• Manchester United captain sent off in two straight games
• Manager plays down talk of team’s disciplinary problems

Erik ten Hag has denied that Manchester United have a discipline problem after Bruno Fernandes received a second red card in successive games against Porto on Thursday, following on from the one he received against Tottenham on Sunday and which was eventually overturned by the Football Association on appeal.

Fernandes’s sending-off in the 3-0 defeat by Spurs was the result of a straight red card. United also received five yellow cards during the contest at Old Trafford, with two more being shown to their captain in his native Portugal in midweek, each for a high boot, the second on the central defender Nehuén Pérez as Fernandes attempted to meet a cross close to Porto’s goal as United trailed 3-2 in a Europa League game they eventually drew 3-3 thanks to Harry Maguire’s stoppage-time header.

Manchester United left Porto's Estádio do Dragão with a point after squandering a two-goal lead, leading Erik ten Hag to criticise his team's defending. Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Højlund gave Manchester United an early lead before Harry Maguire equalised in stoppage time after the hosts fought back to lead 3-2.

"The players executed the plan brilliantly," Ten Hag said. "Then we switched off ... you concede the first goal, you light up the fire in this stadium.

"I have to watch it back. I think over the left side, definitely, we didn't defend well tonight. And Marcus [Rashford] also played a part in this ... but as I say it had to do with Garnacho. Nothing against 'Rashy'."

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• Manager unhappy with United’s defending in Porto
• ‘Don’t judge us in this moment,’ he says after 3-3 draw

Erik ten Hag criticised Marcus Rashford for his part in the poor defending that allowed Porto’s opening goal in Manchester United’s 3-3 draw with Porto, but denied the forward was taken off for this at half-time, stating it was simply to rotate his squad.

United raced into a 2-0 lead on 20 minutes at Estádio do Dragão through Rashford and Rasmus Højlund but let this slip as Pepê and Samu drew Porto level across seven first-half minutes. Pepê’s goal derived from a cross along Rashford’s left flank and the manager was asked if this was why he replaced him with Alejandro Garnacho.

The darkest point is supposedly always before dawn. Did Harry Maguire’s late equaliser cast Manchester United’s 3-0 loss against Tottenham as this? Because beforehand, Erik ten Hag was leading his men into an ever bleaker pitch-blackness. From 2-0 up to 2-2 in seven first-half minutes, to allowing a third that seemed to kill off United, then to Bruno Fernandes’s second red card in two matches. This seemed to have Ten Hag’s tenure heading for oblivion.

It may still do: the Dutch manager likes to quip he is no Harry Potter. The escape here with a draw has him, for tonight, as Harry Houdini. But for how long can he escape the Sir Jim Ratcliffe axe?

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2 min And again! Samu is the provider this time, cutting back from the inside-right channel. Galeno’s shot is on target and Onana tips it over.

1 min Porto in the United box already! Their striker Samu gets a shot in, but it’s easily blocked.

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• Results at Porto and Aston Villa could decide his future

Erik ten Hag has stated that Manchester United are “mad” at losing 3-0 against Tottenham on Sunday and must use it as motivation against Porto on Thursday in a game the manager may need to win to keep his job.

United’s woeful display against Spurs has left Ten Hag’s position in the balance and, with the team down in 13th place in the Premier League, he desperately needs a reaction in the Europa League on Thursday.