Manchester United v PSG: Champions League last 16, first leg – live!

80 min: United enjoy their best period of possession of the night. But they go nowhere, with PSG happy to sit back in their final third and keep their shape.

78 min: United knock the ball this way and that. Then Herrera slips Young free with a cute pass down the right. Young whips a low ball down the corridor of uncertainty … but nobody in red has taken a chance, and four white-shirted defenders can usher the ball away from danger. A sorry end to a nice passage of play from United.

76 min: A ball-on-string dribble by Mata down the inside-right channel. He flicks a pass wide to Young, but the resulting cross is easily cleared by Thiago Silva. United come again, but Mata’s shot from distance is a poor effort.

75 min: Verratti is down getting treatment, having turned his left ankle. The physio applies some magic spray, but it doesn’t work, and he’s limping off in some pain. Paredes, the £47m signing from Zenit, comes on in his stead.

73 min: Rashford looks the best bet if United are to get something out of this. Young sprays a lovely ball down the right, the lively striker nearly getting clear. But Bernat does just enough to close him down.

71 min: But that’s allowed United to up the pressure for the first time in this second half. Herrera has a whack from distance and the ball pinballs out for a corner. However Shaw’s delivery is appalling and the visitors are able to clear.

69 min: A lull, which will suit PSG down to the ground. Matic tries to get something going from a deep position on the left, sending a glorious crossfield ball towards Rashford. But the striker can’t control, and it’s a throw to PSG deep in their own territory.

67 min: Herrera, out on the right, crosses long for Shaw, who brings it down and shoots from the left-hand corner of the box. Dani Alves charges it down; danger over.

65 min: Now Draxler sends Bernat into acres down the left. His rising screamer is tipped over the bar by de Gea, who has just single-handedly kept his team in this. The resulting corner comes to nothing. United need to clear their heads, and quick.

63 min: United are in serious danger of losing this round-of-16 tonight. They’ve overcommitted, and when Herrera’s cross is intercepted, Mbappe is sent screaming down the right. He’s clear into the box, draws de Gea, and looks to dink over the keeper and into the net. De Gea sticks up an arm, while starjumping in the Schmeichel style, and that’s a crucial – and brilliant – save.

62 min: Dani Alves comes through the back of Pogba, who springs up in a furious mood. The referee flashes yellow; the resulting free kick is easily cleared by the visitors.

PSG glide up the other end, and take control of this tie. Kehrer slips Di Maria away down the left. Di Maria’s low cross is perfection, allowing Mbappe to open his body up and meet it with a dainty sidefoot six yards out, flicking the ball past de Gea and into the bottom right. That was such a clinical break; what a cross and finish.

59 min: But this is better from United. Mata swings one in from the right. It’s only half cleared and drops to Herrera, whose first-time smash goalwards bounces through a crowded box and millimetres wide of the bottom left! Buffon looked as though he knew that was going wide, but dear me he was taking some risk there. That was ludicrously close to the goal United desperately need.

58 min: United are struggling to put anything together in attack. They’ve been second to pretty much everything since the restart.

56 min: Draxler’s corner is half-cleared by Rashford. The ball drops to Dani Alves on the edge of the box. The resulting volley comes off the ankle of Pogba, and nearly flies into the left-hand side of the net past a wrong-footed de Gea. Fortunately for United, the ball flies inches wide of the left-hand post, and the second corner leads to absolutely nowt. But that was so close to a terribly unlucky break for the hosts, who are rocking a bit here.

55 min: PSG have been in control of this match since the restart. Marquinhos sends Di Maria away down the left; he wins a corner off Young. Di Maria prepares to take, and someone eejit launches a bottle towards him. Draxler will take instead.

Di Maria takes from the right, looping the ball to the far post. United are standing as statues, and Kimpembe races in to sidefoot a volley past de Gea from close range! That’s as easy a goal as you’ll see; United were collectively asleep there. And now the French champions have a precious away goal.

