With only 90 minutes left to maintain their Champions League credentials, Manchester United host an already-qualified Bayern Munich at Old Trafford in their final Group A clash on Tuesday.
Both sides were humiliated domestically over the weekend, as the Red Devils were beaten 3-0 at home to Bournemouth in the Premier League, while Thomas Tuchel's side suffered a shock 5-1 thrashing away to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.
High-scoring affairs have been commonplace for the permeable Red Devils in this season's European Cup, and their trip to Galatasaray on November 29 was no different, but another calamitous collapse saw Erik ten Hag's men throw away 2-0 and 3-1 leads to draw 3-3 with the Turkish giants.
A familiar sense of doom and gloom set in as Kerem Akturkoglu's thunderbolt sailed into the roof of the net, leaving Man United bottom of the section on four points and knowing that only a win will do on Tuesday if they are to prolong their adventure in Europe's premier competition.
Even if the Red Devils can defy the odds, they would need Copenhagen and Galatasaray - both of whom are one point better off - to play out a stalemate in their contest, otherwise a demotion to the Europa League or complete elimination from continental football will serve to dampen the Christmas spirit even further.
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