Despatched flying by a former teammate, telling Manchester United followers to ‘f*** off’, pretending to have some beer – welcome again to Previous Trafford Angel Di Maria.
The Argentine had a reasonably uneventful spell in Manchester however greater than made up for misplaced time on his return when representing Paris Saint-Germain in a Champions League last-16 tie in February 2019.
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His Previous Trafford return began fairly badly as he was barged into the promoting hoardings by Ashley Younger within the first half, Di Maria needing prolonged remedy after the incident.
The house crowd have been in no temper to be sympathetic however this solely impressed Di Maria to silence them.
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Two quickfire objectives from PSG within the second-half put them in a commanding place and the person who supplied the assists for each strikes was… sure, you guessed it, Di Maria!
And it was after the primary purpose, scored by Presnel Kimpembe, when cameras appeared to catch Di Maria firing a barrage of expletives on the United followers.
It’s not totally clear what was stated – some consider he shouted ‘f**ok off’. You may take a look on the video under and choose for your self.
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There have been additionally some unsavoury scenes in-between each objectives when a gaggle of Man United followers on the different nook of the bottom threw a bottle of beer at their former participant’s path.
Di Maria took it fairly nicely, nevertheless, electing to choose up one bottle earlier than pretending to drink out of it.
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Shortly after this incident, Kylian Mbappe put PSG 2-Zero up as he tapped residence Di Maria’s low cross from the left.
Di Maria made mild of the taunting all through the match, and it appeared like he the final chuckle in opposition to his former group.
However Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s resurgent Purple Devils got here again preventing within the second leg of the last-16 tie on the Parc des Princes, going by way of on away objectives with a 3-1 win as Marcus Rashford fired in a stoppage-time penalty.
The circumstances are totally different forward of tonight’s conflict between Man United and PSG, with the Purple Devils needing only a level to seal a spot on this season’s Champions League knockout stage.
But when Di Maria and Co. can do a job on the inconsistent Premier League facet then that might go away Man United with the troublesome process of avoiding defeat at RB Leipzig of their remaining Group H match.
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