Who said what after Manchester United’s incredible comeback against Lyon in Europa League: ‘If you looked madness up in dictionary..’ | Football News

On a night of high drama at Old Trafford, Manchester United put their domestic problems to one side sealing a spectacular comeback to beat Lyon 5-4 and advance to the semifinals of the Europa League. United first blew a two-goal lead and then saw Lyon take a 4-2 lead in extra time. Ruben Amorim’s side then staged a sensational late comeback against Lyon’s 10 men to produce one of their most memorable victories in their famous stadium, scoring three goals in seven minutes, with Harry Maguire sealing the win.
Here’s a look at who’s saying what about the incredible turnaround:Ruben Amorim, Manchester United head coach“We still have time to make something special of this season, so we have to think like that and be positive. If you see the goals from Kobbie and Harry Maguire, the sound of the stadium was the best sound I ever (heard). You want to keep that. People want to keep a lot of things, shirts, I just want to keep that sound, it’s the best sound in the world.”
Leny Yoro, United defender (via TNT Sports)“Honestly, I don’t understand what’s happened. It was crazy! The fans are always here to support us, so I want to say thank you to the fans. Of course, our target is to win the trophy. I am sure we can do it. We will give everything to do it and this game shows everything until the last minute.”
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Harry Maguire, match-winner (via UEFA)“If you looked madness up in the dictionary you would probably describe it as that game. A crazy game and unbelievable to be on the right side of the result, and yet we’ve created great memories for a lot of our fans. We’ve made them happy and given them lots to talk about, good and bad.”
Paulo Fonseca, Lyon coach (Via UEFA)“It’s hard to understand what happened. We have done magnificent things; we led 4-2 with one fewer player on the pitch. But we celebrated a lot at 4-2 when the match was not over. We thought we had won when we should have continued to think about our game management. We lacked experience at that moment.
Rio Ferdinand, former United defender (via TNT Sports)“I’ve never seen anything like that as a spectator. It was an amazing thing. We saw so many fans leaving when it was 4-2 and you thought that was over. I said on commentary it would take more than a miracle to get back into it and now I’m actually a believer because that was outrageous.”
(With Reuters inputs)
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