Fenerbahçe claims historic victory against Man United

İstanbul club Fenerbahçe managed to beat all expectations and beat Manchester United 2-1 at home in a Europa League Group A game late on Nov. 3. Having lost 4-1 two weeks ago in Manchester, Fenerbahçe produced a stunning performance capped by a brilliant Moussa Sow bicycle-kick goal and a Jeremain Lens free-kick.  Wayne Rooney managed to pull a goal back to create a tense final few minutes but it did nothing to brighten a miserable night for United.  Fenerbahçe currently sits atop Group A standings with seven points in four matches. Dutch team Feyenoord is in second place on goal difference, while Manchester United is in third with six points. Fenerbahçe coach Dick Advocaat praised his players after the game. "Tonight, we did what's needed to be done both on the defense and with the ball," the experienced Duct coach said. "When we had the goal we were not scared to attack. We scored two but could have had four or five. My players deserved the victory and the praise." Advocaat also thanked the Fenerbahçe fans for their support.

 Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho, meanwhile, said that his side had been caught "sleeping" and had failed to heed his warnings over the toughness of playing away matches in Istanbul. "What disappointed me more is I have quite a big experience of playing against Turkish teams," 

said the former Real Madrid and Chelsea boss. "I passed all my experience. Play against them in our home is easy... you come to Turkey and it's completely different. "I told them to wait for that and not be focused on the game we had at home. "But we started the game sleeping. They start at 100mph; we start really slow.

 They go immediately in there, we are sleeping we don't react and then the game is a different story. It is our fault...