Leipzig (Germany) (AFP)

Leipzig, semi-finalist of the last edition of the Champions League, qualified for the round of 16 on Tuesday, beating Manchester United 3-2, and qualified Paris SG at the same time, thanks to a thunderous start to the match .

The Saxons scored two goals in the first quarter of an hour, by Angeliño (2nd) and Amadou Haidara (13th).

Justin Kluivert added a third goal after the break (69th), but Bruno Fernandes on penalty (80th) and Paul Pogba (82nd) ​​reduced the gap.

Whatever the result of the Paris SG-Basaksehir match, interrupted by the players to protest against alleged racist remarks by the fourth referee, the RB and Paris finish in the first two places of the group.

But PSG need three points to definitely take the lead.

For Manchester United and his coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, regularly questioned with each failure, the pill will be difficult to swallow, even if the Europa League remains to continue the international season.

Leipzig, which sank 5-0 in the first leg in Manchester, had obviously decided to set the record straight.

Julian Nagelsmann's men entered the match like mad, and completely suffocated the English for 20 minutes.

After a quarter of an hour, the RB were already leading 2-0, and Manchester could consider themselves lucky not to have cracked more.

From the second minute, Marcel Sabitzer alerted Angeliño in the area of ​​a long and precise diagonal.

The Spaniard, uncontrolled, placed an instant cross shot which went into the small opposite net (1-0, 2nd).

Shortly after, the same Angeliño - who arrived from Manchester City in January - centered for Amadou Haidara, whose volleying left no chance for David De Gea (2-0, 13th).

And another caviar from the Spaniard for Emil Forsberg four minutes later should have allowed RB to lead 3-0, if the Swede had not surprisingly missed the target.

- "Fergie Time" -

The storm then calmed down a bit.

The game leveled off, but until the break the Red Devils (who were playing in gray) never looked dangerous.

The second half was totally different.

The English came back with much better intentions, and created some great chances, in particular by Bruno Fernandes, who touched the bar with a direct free kick (68th) just after forcing the RB keeper to a spectacular parade (66th ).

But Justin Kluivert, the son of former Dutch international Patrick Kluivert, thought he killed the match almost on the next action, beating De Gea at six meters (3-0, 69th).

It was forgetting that Manchester has the best record in the Premier League in the last quarter of an hour of the match - 8 goals scored for 3 conceded -.

Solskjaer's men tried to revisit the famous myth of "Fergie Time" (named after the legendary coach Alex Fergusson), these decisive goals in the last moments of matches, however often poorly started.

In the space of two minutes, Fernandes transformed a generous penalty (3-1, 80th), and Paul Pogba, helped by the knee of Ibrahima Konaté (3-2, 82nd), put ManU back in the match.

The last few minutes were long for Leipzig, but goalkeeper Gulacsi made the right save in added time to preserve the three points.

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