It was routine, it was comfortable, it was the first big step into a European semi-final.
With six minutes of regulation time remaining, Marcel Sabitzer’s double had Manchester United taking a comfortable advantage into the second leg in Seville. And then, Erik ten Hag’s side shot themselves in the foot - not just once, but twice.
It was, quite simply, a double-barrelled implosion with late, avoidable, own goals from Tyrell Malacia and Harry Maguire giving Sevilla unlikely parity. It was as unforgivable as it was unlikely, United’s guilty of switching off, Ten Hag guilty of making too many changes.
