Patrick Rees
Another game, another big win for the Red Devils. Manchester United thrashed an all-confident CSKA Moscow side 4-1 in Russia and underlined their utter dominance once again this season. It all started with Romelu Lukaku breaking the deadlock in as early as the fourth minute before Anthony Martial made it two with a calmly taken penalty.
Just some minutes later, Lukaku completed his brace and Henrikh Mkhitaryan added further misery to CSKA’s fate. As the game approached its end, the hosts finally got their consolation and that was it. United could have easily scored more, but thanks to the brilliance of Igor Akinfeev, the tally was restricted to four. It was a night of a number of achievements and to start with; it was Eric Bailly’s first Champions League appearance for Manchester United. The defender missed United’s Super Cup and the first Champions League fixture due to a ban and returned with a bang.
Furthermore, Henrikh Mkhitaryan made his 50th appearance for Manchester United and marked it with a well-taken goal. Last, but not the least, it was Jose Mourinho’s 11th game against a Russian opponent as a manager and this win means Mourinho has now won 8 games against Russian teams and is yet to lose any (Drawn three).
Having said that, this is how the Twitteratis reacted to the game:
Starting with the players themselves,
Terrific performance from the lads tonight. Not easy to control a game that much away in Europe.@ManUtd
— Michael Carrick (@carras16) September 27, 2017
Happy for the win. Very good team performance today. Thanks to the fans who travelled and had our backs @ManUtd pic.twitter.com/yYoq0WDhfq
— Victor Lindelöf (@vlindelof) September 27, 2017
Thanks God for this victory and thanks to the fans that travelled tonight
— Anthony Martial (@AnthonyMartial) September 27, 2017
6️⃣ points! Let’s keep on #mufc #UCL pic.twitter.com/HGoM62B4vy
— David De Gea (@D_DeGea) September 27, 2017
Happy for having debuted in the @ChampionsLeague with such a great result.
Merci seigneur de réaliser un grand rêve pic.twitter.com/sRJLeYu9Cq
— Eric Bailly (@ericbailly24) September 27, 2017
Good win, 3 points! ⚽️ #MUFC #UCL pic.twitter.com/2TIIY4lntL
— Daley Blind (@BlindDaley) September 27, 2017
Yes boys!! ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/QrCULSUeZa
— Ander Herrera (@AnderHerrera) September 27, 2017
Great to mark my 50th #MUFC appearance with a goal ⚽️✨ @ChampionsLeague #UCL @ManUtd #MickiMagic pic.twitter.com/bCa35QUtzy
— Henrikh Mkhitaryan (@HenrikhMkh) September 27, 2017
Honour to captain @ManUtd in the @ChampionsLeague, 2 wins from 2 makes it even better pic.twitter.com/NcFhhz2YL0
— Ashley Young (@youngy18) September 27, 2017
And this is how the fans reacted,
Lukaku
10!
vs Real Madrid ⚽
vs West Ham ⚽⚽
vs Swansea ⚽
vs Leicester ❌
vs Stoke ⚽
vs Everton ⚽
vs Basel ⚽
vs Southampton ⚽
vs CSKA ⚽⚽— NO (@NanatOnat) September 27, 2017
Loved it, but shocked at CSKA. Nothing changed after being 3-0 down. Proper solid classic mourinho. SAF May have drew this one.
— JM (@jellym0nst3r) September 27, 2017
Someone must tel Rukaku to learn to force his right leg if he want to be all time goal scorer hey…..
— Edwin S. Magwano (@Eddobboy) September 28, 2017
4 goals. It’s how we get down these days!!!!
— GavlaaEntertainment! (@GavMorgan84) September 28, 2017
We are playing some awesome football !!! Keep it up Lads @ManUtd
— Gareth Roberts (@GarethR67041896) September 27, 2017
The only bad thing of tonight game no clean sheet.
— Neil Garrett (@NeilGarrett14) September 27, 2017
Hopefully Mourinho learned a lesson today: START MARTIAL.
— Nick Altieri (@nicolasaltieri) September 27, 2017
“Thought this Champions League stuff was hard ” pic.twitter.com/D5VRjKyasT
— J.A.O (@JuanAnderOnly) September 27, 2017
— Luke (@FosuMadness) September 27, 2017
It doesn’t matter whether you are from the Championship, PL or Europe❗We are gonna find you and score 4 against You❗Gutted to have conceded
— Mithilesh Palegar (@palegar) September 27, 2017
