"I am proud of the players. There was a lot of learning. Every one of our biggest defeats, we will always come back better. These players are maxing. You don't want to lose a game but you have to learn from it. It feels horrible but you have to live within the performance parameters. We have already qualified. That was a goal of ours, it must be a goal of ours at Manchester United to go through."
"In the first-half we gave them too much respect. They've got a cheat code, [Dumornay] just presses a button and wraps it into the top corner,"
Manchester United lost 3-0 to Lyon at Leigh Sports Village, with Lyon asserting clear superiority. United produced no shots on target and registered only a single touch inside Lyon's box in a difficult first half. Lyon's squad depth and Melchie Dumornay's late individual brilliance, including two goals, decided the match. United had already secured a knockout-stage play-off spot, but the defeat exposed flaws in player selection and in-game timing of substitutions. Bringing Ella Toone, Jess Park and Julia Zigiotti on at 1-0 improved United's threat and possession but could not overturn the result. The match provided concrete lessons on quality gaps and tactical adaptation.
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