Alejandro Garnacho's moment of frustration highlights costly selection in Manchester United draw

Jose Mourinho started out in the dugout, moved to the technical area and ended the night in the stands.

A red card against the Reds. Mourinho was expelled from the touchline along with Stefano Rapetti, briefly his fitness coach at Manchester United.

They and 35,000 Fenerbahce fanatics were vexed that the referee had the gall to deny them a penalty. Bright Osayi-Samuel was sufficiently injured by Manuel Ugarte to be substituted yet not enough to get a penalty with the game deadlocked at 1-1.

Mourinho seldom endears himself to referees, particularly those chosen by Uefa. Still, his protestations appeared relatively tame unless something untoward was said. Referee Clement Turpin wagged his finger at Osayi-Samuel even as he lay on the floor receiving treatment.

This was an occasion always bound to be dominated by Mourinho - pre-match, in-match and post-match. Erik ten Hag would prefer it that way. The most attention Ten Hag got all evening was when he strolled out onto the pitch to piercing whistles a little under two hours before kick-off. He made a point of applauding the early arrivals in the away end.

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United played a number three as their No.10 and it was moot on another eventful evening. The Noussair Mazraoui experiment lasted 55 minutes as Ten Hag swiftly responded to Fenerbahce's equaliser.

There were enough chances for another 4-3 or 3-3 to prolong United's European odyssey. Oddity may be more appropriate. United have had six separate leads wiped out in their past four European away ties.

If they hoped avoiding a two-goal cushion in Istanbul would deter Fenerbahce, it didn't. Their 49th-minute