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on one hand the red card was a hard blow for Bilbao so that it made their plans fall apart, but unfortunately Bilbao also had to let their goal be bombarded with three goals and that made it even more difficult for them in the competition. Manchester United were certainly very happy with the result and surprised people, because United were not favored at all in that match. Leg 2 will be easy for Amorim's troops because they already have a lot of capital and I am optimistic about their chances of advancing to the final round.
The red card received by Dani Vivian in the 33rd minute made the match lopsided, Bilbao were increasingly under pressure because they were outnumbered and had difficulty keeping up with Man United who were increasingly free to control the match. Amorim really shifted their focus to the UEL after losing hope in the Premier League, they are still the only team that is still unbeaten until the semi-finals.
The second leg is hopeless for Bilbao as it is highly unlikely they will be able to score 4 goals without reply at Old Trafford.
Manchester united really did well yesterday and I was kinda surprised because what they normally do this period is draw the first leg and then come back the second leg and defeat there opponent but yesterday own was a different case and out of all the match they have played in the Europa league I think yesterday was the easiest one for them, I mean they played and win without much stress. Athletic Bilbao was the team in the Europa most people were thinking is the strongest but then that steeze has been reduced and even without red card Manchester united would have still win them and it appears that two England team will be playing the finals and Tottenham Hotspur always beat Manchester whether inform or not but I hope they don't spoil Manchester unbeaten record in the Europa this season.
Bilbao didn't put up much of a challenge abnd that was very disappointing, based on their position and the fact that it's the Europa league Manchester united wasn't supposed to defeat them that easily...a lot of us assumed they might even win but they ended up not scoring even a single goal.. After the first goal scored by casemiro Bilbao got a red card and it turned everything around, they didn't have the energy to push forward in the game..all the same even without the card united would have still won the game because they are determined to, kudos to them.
Football is very unpredictable most times, that is why the underdogs can be dangerous if your not too careful as team. I would have outrightly put Manchester United out of place but i considered their game against Lyon which have put them in a different light. Bilbao literally had every of their player on ground and had no excuse not a put up a challenge as expected, probably the approach Manchester came with wasn't what they where expecting just the way Arsenal didn't expect what PSG where able to do in the first 20 minutes of play.
The Red card Bilbao had was a justified, because the Bilbao player obstructed a goal attempt, mind you Manchester United already had a one goal ahead, so it wasn't as if Manchester United started scoring after the Red card. Manchester United for me even did a poor job by not scoring more during the second half because they had all the trappings.