{"id":300058,"date":"2023-12-12T23:54:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T23:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=300058"},"modified":"2023-12-12T23:54:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T23:54:28","slug":"man-utd-suffer-worst-champions-league-campaign-ever-as-forwards-dire-vs-bayern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/man-utd-suffer-worst-champions-league-campaign-ever-as-forwards-dire-vs-bayern\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd suffer worst Champions League campaign ever as forwards dire vs Bayern"},"content":{"rendered":"

In pictures: Man Utd v Bayern Munich<\/h3>\n

Manchester United were left contemplating the grim reality of no European football for the rest of the season after Kingsley Coman\u2019s second-half winner sent them crashing to another Champions League defeat. The home loss to Bayern Munich was their fourth of a campaign which can now officially be categorised as their worst in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Their four-point haul – which left them propping up the group – was United\u2019s lowest, eclipsing 2005\/6 when they finished with six. Bayern, already through to the last 16 as group winners, never really had to get into top gear. United were a comfortable second best.<\/p>\n

Had they won on Tuesday night, they would have at least secured Europa League football, but it was as if they never really believed they could do it. The win extended Bayern Munich\u2019s unbeaten Champions League run to 40 group matches, a streak going all the way back to 2017.<\/p>\n

To finish below the German heavyweights was no disgrace for United but Copenhagen and Galatasaray too? Not good. To add injury to insult, United lost two England defenders in Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw during the contest.<\/p>\n

It never rains when it can pour for Erik ten Hag. The United manager had chosen to pair Maguire with Raphael Varane in the centre of his defence in what was Varane’s first start since the Copenhagen game on October 24.<\/p>\n

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However the double act only lasted 40 minutes as Maguire was forced off with a pulled groin. With Shaw going off at half time it left United down to the bare bones at the back and Bayern made them pay with Coman\u2019s 70th minute goal.<\/p>\n

For once it wasn\u2019t Harry Kane on the scoresheet – the England captain has fitted in at Bayern Munich like he was born in lederhosen with 22 goals in 20 matches – but he did provide the assist. Both sides had come into the game after horror weekends domestically.<\/p>\n

United\u2019s 3-0 loss to Bournemouth was bad enough but even more of a surprise was Bayern Munich\u2019s 5-1 thumping by Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga. The sting from that ensured that even with qualification for the last 16 wrapped up Thomas Tuchel\u2019s side were interested – if not particularly energised – at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

They did not have to be. They had United in their pockets. Ten Hag\u2019s side had just one shot on target all night – a drive from Shaw which was comfortably tipped over the bar by Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer<\/p>\n