Relief for Jose Mourinho as Man United dig out draw
The last-16 first leg in southern Russia last night proved a predictably difficult assignment, but United coped manfully on the sandy, rock-solid playing surface that infuriated the Portuguese in the build-up.
Uefa deemed the surface playable and, fortunately for European football’s governing body and Mourinho, United make the 1,875-mile journey home unscathed.
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