Why Manchester United’s Champions League quarter-final dates could be reversed

Manchester United

Local authorities ruled that both Manchester clubs would not be allowed to host games on the same night or on consecutive nights.

European football’s governing body announced today that United’s fixture will be reversed should the two teams be drawn to play at home in the same game week during Friday’s quarter-final draw in Nyon.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.