Full-time reactions give Manchester United hope in defeat to Bayern Munich

Sergio Reguilon, Manchester United's best player on the night, collapsed to the turf at full-time. United went down with a fight in Munich.

United heads have dropped in recent weeks yet the players could glance up towards the third tier and look their supporters in the eye at full-time. Their applause was reciprocated.

There were two goals in stoppage-time but no comeback for United against Bayern Munich on this occasion. Some United fans will see this as some form of a moral victory in defeat.

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Plenty would have expected United to sieve four goals but not score three of their own. Bayern were pegged back twice and twice they responded with goals of their own.

Bayern's complacency and United's doggedness kept the scoreline down. Bayern had ten more attempts at goal and struck the woodwork twice while three of United's four efforts on target were goals.

United supporters sang to Harry Kane they would see him in June. They had to wait until September and he graced the red of Bayern, not United, inevitably scoring for Bayern against United.

The United players had re-emerged for the second half early and made an early start at a comeback. Rasmus Hojlund celebrated bullishly in front of the Bayern ultras and Reguilon planted the ball purposefully on the centre circle spot.

Four minutes later, the comeback had ended. Inevitably, Kane converted the penalty. "Rock you like a Harry Kane!" boomed the Allianz compere.

United are rocking. Four defeats in their first six games and 14 goals shipped. Once, United were a mirror image of Bayern. The Manchester club that is Bayern's equivalent now is City.

In each half, United's raucous