Romelu Lukaku has given Manchester United a dream start in tonight’s game against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes. Trailing 2-0 from the first leg at Old Trafford, this injury-hit United side are now 1-0 up on the night thanks to this cool finish from Lukaku from a tight angle. The Belgian was played in after some poor PSG defending, but he took full advantage and has given the Red Devils hope of progressing this evening with what could be a crucial goal. Watch a video of Lukaku’s strike below as he made it five foals in his last three games for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side…<doc-sep>Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku has matched a hugely impressive record of club legend Cristiano Ronaldo in today’s game against Paris Saint-Germain. The Belgium international has already bagged himself two goals this evening at the Parc des Princes, making it six goals in his last three games for Man Utd. Lukaku first @ManUtd player to score two in three successive games since Ronaldo in December 2006. — Simon Stone (@sistoney67) March 6, 2019 And, as noted in the tweet above by Simon Stone, Lukaku has spread those goals out nicely, netting two in each of those three games, making him the first player to do so for the club since Ronaldo all the way back in 2006. This is quite something from Lukaku, who is proving to be an important player for the Red Devils despite not featuring as regularly this season. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has tended to prefer Marcus Rashford at centre-forward since he replaced Jose Mourinho back in December, but tonight he’s used both of them up front together. It’s paying off so far as Lukaku’s brace means United lead 2-1, though they still need one more to go through to the quarter-finals on away goals.<doc-sep>Lukaku, who was on a hat-trick, let Rashford smash home a stoppage-time minute penalty to knock Paris Saint-Germain out of the Champions League 'This is your time' Romelu Lukaku told Marcus Rashford “this is your time” before the youngster’s 94th-minute penalty against Paris Saint-Germain sent Manchester United to the Champions League quarter-finals. United, who trailed 2-0 from the first leg, beat PSG 3-1 to book their place in the last eight of the competition. 2 Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford were excellent in Paris Referee Damir Skomina awarded Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men an injury-time penalty after Diogo Dalot’s shot struck Presnel Kimpembe’s arm. And Lukaku, who was on a hat-trick, had no problem with Rashford, 21, taking the spot-kick, which he smashed past Gianluigi Buffon. It was the second successive game where the Belgium striker passed up the opportunity to complete his hat-trick after Paul Pogba’s late penalty miss in a 3-2 win over Southampton last weekend. And despite his failure to secure the match ball at the Parc des Princes, Lukaku was delighted for Rashford. 2 Marcus Rashford kept his cool from the penalty spot He told beIN SPORTS: “I was happy that he scored. He came to me and wanted to shoot. “I said ‘man, this is your time. Do it for yourself and us.’” Lukaku and Rashford have linked up well playing in a front two against Southampton and PSG in the past week. 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United’s two-goal hero added: “I like it more because Marcus and I, we are dynamic, we have a lot of running in us and we score goals. “It has been nice to play with him. When we played against Southampton, he made it so much easier for me and I scored two goals.”<doc-sep>Few goalkeepers have matched the achievements of Gianlugi Buffon in the history of football. After so many successful years in Italy with Juventus, the Italian stalwart opted for a new chapter in his career in the summer by joining Paris Saint-Germain. And the 41-year-old has been a resounding success, offering serious competition to Alphonse Areola and producing world-class performances. In the build-up to the second-leg tie with Manchester United, there were rumours that PSG would be offering Buffon a new two-year deal in the French capital. However, the Italian produced a very unexpected error in the game after talks of an extension had done the rounds on social media. Romelu Lukaku had opened the scoring in the Parc Des Princes, before an equaliser by Juan Bernat shortly after following poor defending by Eric Bailly. But Lukaku would strike again, pouncing on an uncharacteristic spill from Buffon after a long-range effort from Marcus Rashford. You can watch the footage below. VIDEO https://twitter.com/GMS__Football/status/1103393649075908615 So out of character for Buffon. Rashford also proving that sometimes, shooting from distance really can pay dividends in more ways than one... News Now - Sport News<doc-sep>
Manchester United sealed their most famous victory since Sir Alex Ferguson’s 2013 departure against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night. The Red Devils were without a number of first-team regulars - including Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial - and had a mountain to climb following their 2-0 defeat in last month’s first leg at Old Trafford. However, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men recorded a hugely-impressive 3-1 victory in the French capital, with Marcus Rashford’s controversial late penalty sending the visitors through to the Champions League quarter-finals. United were on the verge of being knocked out of the competition until referee Damir Skomina pointed to the spot following a VAR review. Diogo Dalot’s speculative shot struck Presnel Kimpembe on the arm and, following a lengthy review, Skomina decided it was worthy of a penalty. Rashford then stepped up to smash the ball past Gianluigi Buffon, whose mistake earlier in the match had allowed Romelu Lukaku to score the second goal of his first-half brace. There were jubilant scenes from the United players and coaching staff when Skomina blew the full-time whistle. This was a remarkable victory that very few people had seen coming. However, Lukaku showed real class shortly after the final-time whistle by going up to a distraught Kimpembe and consoling him. Watch the video here… Lukaku saw that none of Kimpembe’s teammates were around the 23-year-old defender, so United’s in-form number nine decided to give some words of support instead. Lovely stuff from the Belgian. A classy gesture. Lukaku has form for this time of stuff, though. This isn’t a one-off. Back in October 2017, Lukaku consoled 18-year-old goalkeeper Mile Svilar after his mistake cost Benfica. Lukaku obviously cares about his fellow professionals and it’s great to see him consoling his opponents. Wouldn’t football be a much nicer sport if more players were like Romelu? News Now - Sport News