An excellent match until the red card, the coach of Manchester United evaluated the defeat in Copenhagen. What did he say to the judges?

“We played a great game until the red card. It changed everything, then it became a different game. We played so well and still don’t have a point. Big disappointment,” the Hag regretted.

United soon took the lead after two goals from Copenhagen club Rasmus Höjlund. But in the 42nd minute, Rashford badly stepped on the ankle of Elias Jelert, and Lithuanian referee Donatas Rumšas, after consulting with the video referee, sent off the English representative. “Very strict dismissal, he was just trying to cover the ball. When checking the video, you could see that even the referee was not sure,” said the Hag.

Mohamed Elyounoussi soon took advantage of the power play. In a thirteen-minute set-up that saw several long stoppages during the opening act, Harry Maguire also had a handball in the box and Diogo Goncalves equalized from the penalty spot.

“Neither of those two goals should have been awarded. The first one had an offside player standing in front of our goalkeeper and the second was a penalty that should not have been awarded. What can you do with a hand like that?” the Hag was angry. “In the last matches, a lot of referees’ verdicts go against us. The season is still long, hopefully things will turn in our favor one day,” he added.

The duel at the Parken stadium had a wild course even after the change of sides. In the 69th minute, after another hand, Bruno Fernandes returned the lead to the favorite from a penalty kick, but the turnaround was finally completed in the 83rd minute by Lukas Lerager and four minutes later by Roona Bardghji’s superb volley. The Swedish talent, who will only celebrate his 18th birthday next week, became the youngest player to break through the Red Devils’ defense in the Champions League.

“We lost our concentration at the end, but I still find a lot of positives in the game. The opening 20 minutes were the best I’ve seen on the Manchester bench so far. We controlled the game even when we were weakened,” said the Hag.

United lost for the first time in the Champions League when they led by two goals. At the same time, they lost the ninth of the opening 17 competitive games in the season, which happened to them for the last time in 1973/74. Manchester fell to last place in the table by a point behind Copenhagen and Galatasaray, who lost 1-2 on Wednesday to the sovereign Bayern Munich, already certain winners of Group A.