Olympique Lyonnais – Manchester United: Fluid Lyon Frustrate United (2-2)

Olympique Lyonnais showed a fluid possession game here and a defensive scheme that allowed them to restrict United's attacks. However, they still needed a last-minute goal from Rayan Cherki to end this game level, while much of the attention will be on the decisive role of André Onana in this game.

Tactical analysis and match report by Josh Manley.

After a convincing win over Real Sociedad in the last round, Manchester United's Europa League campaign continued this week against Olympique Lyonnais. Their last couple of Premier League games had been unremarkable, but the focus is on Europe for Ruben Amorim's men, as they try to salvage this season.

Lyon started this game in a 4-3-3 system. The back four was made up of Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Clinton Mata, Moussa Niakhaté, and Nicolás Tagliafico, while Paul Akouokou was the deepest midfielder. Either side of him were Corentin Tolisso and Jordan Veretout, while Thiago Almada played centrally in attack between Rayan Cherki and Georges Mikautadze.

United started in their usual 3-4-3 system, with Noussair Mazraoui, Harry Maguire, and Leny Yoro as the back three. Diogo Dalot . . .