Who did fans highlight against Porto?

Who fans chose as our best performer at Porto

Thursday 03 October 2024 22:56

Manchester United earned a last-gasp point away to FC Porto in an end-to-end 3-3 draw in the Europa League.

We raced into a deserved 2-0 lead inside the opening 20 minutes, but were pegged back twice by the hosts before the half was out, who duly completed the turnaround with a third goal early in the second half.

After that early, encouraging attacking play in the first half, the second proved to be more a tale of resilience and doggedness, as we had to fight until the end to get anything from the game.

Thankfully, second-half substitute Harry Maguire rose highest to meet Christian Eriksen's stoppage-time corner, equalising and ultimately earning the Reds a valuable point on the road.

Given how the pattern of the game so often altered, United fans had a tough task of picking one man as their standout performer from the game.

You can see how supporters voted in our official Man of the Match poll by reading on below...

With 40 per cent of the vote, Marcus Rashford was the overwhelming choice as the star man among supporters having their say in our app.

Our no.10 looked superb in the first half, having forged an opening for himself to net the game's first goal, which he took with aplomb, squeezing a shot in at goalkeeper Diogo Costa's near post.

Rashford also got an assist to his name when he played in Rasmus Hojlund to score our second, and was at the heart of our good work in the first half, almost adding a sensational third goal with a slaloming run into the box, before his half-time withdrawal.

Given how the flow switched so regularly in this contest, it was telling that Andre Onana was the man with the next highest share of the voting among our fans - being recognised by 20 per cent of those involved.

The Cameroonian made a string of saves in Portugal, and notably did so from one-on-one situations on a handful of occasions.

His intervention proved to be key in helping us to stay in the game in the second half, meaning Maguire's late header would be enough for us to take at least a point away from the game.

It was not a huge surprise to see Maguire ranking third in the votes, such was the importance of his late header at the Estadio do Dragao.

The situation appeared challenging when we were reduced to 10 men late in the contest, only a few minutes after Maguire and fellow defender Jonny Evans were introduced to the action.

But the defender rose well to meet Eriksen's corner, demonstrating his obvious aerial prowess and ability to threaten from set-pieces.

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