Manchester United's Europa League campaign came to a humiliating end last night with a series of self-inflicted wounds.
Yet the reality is this quarter-final was lost at Old Trafford in the first leg, when United led 2-0, had chances to put the tie to bed, but conceded two late own goals to lose the initiative. Erik ten Hag also lost his first-choice central defensive pairing of Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane that night, a loss that was to have a huge bearing on this meek exit from Europe.
Harry Maguire has had a season to forget, the United captain losing his place at the start of the season after Ten Hag realised he simply could not trust the 30-year-old. However, it got a whole lot worse for Maguire, whose early blunder gifted Sevilla the opening goal and set the tone for a defeat that showed how far United still have to go.
