I spotted Ruud van Nistelrooy's strange Man United request as Erik ten Hag was on the brink

Manchester United somehow added another point to their tally in the Europa League after a dramatic 3-3 draw against FC Porto - on Thursday night at the iconic Estadio do Dragao.

United had started perfectly as both Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hojlund beat Diogo Costa at his near post to give them a 2-0 advantage inside 20 minutes. However, things turned drastically seven minutes later when Pepe scored from close range as Lisandro Martinez got caught napping.

Just 15 minutes after taking a two-goal lead, United were pegged back to level terms as Samu Omorodion beat Matthijs de Ligt in the air to head home. Five minutes after the restart and the comeback was complete as Pepe and Omorodion caught the backline cold - with the latter adding his second of the game.

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A defeat looked to be confirmed on 81 minutes when Bruno Fernandes was sent off for a second yellow card, not to mention for the second match running. But substitute Harry Maguire stepped up in stoppage time to spare Erik ten Hag's blushes as he powered home a header to make it 3-3.

After that absorbing contest in Portugal, The Manchester Evening News has taken a closer look at some moments you may have missed from the game.

It is very rare that anybody wants to be booked during a match, but that appeared to be the case when it came to Ruud van Nistelrooy. Following Omorodion's equaliser, Ten Hag was captured studying the goal to see what exactly went wrong.

However, Van Nistelrooy appeared to be egging on referee Tobias Stieler to book him, which the German official duly did. It is not clear exactly why the former Dutch striker