Athletic Club set unwanted record in heavy Man United defeat | OneFootball

La Liga outfit Athletic Club on Thursday night secured for themselves an altogether unwanted record.

This comes fresh off an outing to forget for all associated with the Basque outfit…

Athletic marked their return to action a short time ago, welcoming Premier League giants Manchester United to San Mamés for a Europa League semi-final clash.

Ernesto Valverde’s troops headed into the matchup no doubt eager to secure a positive result to take to Old Trafford for next week’s return leg.

To say that as much was not forthcoming, however, would be putting it lightly…

Upon a torrid 90 minutes for the evening’s hosts coming to a close, Athletic found themselves condemned to the wrong side of a 3-0 result, requiring a minor miracle to turn things around in England next Thursday.

Not only that, but, as alluded to above, Los Leones equalled an altogether undesirable benchmark…

As per statisticians Opta:

‘Athletic Club suffered their biggest home defeat in European competition ever, along with another 0-3 defeat at the legendary San Mames against Werder Bremen in the Europa League in December 2009.’

Conor Laird – GSFN