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Your support makes all the difference.Follow live updates as Roma take a slender 2-1 lead to the Estadio Dragao, where they face Porto in the Champions League last-16 second leg.
The first leg at the Stadio Olimpico was a tense affair, until the game burst into life in the last 20 minutes when Italian teenager Nicolo Zaniolo scored a brace before Adrian Lopez pulled one back for Porto.
Both sides suffered weekend defeats domestically and could do with the boost of booking their place in the Champions League quarter-finals. Follow it live:
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Solskjaer: We need the first goal
The Manchester United manager has been talking about their approach on BT Sport.
On their chances: "We go into the game positive and knowing the players that are starting are internationals. We have players that are fresh and we have to look at the positives.
On his tactical switch: "When you go to places like this you need to make sure you stay in the game, we have to defend to make it diffficult to score We need the first goal. We can't give them the first goal or the tie will be over.
On calling upon his youngsters: "If we have to, or we need goals, we hae Chong, Angel or Mason, he might be the likely one."
Porto vs Roma
Porto manager Sergio Conceicao: “The collective is what counts. Our confidence is from our day-to-day work, not from any individual player. We need to be effective in attack, but also in defence. There’s no need for a battle-cry: the game is in our hands."
Roma manager Eusebio Di Francesco: "“We need to focus on the collective and not on individuals,” he said. “The selection decisions will be made based on a lot of factors. It’s vital that we go out there with players who are clear-headed, focused and ready to show what the real Roma is like.”
What an elite name Eusebio Di Francesco is, by the way.
ANTHEM TIME!
Seriously, does that Champions League anthem ever get old?
It's bucketing it doen at the Parc des Princes, almost as if we've never left Manchester, and there is a real 'big ocassion' feel about tonight's tie.
Kick-off is just a couple of minutes away and you can follow all the action right here, as well as updates from Porto vs Roma and all the tepid banter that comes with it.
We're off!
Manchester United get us underway!
"I wish them well" says former Liverpool man Steve McManaman...
GOAL!!!
PSG 0-1 Manchester United (2-1)
LUKAKU!!!
What. A. Start!
1:54 after the start and Manchester United take a lead on the night! Kehrer provides a wayward pass without a great deal of awareness and inadvertently sets Lukaku through on goal. The forward powers his way past Silva's weak tackle and goes round Buffon to convert from a tight angle. GAME ON!
5: The PSG response.
PSG respond in the way they really would have wanted to start this game. They are working the ball from left to right and back again to stretch this Manchester United team.
After a passage of play they get thier opening on the left flank and a low cross just whizzes past Mbappe in front of goal.
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