Ole Gunnar Solskjaer refused to blame Fred's sending-off for leaving Manchester United's Champions League hopes in peril. Fred's 70th-minute red card ultimately cost United the game and the chance to reach the last 16 with a game to spare.
It means United need to get at least a point away to RB Leipzig next Tuesday to go through to the knockout stage. Fred should have been sent off in the first-half for a head-butt on Leandro Paredes, but escaped with a yellow card.
But a second yellow saw him sent off, leaving 10-man United unable to get the point they needed to go through. Solskjaer said: “Fred played a really disciplined second-half and when he makes a tackle like this, you can't really fault the boy. “We told him to just be sensible and
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