Antony and Fred took the game by storm at Old Trafford after a first-half horror show that ended with a brilliant Casemiro block
What a night, what an equaliser from Fred, what a winner from Antony, in a tale of two Brazilians who downed Barcelona and lit up Old Trafford for Manchester United.
Fred blazed his equaliser home moments into the second half – off his right shin – and 10,000 volts jolted through the stadium because United had just turned frustration to joy. Whatever occurred from that juncture, Erik ten Hag’s men had already stunned Barça, informing Xavi’s side that they intended to keep on keeping their fans bouncing – and singing. Marcus Rashford and Antony raced in, and the congregation regaled them with the ditty that features “a knick-knack paddy whack” and ends in an invitation for (Manchester) “City to” expletive “off home”.
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