The spirit of 1999 was well and truly in the air at the Parc des Princes as Manchester United upset all odds to progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men were written off but they somehow managed to eliminate the French giants thanks to a last-minute penalty by Marcus Rashford.
With 1999 hero Solskjaer at the wheel and Sir Alex Ferguson watching on from the stands, it felt like the old Manchester United were back 20 years after their historic treble-winning campaign.
Here, Sportsmail looks at the statistics behind their shock 3-1 victory in Paris…
THE HISTORY MAKERS
Pundits and rivals fans alike thought Manchester United had no chance of progressing to the last eight of Europe’s most prestigious competition.
With the likes of Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard missing, Solskjaer’s men needed to climb a mountain (as the Norwegian put it) in order to qualify.
United became the first team in Champions League history to qualify for the next round having lost the first leg of a knockout match at home by two or more goals.
The Red Devils’ triumph was made even better as they created history at the home of one of the favourites to lift the trophy.
Manchester United created history by coming from two goals down to eliminate PSG
Red Devils looked down and out after Kylian Mbappe scored PSG’s second goal at Old Trafford
SHARP SHOOTERS
Solskjaer told his players they needed to be clinical in front of goal if they were to progress.
Rashford and Romelu Lukaku clearly heeded their manager’s words of wisdom as they took their chances with aplomb.
United only had four shots on target during the 90-minute encounter but managed to score from three of those efforts on goal.
Lukaku’s opener after 111 seconds was Manchester United’s fastest goal in a Champions League knockout match since Wayne Rooney netted after just 63 seconds against Bayern Munich in 2010.
Rashford had two attempts at goal with his second one being the defining goal.
Romelu Lukaku was extremely clinical as he scored two goals from as many shots on target
Marcus Rashford stepped up to slot home his penalty to send United through to the last eight
LUCKY NO 21
Here’s a statistic that a certain Jose Mourinho can take some credit for.
Manchester United have now scored in 21 consecutive away matches in all competitions, which has equalled the club record set under Sir Matt Busby between November 1956 and September 1957.
They last failed to score on the road in a competitive match back in May 2018 when they were held to a goalless draw at West Ham.
United are enjoying playing on the road with the team scoring in their last 21 away games
UNITED TURN TO GREENWOOD
With 10 senior stars missing through either injury or suspension, Solskjaer was forced to name Angel Gomes (18), Tahith Chong (19), James Garner (17) and Mason Greenwood (17) on the bench.
Solskjaer — just like his mentor Ferguson — showed he is not afraid of putting his trust in youth players.
Greenwood became the youngest player to represent Manchester United in the Champions League, aged just 17 years and 156 days.
Gerard Pique previously held the record as his first Champions League appearance for United came at 17 years and 310 days.
Greenwood became United’s youngest player to represent the club in the Champions League
YOU CAN WIN WITH KIDS
Manchester United’s starting line-up had an average age of just 25 due to several of their experienced heads being on the treatment table.
That average age went down to 23 as Eric Bailly (aged 24), Andreas Pereira (23) and Ashley Young (33) being replaced by teenagers Diogo Dalot (19), Chong (19) and Greenwood (17).
Who said you can’t win with kids?
Teenager Greenwood came off the bench to replace captain Ashley Young in the 87th minute
IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT POSSESSION
United showed they are happy to let their opponents have the ball before launching counter attacks.
At one stage Solskjaer appeared to switch to a 5-4-1 formation in order to stifle PSG by actually giving the French side more of the ball.
Thomas Tuchel’s side were clearly getting frustrated as they were unable to unlock United’s defence before United went for broke with 10 minutes left on the clock.
Solskjaer’s side managed to score three goals from just four shots on target with 28 per cent possession compared to PSG’s 72 per cent.
Marco Verratti was left frustrated in midfield despite having a lot of possession for PSG
UNITED MANAGED TO DO ALL THIS WITHOUT 10 PLAYERS
United should be given even more credit because Solskjaer was unable to call on 10 of his first-team stars.
Here’s who they missed due to either suspension or injury:
Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial, Matteo Darmian, Antonio Valencia, Juan Mata, Ander Herrera, Alexis Sanchez, Phil Jones and Nemanja Matic.
Paul Pogba had to cheer on his team-mates from the Parc des Princes stands due to a ban