The Red Devils opened the scoring with Bruno Fernandes from the penalty spot (9th, 0-1) but Suso (26th, 1-1) and Luuk de Jong (78th, 2-1) gave the victory to the Andalusians. On Friday 21 August at 9 p.m. in this same stadium, Sevilla will face the winner of the Inter Milan – Shakhtar Donetsk match on the program this Monday in Düsseldorf at 9 p.m.
Manchester has entered their game well. The Red Devils tried to deprive Sevilla of the ball and quickly reaped the fruits of this pressing when perfectly served by Anthony Martial on the left in the box, Marcus Rashford was mowed down by Diego Carlos. Bruno Fernandes put the ball out of reach of Yassine Bounou from the right side (9th, 0-1). Suddenly, the Portuguese strengthened his first place in the scorers standings of the Europa League with 8 goals, two more than five players who could not improve their total.
Sevilla responded tit for tat and reminded their opponents that they had the best average ball possession in this competition before kick-off. After a good combination with Ever Banega, Lucas Ocampos unleashed a violent strike that David de Gea deflected with his fists (16th). Manchester suffered and on collective action from the Sevillians (Ocampos, Sergio Reguilon) part of the left flank in their camp, the ball reached Suso. Alone in the area on the right side, the Spanish striker crucified De Gea from the left (26th, 1-1). Until the break the meeting was very balanced with Sevilla, who directed the game sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left and Manchester, who defended better since the equalizer. Up a notch, the Red Devils tried their luck on goal but only two hitters worried Bounou: Rashford (39th) and Bruno Fernandes (45th + 1).
On resumption, the Moroccan goalkeeper saved Sevilla three times. He first made a parade with his right foot in front of Mason Greenwood (46th), he then intervened in front of Bruno Fernandes (50th) before stopping a shot from Martial (53rd). It was hot in the Sevillian rectangle and this prompted Julen Lopetegui to take out Ocampos and Youssef En Nesri for Mumir El Haddadi and de Jong (56th). It didn’t immediately change much to the face of the game as Manchester did not slow down until the end of the game.
While they had not yet shot once on goal in the second half, the Andalusians took the lead by de Jong, who found himself alone in front of goal on a millimeter cross from Jesus Navas that Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof followed with their eyes (78th, 2-1).
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