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Casey Evans

Kylian Mbappe genius and Carlo Ancelotti error gave United target Mauricio Pochettino free pass

Paris Saint-Germain beat Real Madrid 1-0 on Tuesday night in the first leg of their Champions League tie and Mauricio Pochettino has been getting plenty of plaudits from Manchester United supporters for masterminding the last-16 win.

United fans will be scrutinising every performance by Pochettino and Erik ten Hag until the end of the season, but the Argentine's victory may not be as impressive as it appears on paper

This season the Champions League has scrapped the away goals rule, which would have given Madrid an incentive to try and secure a positive result in Paris, but instead Carlo Ancelotti set up for his side not to lose.

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