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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T17:15:01.000Z",
  "site": "https://defector.com",
  "tags": [
    "Soccer",
    "Liverpool",
    "Manchester United",
    "Michael Carrick",
    "Premier League",
    "no-fun",
    "a soon-to-be-fired manager",
    "Matheus Cunha",
    "Benjamin Sesko",
    "Dominik Szoboszlai scored an elegant solo counter-attack"
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  "textContent": "After a long and painful, uh, two-year absence, Manchester United is back in the Champions League. With the club's 3-2 victory over the rotten, no-good, no-fun Liverpool on Sunday, United has now clinched a top-five finish in the Premier League and the glory and continental adventures that come with it for next season. Given where the club was as recently as the new year, with a soon-to-be-fired manager and power struggles behind the scenes, this is the type of success that United will feel that it can build upon in its efforts to return to the true elite.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CIjNO6da0w\n\nLike most Manchester United successes in recent memory, though, the 3-2 win felt tenuous at times and borderline disastrous at others. (The win itself also was mostly symbolic; while it is probably sweet as nectar to clinch a Champions League spot with a win over a hated and spiraling rival, there was very little risk of United not finishing in the top five.) Despite jumping out to a 2-0 lead by the 14th minute, courtesy of Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko, and despite controlling most of the match's chances, United allowed Liverpool to equalize in quick succession after halftime. First, Dominik Szoboszlai scored an elegant solo counter-attack in the 47th minute, and then a horrendous gaffe from goalie Senne Lammens allowed Cody Gakpo to equalize in the 57th.",
  "title": "Manchester United Is Reaching Dangerous Levels Of Normal"
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