Yet just 24 hours on they were immediately installed as one of the favourites to make it into the Round of 16 after landing one of the luckiest Champions League draws of recent times, even by their standards. United have had easy routes before, but few have been kinder than this one.
They could have drawn Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk and Borussia Monchengladbach. Instead they face PSV, CSKA Moscow and Wolfsburg. At a time when questions are being asked as to the club’s preparation for the bigger challenges to come, we might have to wait until the Round of 16 before the Red Devils are truly pushed on the European stage.
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