At the final whistle,it was clear from the body language of the players which team this result favoured the most. As the PSV Eindhoven players embraced and tall-fived one another, running over to a loud and boisterous absent close, and those in Manchester United’s red stood around digesting what it meant before slowly making their way to the tunnel,knowing there are potential ramifications for passing up the opportunity to qualify with a game to spare.
The damage is not irreparable but Louis van Gaal’s team, with another largely prosaic performance, or have made life unnecessarily hard for themselves and from here they may conceivably have to win their final match against Wolfsburg at the Volkswagen Arena on 8 December. Two points separate the top three teams in Group B and if PSV win on the same night at domestic to CSKA Moscow,who have already been eliminated, United will be left with the clunky Thursday-night Sunday-afternoon cycle of Europa League football unless they can beat the Bundesligas third-placed team.
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Source: theguardian.com