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Manchester United twice blow two-goal lead in thriller with Galatasaray

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Manchester United's Champions League hopes are hanging by a thread after Erik ten Hag's men imploded in a chaotic, thrill-a-minute draw on an ear-splitting night at Galatasaray.Having lost three of their four Group A fixtures, the Red Devils knew defeat in Istanbul would extinguish their hopes of reaching the knockout phase with a game to spare.United avoided a loss but blew a two-goal lead on in an incredible night in Istanbul, meaning their knockout hopes will be over if Copenhagen beat Bayern Munich in Wednesday's late fixtures.This was a wild, helter-skelter encounter befitting of a Champions League campaign punctuated by goals, madness and mistakes. FULL MATCH DETAILS A rocking Rams Park witnessed a dream United start to a breathless match, with Alejandro Garnacho completing a fine team move before Bruno Fernandes rocketed the visitors further ahead in the 18th minute.Hakim Ziyech's free-kick all too easily beat Andre Onana to give Galatasaray hope, which Scott McTominay appeared to extinguish when scoring in the 55th minute.But United, not for the first time in Group A, unravelled as Onana's howler allowed Ziyech to score another free-kick before substitute Kerem Akturkoglu levelled with a scorcher.Fernandes hit the post from distance and Facundo Pellistri somehow failed to score as the visitors laid siege to Galatasaray's goal, with the draw leaving them bottom of Group A and facing an early Champions League exit.

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