
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and i suppose let's get the contentious issues out of the way. Were they both penalties? Yes, Luke Shaw clearly brings down Lacazette. and And, yeah, I think it is a penalty. There is contact made for our penalty. So, yeah, by the letter of the law, that is a penalty.
00:10:14
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Gets us back in the game. I mean, as well, i'm I'm here for Kobe Main, who's finished. He struggled with injury, especially in this year, this calendar year, for sure. But what way to to make a mark and announce to everyone you're back.
00:10:28
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Amazing. And then Maguire. I've already said it rising like a salmon. Is that the right description? Who cares? Who cares? We're all at a bit of a high at the moment. but i think you can forgive me for using cliche idioms to describe what an absolute madness and shambles of a game that really was. Was it drama?
00:10:46
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Yes, if you're a neutral. If you're United or if you're Lione. Yeah. absolute shambles no matter way which way you turn and one thing I will say Inanna back in the squad I think all three goals all four goals nothing he can really do about them you know I've been a harsh critic of him especially after the after some of those games Especially after the home the weight of the away leg, i was a very, very harsh critic on Anana.
00:11:16
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But to be honest with you, all all of the goals that went in, he he didn't really have a chance of saving them. um Their third goal, sorry, their first goal to Lee. So, you know, it's it's headers, it's header pinball. And once again, we cannot defend a corner. We we just completely, we stop.
00:11:33
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I don't know what it is. I have no idea. But yeah, that that just happens. And then Tagliafico, he's able to just be completely free on the left-hand side of the pitch. He doesn't even hit it well. That's what's most annoying about the goal, is that he doesn't hit it well at all. It comes off of his like ankle.
00:11:51
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You that little bone that you have in your ankle there. The one that Yaya Toure said, oh, that's the part. the I think it was Yaya Toure who said, that's the part of my foot I hit the ball with to sort of get the... dead straight.
00:12:02
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He miss hits that and it and it goes in and Inanna does what he can. it's There's not a lot he can do in that position other than claw the ball away but had already gone in by the time he got there to claw the ball away so I think, um yeah, I think it was okay. Still a couple of shots were being parried straight back into the
Final Expectations and Surprises
00:12:20
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six-yard box, which I'm not a fan of.
00:12:23
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We've already conceded quite a few goals that way this season. But we made it over the line. And our reward is Athletic Club. um And that's that's great, you know.
00:12:36
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It's amazing. we we We struggled, i think, over both legs. Both teams struggled over both legs there in United and Lyon. We won't get a chance to be that lucky again. you know Look at the look at the the way we'll run to this cup.
00:12:52
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If we were to have it the way that we want, if we were to get result against Atletic, you would assume it would be United versus Tottenham in the final. And I cannot believe... And I really won't believe that two English clubs that are in the bottom half of the table, in fact, you know, you could even argue lower quarter of the table, you know, for some part of this season, will make it to the Europa League final.
00:13:18
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I don't know what it is. And I can't explain what is going on. ah But I was half expecting Rio and on Coventry to sort of give a copy made of a blank contract and anyone who scored tonight. But...
00:13:33
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Yeah, i had I had come here on the show tonight with a script in my head to say this was a pathetic performance, especially when we went 4-2 down and we were the man advantage.
00:13:49
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I had it all in my head and I thought, I'm going to rip into this team. And then it just flipped on its head in seven, eight minutes. And ah i still I'm shell-shocked, but in the nice way?
00:14:03
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Is that even a thing? don't know. You can let me know. I'm sure you're shell-shocked as well. Like I said, it's not a long episode today. Just reviewing this game today. You heard Pete as well. Hopefully we'll get him on the show. He was at Old Trafford today, so he's probably off celebrating, and rightfully so. And I'll let you celebrate as well.
00:14:22
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Like I said, I'm not going to take too much of your time. You already know what happened. It's going to be talked about for years to come. So why stop there, I guess?
Community Engagement and Upcoming Match
00:14:30
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But we are stopping now. Thank you so much for listening along. If you're on Apple or Spotify, you can find us there, of course. But you can also find us on YouTube.
00:14:37
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ah We are GSPN Daily Manchester United Podcast on YouTube. And you can watch all of our episodes from there. Yes, it's a long YouTube username, but it's just so you don't get it confused with anything else.
00:14:51
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That's what I'll say. ah You can also follow us on all the social media. the The audio clip you heard from Pete is going to be on TikTok. Of course it is. you want to see him and get your first glimpse of Pete on the show, ah yeah, you can you can find the censored version. We'll not release the uncensored version.
00:15:06
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and We won't make your ears bleed that much. But you can find us on TikTok, on X and Twitter, on Facebook and on Instagram. It's at GSPNManUnited on all of those platforms.
00:15:17
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And we look forward to starting that conversation. ah Who knows what happens next? Wolves on Sunday. Hopefully a better result from there. In the meantime, thank you so much for watching and listening if you're of that better part.
00:15:29
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My name's Kieran. You have been mad and I'll talk to you again soon. Try and get some sleep or whatever it is you're going to do. You could be listening to this in the following morning. Just go to sleep.
00:15:42
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Nothing could top that. Nothing in the day could top that. Anyway, take care. Have a great rest of your day.