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Manchester United's Nani is dismissed by Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir.Alex Livesey/Getty Images

A sensational Champions League last-16 tie has ended with Real Madrid pulling out a 2-1 victory over Manchester United Tuesday, giving them a 3-2 aggregate win. Goals from Luka Modric và Cristiano Ronaldo in a three minute span cancelled out Sergio Ramos" own goal early in the second half.

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Real"s two goals came after United went down lớn 10 men, as Nani, who delivered the cross that Ramos put into his own net, was sent off in controversial circumstances. He leapt & stuck out a boot lớn take down a pass, but caught Alvaro Arbeloa in the chest in the process.


Considering Nani was focused only on the ball, this tackle might not have deserved the red. You can judge it either way for yourself by watching this GIF (via Bleacher Report). But regardless of whether match official Cuneyt Cakir"s decision was correct, United can"t sạc the blame on him.

After a sluggish first 10 minutes, United really grew into the game. They had the best chance of the first half when Nemanja Vidic headed off the base of the post from a corner kick. Danny Welbeck nearly diverted the rebound in, but was offside anyway.

United finally did get their reward after just three minutes in the second half. Nani delivered a low cross from the left side of the penalty area, and it took a slight deflection off Welbeck before Ramos diverted it home.


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Once they had their goal, though, United seemed content to sit back somewhat, allowing Madrid lớn get back into their flow. Jose Mourinho responded lớn Nani"s red by sending on Luka Modric in place of Arbeloa, và United managed khổng lồ let the Croatian beat them.

A dash across the outside of the area left Modric roaming free, & he unleashed a massive, curling strike that caught the inside of the post và found the net. Not three minutes later, Ronaldo got on the kết thúc of a cross from Gonzalo Higuain và deflected it home.

United had just let up defensively & were simply overrun by Mourinho"s attacking tactics. Sir Alex Ferguson seemingly spent more time yelling at the officials than he did reacting khổng lồ the gap in his team. He needed to bring someone on khổng lồ change things up.


Sure, Nani wasn"t contributing defensively, but defensive reinforcements are always needed when you go down a man, if just to cover the space that"s been left behind. Had they done so, it might"ve helped them control Madrid"s pace và ball distribution.

United"s failure khổng lồ respond khổng lồ adversity is the reason they lost, not Cuneyt Cakir.

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