Manchester United 3-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 17 September 2013
Result
Manchester United 3-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Champions League · Tuesday 17 September 2013, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Manchester United 3-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report
Manchester United beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 17 September 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (22'), Robin van Persie (59'), Wayne Rooney (70') and Antonio Valencia (79'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Simon Rolfes (54') and Ömer Toprak (88').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Heung-min Son
- 19'Yellow card · Stefan Reinartz
- 22'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 39'Yellow card · Robin van Persie
- 54'Goal · Simon Rolfes
- 59'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 70'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 79'Goal · Antonio Valencia
- 88'Goal · Ömer Toprak
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)
David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Chris Smalling, Nemanja Vidic, Antonio Valencia, Wayne Mark Rooney, Michael Carrick, S. Kagawa, Marouane Fellaini, Robin van Persie
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-3-3)
Bernd Leno, Emir Spahić, Sebastian Boenisch, Ömer Toprak, Giulio Donati, Stefan Reinartz, Simon Rolfes, Emre Can, Sidney Sam, Heung-min Son, Stefan Kießling