Phil Jones own goal vs Valencia: A night of horror continues for Valencia as Phil Jones scored an own goal.
Manchester United play Valencia in their final Champions League group game of the tournament. Mourinho’s side has already qualified for the round-of-16 after a narrow 1-0 win over Young Boys.
However, the situation is bleak for United in the game against Valencia, as the side is 2-0 down at the time this article was written.
After Carlos Soler gave Valencia the lead early in the game, an own goal from Phil Jones doubled the host side’s lead.
Manchester United face an uphill task of making a comeback into the game. Here’s a look at the own goal from Phil Jones.
Phil Jones own goal vs Valencia:
As Mitchy Batshuayi is provided a decent pass as Valencia builds on a counter-attack, Phil Jones successfully intercepts. However, the defender fails to notice that Sergio Romero has stepped out of his goal, and the intercepted pass goes straight into the nets.
The Manchester United goalkeeper could do little but cover his face in horror.
Here’s the goal:
With the goal, Manchester United also achieved a rather unwanted stat this season. Mourinho’s side has been 2-0 down in 30 per cent of their games played in the 2018/19 season.
United are facing a defensive crisis at the moment as the first-choice centre-back pairing of Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof is currently spending time on the sidelines due to injuries.
Eric Bailly and Phil Jones have both made limited appearances this season, while Marcos Rojo has only made one start. Sergio Romero, meanwhile, is playing in his first Champions League game for United this year.
Phil Jones’ horrific own goal invited a lot of reactions:
