Athletic Club 2-1 Manchester United: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 15 March 2012
Result
Athletic Club 2-1 Manchester United
Europa League · Thursday 15 March 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Athletic Club 2-1 Manchester United: match report
Athletic Club defeated Manchester United 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 15 March 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Fernando Llorente opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Fernando Llorente (23') and Óscar de Marcos (65'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (80').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 15th on 20 points from 10 and Manchester United 105th on 3 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Athletic Club win, 0 draws and 0 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Manchester United's L-L-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 55'Yellow card · Susaeta
- 60'Yellow card · Rafael
- 65'Goal · Óscar de Marcos
- 72'Yellow card · Paul Pogba
- 80'Goal · Wayne Rooney
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Fernando Amorebieta, Óscar de Marcos, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Muniain, Ander Herrera, Javi Martínez, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
David de Gea, Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia, Ashley Young, Park Ji-Sung, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Javier Hernández Balcázar