{"id":176375,"date":"2025-10-03T01:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T01:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/176375\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T01:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T01:29:08","slug":"two-man-utd-players-signed-by-erik-ten-hag-make-champions-league-team-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/176375\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Man Utd players signed by Erik ten Hag make Champions League Team of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Although Manchester United have no involvement in European competition, several former players shone in the Champions League during the week.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest objectives for Ruben Amorim<\/a> this season is to get Manchester United<\/a> back competing in Europe.<\/p>\n

The Champions League<\/a> has been a difficult watch for United fans<\/a> due to our lack of involvement. It doesn\u2019t help that rival clubs are competing on the biggest stage in European football, along with several former United players.<\/p>\n

United must improve results in the Premier League<\/a> if they are to qualify for the Champions League, Europa League<\/a> or Europa Conference League. A response is needed this week after United\u2019s 3-1 defeat against Brentford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After losing at the weekend, it was difficult to watch multiple former United players stand out in Champions League games, with several picking up man of the match awards.<\/p>\n

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TalkingPoints<\/p>\n

Poll: Manchester United vs Sunderland, what will the result be?\"ThePhoto by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty ImagesChampions League Team of the Week features Marcel Sabitzer and Rasmus Hojlund<\/p>\n

While the current United first team<\/a> watched from their Cheshire mansions, four former players showed their brilliance in Europe\u2019s elite competition, but only two of them made the Champions League Team of the Week.<\/p>\n

Rasmus Hojlund<\/a> and Marcel Sabitzer<\/a> have been recognised for their efforts in the Champions League during the week by being named in the team of the week.<\/p>\n

A brace from Hojlund saw Napoli overcome Sporting CP<\/a> to record their first win in Europe\u2019s most prestigious competition this season.<\/p>\n

Napoli playmaker Kevin De Bruyne compared Hojlund to Erling Haaland<\/a> after the match, but he wasn\u2019t the only standout performer with United connections on the night.<\/p>\n

Sabitzer, who had a loan spell at United in 2023, was also nominated player of the match as Borussia Dortmund beat Athletic Club 4-1.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, both players were brought to United by Erik ten Hag<\/a>, who is currently without a job after being sacked by Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n

The same can be said for Anthony Elanga after his player-of-the-match display<\/a> in Newcastle\u2019s 4-0 thrashing of Union Saint-Gilloise.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Marcus Rashford<\/a> and Alejandro Garnacho<\/a> were responsible for assists in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Man Utd players involved in the Europa League<\/p>\n

The second round of fixtures in the Europa League takes place tonight, with one United loanee set to be involved in the action.<\/p>\n

Jadon Sancho<\/a> could feature in Aston Villa\u2019s away game against Feyenoord at 8pm.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, former United winger Antony<\/a> has been named on the Real Betis bench as they take on Ludogorets Razgrad at 5.45pm.<\/p>\n

United have no players involved in the Europa Conference League tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although Manchester United have no involvement in European competition, several former players shone in the Champions League during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1669,3975,218,78625,785,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-176375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-champions-league","tag-erik-ten-hag","tag-football","tag-marcel-sabitzer","tag-rasmus-hojlund","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}