Paris Saint-Germain vs Manchester United: Red Devils face uphill struggle to make Champions League quarter-finals but history in France favours them

Paris Saint-Germain vs Manchester United: Red Devils face uphill struggle to make Champions League quarter-finals but history in France favours them
Manchester United’s Champions League hopes are hanging by a thread as they head to Paris on Wednesday night for a crucial encounter, which is LIVE on talkSPORT.They must overturn a 2-0 deficit against Paris Saint-Germain to keep their European hopes alive, but fixtures across the Channel have rarely been straightforward for the Red Devils.8

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United side have a mountain to climb in their Champions League last-16 second leg clash against PSG

However, United have only suffered two defeats on their trips to France over the years.talkSPORT.com runs you through United’s previous 14 meetings to LHexagon…

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Lille

United have faced Les Dogues in France three times but, remarkably, have never played in Lille itself.Owing to UEFA regulations, the Ligue 1 club were forced to play European football in other locations until their current stadium was complete.Ole Gunnar Solskjaers early strike helped secure a 1-1 draw at the Stade Flix-Bollaert, the home of RC Lens, back in October 2001.The point was enough to seal Uniteds progression to the Champions League knockout stages.8

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer celebrates his goal on the road against Lille in October 2001

In November 2005, this time at the Stade de France in Paris, a Milenko Aimovi goal condemned the Reds to a surprise 1-0 defeat.A matter of days earlier Sir Alex Ferguson’s men had been rocked by a 4-1 defeat at Middlesbrough and failed to recover from that with the loss in Lille contributing to a rare group-stage exit.United made amends the following season, getting the better of their French counterparts in February 2007.Just like in 2001, the game was played in Lens, with a Ryan Giggs free-kick earning a first-leg lead that would put the Reds on the way to the quarter-finals of the competition.8

The United squad celebrate their 1-0 win over Lille in February 2007

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RC Strasbourg

Uniteds first-ever away day in France came in Strasbourg, while also recording their biggest ever win against French opposition.A Denis Law double, as well as goals from John Connelly, David Herd and Bobby Charlton delivered a 5-0 win for United in May 1965 into the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup semi-final against Hungarian club Ferencvros.

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Lyon

United have travelled to Lyon three times in the Champions League to date.Two of those games came at the Stade de Gerland before the club moved to the new Parc Olympique Lyonnais drawing both occasions.8

Ruud van Nistelrooy wheels away in celebration after scoring his second goal against Lyon

Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a brace in a 2-2 draw as the Reds qualified for the knockout stages in September 2004, but finished below Les Gonesin the group.Carlos Tevez was United’s scorer in a 1-1 draw back in February 2008, in the first leg of a last-16 tie.A Cristiano Ronaldo winner in the return leg was enough to send United on their way to an historic European triumph against Chelsea in Moscow.

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Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne will be well remembered by the older generation of United fans.The French side went head-to-head with United… in Plymouth!In the first round of the 1977/78 European Cup Winners Cup, United travelled to the Stade Geoffrey-Guichard and secured a 1-1 draw, courtesy of Gordon Hills goal.8

Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored United’s winner against Saint-Etienne two years ago

More recently, back in February 2017, a Henrikh Mkhitaryan strike was enough to seal a United win on the road and round off a 4-0 aggregate victory – following a Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat trick in the first leg – advancing to the Europa League round of 16.The Reds, then managed by Jose Mourinho, would of course go to win the competition beating Ajax 2-0 in Stockholm in the final.8

Paul Pogba and his brother, Florentin, went up each other when United faced Saint-Etienne in 2017

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AS Monaco

One of the more unsuccessful, and uneventful trips to France, occurred when they travelled to the Stade Louis II in March 1998.United were pitted against Les Mongasques in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.After a 0-0 draw in Monaco, they were only able to muster a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford and unfortunately exited the competition on away goals.

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Marseille

Former Arsenal and Chelsea defender William Gallas was on target as Marseille got the better of United in the group stages of the 1999/2000 Champions League.The reverse leg finish 2-1 in United’s favour, thanks to goals from Andy Cole and Paul Scholes, topping the group as a result.8

William Gallas scored the winning goal as Marseille beat United 1-0 in October 1999

When the two teams met again in southern France in February 2011 it ended in a goalless draw, with United winning 2-1 at Old Trafford courtesy of a Javier Hernandez brace as they progressed to the quarter finals.United eventually got through to the final at Wembley, where they lost 3-1 to an imperious Barcelona side.

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Montpellier

The Reds came face-to-face with Montpellier at the Stade de la Masson in March 1991, having previously drawn 1-1 at Old Trafford in the Cup Winners Cup quarter-final first leg.Clayton Blackmore’s free-kick and a Steve Bruce penalty sent United through to a the last four against Legia Warsaw, with Fergusons side eventually going on to defeat Barcelona in the final.

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Bordeaux

Uniteds only away day in Bordeaux resulted in a 2-1 victory at the Stade du Parc Lescure now known as the Stade Jacques Chaban-Delmas.Goals from Roy Keane and Solskjaer secured a hard-fought win on their travels in in March 2000.The win completed the Reds double over Les Girondins, topping their Champions League group as a result.

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FC Nantes

United left to it to late salvage a draw in their only game to date in Pays de la Loire.Van Nistelrooy’s stoppage-time penalty secured a 1-1 draw for the Red Devils in February 2002.8

David Beckham hit won of his trademark free-kicks as United ran rampant over Nantes in 2002

The return game at Old Trafford ended in a resounding 5-1 in for United, thanks to goals from David Beckham and Mikael Silvestre, as well as strike duo Solskjaer and Van Nistelrooy, topping their group as a result.

UNITED'S RECORD IN FRANCE

Played: 14Won: 5Drawn: 7Lost: 2Goals For: 17Goals Against: 9

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