Sesko soars as Manchester United surge past Sabah on Champions League return
It was a night for romance given the astonishing story that Sabah brought with them to Old Trafford for their Champions League debut. This is a club that did not even exist a decade ago and nobody saw their bolt to the title in Azerbaijan coming last season; in 2024-25, they had finished 41 points off the top. The job that their manager, Valdas Dambrauskas, has done since taking over in the summer of last year is extraordinary.
TL;DR
- Manchester United defeated debutants Sabah in their Champions League return.
- Matheus Cunha opened the scoring, followed by goals from Bruno Fernandes and Benjamin Sesko before halftime.
- Lisandro Martínez added a fourth goal in the second half.
- Manager Michael Carrick made tactical choices, including starting Benjamin Sesko and integrating midfielders ahead of the Manchester derby.
- Sabah, a club founded less than a decade ago, showed moments of promise but were ultimately outclassed.
- Mason Mount made his first appearance of the season as a substitute in the second half.