MU Tersingkir dari Kancah Liga Eropa
Manchester United Out of Europe
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Southampton (B2B) - Manchester United ditahan seri 1-1 oleh Southampton dalam laga terakhir mereka yang juga menjadi laga terakhir yang ditukangi manajer sementara Ryan Giggs.
Hasil ini tidak cukup membawa United ke kancah Eropa dan untuk pertama kalinya sejak Liga Premier dimulai pada 1992, United tidak tampil di kancah Eropa, sekalipun itu di Liga Europa.
The Saints unggul lebih dulu lewat gol kontroversial Rickie Lambert, namun disamakan pada babak kedua dari tendangan bebas Juan Mata, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
United yang akan dilatih Louis van Gaal musim depan tak bisa memenangkan laga ini dan finis di urutan tujuh klasemen Liga Premier.
Kemenangan 3-0 Tottenham dari Aston Villa membuat juara Liga Premier musim 2012-2013 itu gagal merebut jatah terakhir Liga Europa dan untuk pertama kalinya dalam kompetisi sejak bernama Liga Premier, United gagal tampil di gelanggang Eropa.
Nemanja Vidic yang bermain terakhir kalinya untuk United sebelum bergabung dengan Inter Milan dengan status bebas transfer musim depan, tidak beruntung mengeksekusi tendangan penalti pada babak pertama.
Southampton - Manchester United ended a miserable season with a 1-1 draw at Southampton on Sunday that saw them finish the campaign in seventh place in the Premier League.
Juan Mata produced one of the few moments of quality in the match with a curling free-kick to level after Rickie Lambert had given Southampton the lead.
But even as United celebrated their comeback, news from north London, where Tottenham Hotspur overcame Aston Villa 3-0, confirmed that they had failed to qualify for Europe for the first time since the 1989-90 season.
United needed Tottenham to lose to stand any chance of sneaking into the Europa League, but their draw meant that they would not have been in a position to exploit a slip-up anyway.
Captain Nemanja Vidic said his United farewell, and both Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra may also have bowed out, while interim manager Ryan Giggs took charge of the team for the fourth and probably final time.
Veteran player-coach Giggs made seven changes to the team that beat Hull City in mid-week, allowing Ferdinand and Vidic to play together in the centre of defence one last time before the Serbian joins Inter Milan.
