There’s hope for Man United but! 15 different golf equipment have reached Champions League knockouts regardless of LOSING their first two group video games – together with a Premier League rival who went on to make the ultimate

Manchester United would be the sixteenth member of an unique group if they’re to qualify for the Champions League knockout levels after shedding their opening two video games. 

The three-time winners adopted up their 4-3 matchday one defeat to Bayern Munich on the Allianz Area with a 3-2 home loss to Galatasaray on Tuesday evening. 

United sit backside of Group A and a degree behind Copenhagen who they face of their subsequent two fixtures. 

Erik ten Hag‘s aspect have an uphill job to keep away from their second group stage exit in three Champions League campaigns however can take coronary heart from the 15 golf equipment to have triumphed from their present predicament. 

Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv grew to become the primary aspect to advance within the 1999-00 season after they completed stage on factors and objective distinction with third-placed Bayer Leverkusen. 

Man United nonetheless have hope of progressing from this season’s group stage however topping the standings may already be past them following Tuesday evening’s 3-2 defeat

Harry Kane scored from the spot for Bayern Munich of their opening recreation win towards United

Ex-Inter striker Mauro Icardi atoned for his penalty miss to attain the winner at Previous Trafford

Shock semi-finalists a 12 months prior, Dynamo progressed by advantage of their 4-2 victory over the Germans. Leverkusen and Newcastle joined them within the 2002-03 season with all three groups making it out of the competitors’s first group stage in it is earlier format.

Werder Bremen, Inter and Lyon additionally managed to flee the opening spherical in subsequent seasons earlier than in 2008 Greek outfit Panathinaikos grew to become certainly one of solely two groups to high a bunch following a pair of early losses. 

Coincidentally Henk ten Cate’s group suffered defeats to Bremen and Inter in matchdays one and two earlier than ending atop the standings with 10 factors having gained three and drawn certainly one of their remaining fixtures. 

Then-French champions Marseille and Galatasaray achieved the feat within the 2010-11 and 2012-13 seasons respectively. 

Forward of Arsenal who grew to become simply the second English group to take action following shock defeats to Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos which necessitated a gutsy 2-0 residence win towards Bayern Munich on matchday three. 

Olivier Giroud netted a hat-trick for Arsenal in 2015 to see them advance to the knockouts

Lucas Moura repeated his final minute antics within the semi-final second leg towards Ajax in 2019, having scored the equaliser on the Nou Camp that took Spurs into the spherical of 16

Regardless of a humbling 5-1 defeat within the return tie, Arsene Wenger’s aspect have been in a position to progress with 9 factors however have been dumped out within the spherical of 16 by Lionel Messi and Co. 

Three seasons later their north London rivals Tottenham have been in a position to trip their nice escape all the best way to the ultimate. Mauricio Pochettino’s aspect’s feat was made all of the extra spectacular by their failure to win any of their first three video games. 

Spurs progressed due to Lucas Moura’s eighty fifth minute equaliser on the Nou Camp earlier than a routine spherical of 16 win arrange an epic quarter-final victory over Man City and an unbelievable semi-final comeback against Ajax when Moura was once more the star. 

Tottenham have since been joined by Atalanta, Sporting Lisbon, Porto and RB Leipzig. The latter two having completed so in final season’s competitors with the Portuguese outfit topping a bunch that contained Membership Brugge, Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid.