Galatasaray vs Manchester United LIVE! Champions League match stream, latest score and goal updates today
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Crunch Group A clash going ahead as planned amid torrential rain in Istanbul after a pitch inspection
Galatasaray vs Manchester United LIVE!
A huge night awaits in the Champions League as Manchester United seek to keep their knockout hopes alive amid a hostile atmosphere in Istanbul. Erik ten Hag’s side must not lose this evening or their last-16 chances are officially over following a run of three defeats from four European games so far this season that has left them sitting bottom of Group A with only two matches left.
Thankfully for United, final opponents Bayern Munich’s dominance means they are just a point adrift of second-place FC Copenhagen, who travel to Germany tonight. A draw in Turkey would be enough to take things down to the final matchday, though United really need to beat Galatasaray to ensure that their destiny is likely in their own hands before they host Bayern at Old Trafford in a daunting final test.
Galatasaray will have high hopes of reaching the knockouts themselves after a shock win over United early last month, when Wilfried Zaha was on the scoresheet against his former club. With torrential rain in Istanbul throughout the day and more forecasted for the evening, there was a pitch inspection at Rams Park but the game does go ahead as planned. Follow Galatasaray vs Manchester United in the Champions League live below!
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2 MINUTES AGO
Galatasaray 2-3 Manchester United
59 mins: Shaw takes out Ziyech to halt a promising Galatasaray counter-attack and has his name taken.
Ten Hag has replaced Hojlund and Amrabat with Martial and Mainoo, the latter making only his fifth senior United appearance and his debut in Europe.
Can the 19-year-old build on his excellent display at Everton?
4 MINUTES AGO
GOAL! Galatasaray 1-3 Manchester United | Scott McTominay 55′
55 mins: A massive, massive goal for United!
It’s another this season for McTominay, who slides in to side-foot home Wan-Bissaka’s accurate cross from the right.
Antony drove forward initially before picking out the overlapping right-back.
United’s two-goal lead restored, 10 minutes after the break!
8 MINUTES AGO
Galatasaray 1-2 Manchester United
54 mins: Galatasaray’s appeals for a free-kick are waved away before Garnacho shoots well wide of the far post.
He wants a corner, but isn’t going to get it.
Ayhan is furious with the referee and gets a yellow for dissent.
10 MINUTES AGO
Galatasaray 1-2 Manchester United
52 mins: A moment of real panic from a back-pedalling Muslera as a cross/shot from Fernandes on the right is unconvincingly parried away by the Galatasaray ‘keeper.
13 MINUTES AGO
Galatasaray 1-2 Manchester United
48 mins: A fast start to this second half from Gala, with a Ziyech free-kick causing problems before Mertens’ decent delivery from the right is volleyed into the side netting at the front post by centre-back Ayhan, who had stayed up.
Half the ground thought that was in!
No changes from either manager at half-time, by the way.
17 MINUTES AGO
Galatasaray 1-2 Manchester United
Back underway in Istanbul!
A massive 45 minutes in United’s season coming up.
24 MINUTES AGO
Galatasaray 1-2 Manchester United
A brilliant goal and a well-worked assist for the influential United skipper in that breathless first half.
They will need all of his experience and quality after the break too if they are to successfully see this out and keep their Champions League last-16 hopes alive
27 MINUTES AGO
Galatasaray 1-2 Manchester United
Half-time
And breathe!
Quite a first half in Istanbul, with United 2-0 up inside 18 minutes through Garnacho and Fernandes’ wonderful strike before Ziyech’s free-kick punished an Onana error. Icardi then denied by the offside flag just before the break.
All to play for after half-time…
33 MINUTES AGO
Galatasaray 1-2 Manchester United
45 mins: Two minutes of added time have been signalled at the end of this pulsating first half in Istanbul.
Amrabat clatters into Torreira and joins Bruno Fernandes and Boey in the book.
36 MINUTES AGO
Galatasaray 1-2 Manchester United
44 mins: GOOAA… NO!
Icardi is sent through by a superb pass from the right and fires coolly beyond Onana after a terrific first touch!
But the home fans’ celebrations are quickly cut short by the offside flag.
It looked tight, but the goal does not stand after a VAR check.
That would have been a huge mental blow to United just before the interval.