53 min: Draxler finds Dani Alves again on the right, and this time his cross is decent. Mbappe escapes the attention of Lindelof and Bailly and heads towards the bottom right from ten yards. De Gea does very well to turn the ball round the post for a corner. From which …

52 min: Di Maria drives at the United back line, then lays off to Draxler, who then feeds Dani Alves on the right. The resulting cross is a waste of time. But PSG get the ball back and hog it awhile.

50 min: Lindelof is the latest player to go in the book, for a tug on Mbappe. That’s three apiece now.

49 min: Young pearls a pass down the right for Rashford, who makes off into space before being stopped by Thiago Silva. Rashford one-twos with Mata, then whips a cross through the box to nobody.

47 min: Lindelof barges into the back of Mbappe. No foul. Then Rashford appears to be hauled back by the already-booked Kimpembe. No foul for that one either! This referee was card happy in the first half; it appears he’s taking a more laissez-faire approach for the second.

And we’re off again! Manchester United get the second half underway. They’ll be kicking towards the Stretford End, having made their second enforced change of the evening during the break: Martial isn’t able to continue either, and he’s replaced by Mata.

And that’s it for the first half. Not much in the way of penalty-box action, but that was rollicking good end-to-end fun nonetheless. Stay tuned for another tense 45! “United should take Sanchez off at half time,” opines Mark Coward. “He’s done absolutely nothing in the first half.”

45 min +4: It looks as though Lingard can’t continue. He’s down holding his left hamstring. Sanchez had prepared to come on for Martial a few minutes ago, but now he’s taking Lingard’s place instead.

45 min +2: Dani Alves scoops a harmless free kick over the bar, de Gea behind it all the way.

45 min: United easily clear the corner and stream upfield. Verratti crunches into Martial, who looks revived, to put a stop to the break. PSG counter the counter, and Matic brings down Draxler just to the left of the D; a free kick. In between times, Lingard goes over and requires some treatment. There follows a couple of minutes of downtime, before we get round to the free kick. The two minutes of added time will effectively start now, announces the ref.

44 min: Di Maria and Bernat combine well down the left, turning Bailly and Young this way and that. Lingard is forced to track back and concede a corner.

42 min: Young wins a corner down the right. It comes to nothing. Di Maria comes back on the field of play to a chorus of boos. This has been high-octane fun, if not particularly full of quality play.

40 min: It all kicks off as Mbappe slips a pass out to the left for Di Maria to chase. It’s not a good pass, and Di Maria’s never getting to it before it goes out of play. But Di Maria and Young are going at full pent. Young needlessly shoulder barges Di Maria off the pitch and into the wall surrounding the pitch. Ooyah, oof. Everyone gets involved in a heated discussion, but the referee does nothing. Young is perhaps fortunate to escape a second yellow – that’s certainly what the PSG players wanted to see – while Di Maria remains off the pitch having his arm looked at, the result of that awkward fall.

39 min: Martial is down feeling his hamstring. Not sure whether he’ll be able to continue. Sanchez, warming up on the touchline, is summoned back to the bench.

37 min: A lull. Then suddenly PSG spring to life! Verratti slips a ball down the middle to split United’s defence in two. Mbappe and Di Maria are both clear! Mbappe defers to Di Maria, which isn’t the right decision as he’s offside, whereas the striker isn’t. Di Maria tries to round de Gea on the outside, and manages it, but then fails to sidefoot into the open net, inexplicably allowing de Gea to gather. The home crowd enjoy his failure very much indeed. Di Maria is very pleased to see the flag go up, so his miss didn’t matter, but PSG made a right balls of that.

34 min: Yes, there’s a good chance this won’t end with 22 men on the field. Now it’s Bernat who goes into the referee’s notebook, punishment for running with great feeling into Young as the two challenge for a 50-50 down the United right. Five bookings already!