#2 Fenerbahce sit comfortably deep for 30 minutes, but pay for two silly errors
The away side appeared more than comfortable sitting behind the ball and allowing United a major share of the possession. The centre-back pairing of Simon Kjaer and Martin Skrtel were in no mood to give striker Wayne Rooney any space through the middle, while central midfielder Roman Neustadter did his job of keeping Pogba quiet.
The full-backs also ensured that the likes of Martial and Lingard were unable to cut in towards the byline and create any space for a goal-scoring chance. However, the two fouls on Mata and Martial, which led to the two spot-kicks threw the Turkish side’s ‘Plan A’ out of the window in a matter of seconds.
Both penalties were rightly given and manager Dick Advocaat will be infuriated at the way the hosts were gifted the initiative a disciplined opening thirty minutes.
