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Bruno Fernandes (left) reacts to RB Leipzig's celebration
Manchester United went out in the group stage of the Champions League campaign for the first time since 2015-16, when they were managed by Louis van Gaal
The decline, the Manchester United players to pitch full-time in Germany on Tuesday in recognition of what it cost them their last offer in the first half.
The 3-2 loss at Rb Leipzig means United will not be one of the 16 teams in the draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
This is not the only price of failure.
The damage will be felt in the accounts, in the dealings they have with current and potential future players and in the faith that the fans have put in manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
With Paul Pogba's agent in search of a move for his client and former United defender Phil Neville talking of a "hunt" against former team-mate Solskjaer, BBC Sport looks at the fallout and reaction to a big loss to United.
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A decade of Champions League failure
Solskjaer took ownership of Tuesday's loss, which means he is now the first manager of a British club to lose six of his first 10 Champions League games.
"We didn't perform as a good enough team. We didn't get going, " he said. "This is the responsibility of the director."
However, the Norwegian record is just a continuation of United's poor form in Europe since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club.
Since the third-place finish in 2010-11 under the leadership of the Scottish, who have already won the Championship twice during his reign at Old Trafford, did not exceed the Red Devils quarter-finals, reaching that stage in 2018-19.
Their winning percentage in the Champions League during the seven seasons since Ferguson's departure is 45.71%. In the seven years before that it was 61.33%.
Man Utd in the Champions League under Ferguson since then
P W D L and win % better
Under Ferguson 194 105 50 39 339 188 54.12 winners
Since Ferguson 35 16 7 12 49 36 45.71 QF
Perhaps the failure to get out of the group stage in this occasion are easier to defend in 2014-15, when it ranked third behind Wolfsburg and PSV Eindhoven and 2011-12, when they beat Benfica and Basel to qualify.
But it is still a disappointment for the team who was hoping to finish up one of the RB Leipzig or Paris St-Germain, especially after winning both the first two games of Group H.
However, while the Europa League is of little consolation at the moment, it offers United another chance for European success, in a competition they won four seasons ago.
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Amazingly, since reaching the final in 2011, United have won only two Champions League games, in 2014 when David Moyes ' team came back from a 2-0 first-leg deficit to beat Olympiacos and in 2019, on that stunning night against Paris Saint-Germain, when Marcus Rashford's injury-time penalty cancelled out a two-goal first-leg defeat at Old Trafford.
But apart from the football side - and the more inescapable questions about Solskjaer and his ridiculously inconsistent team - there are also the financial consequences to consider.
Had united reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, they would have earned an additional € 21 million (£19.04 million) in prize money alone. Access to the same stage of the Europa League will get 3.1 m euros (£2.81 m). These amounts will actually be higher due to the distribution of the central market pool but this only widens the gap.
By the size of their stadium, United suffer more than most from the constant absence of fans - currently in excess of £ 100 million since the pandemic began-so the loss of this lucrative revenue stream hurts.
It will sharpen minds ahead of next month's transfer window, with Mino Raiola agitating to sell Pogba, Sergio Romero and Marcos Rojo on hefty salaries without getting close to the first team and Solskjaer looking for reinforcements to bolster his squad.
"Witch hunt to get Ollie out of work"
Six wins from 10 league matches left United seventh in the Premier League table, five points behind the leaders Tottenham with a match in hand. Barely scored the failed side.
However, they are used to being late in games before rallying to win, including the last two league games - at Southampton and West Ham.
They did the same on Tuesday, scoring 2-0 in 13 minutes for Angelino and Amadou hidara, before Justin Kluivert scored the third.
This time they could not recover, despite the best efforts of Bruno Fernandes and Paul the existence.
This will further fuel dissenting voices to Solskjaer's position as manager, although former United defender Phil Neville was quick to defend his former United team-mate.
"I think there is a terrible narrative-the moment United lose a game it seems like a disaster. It's not a disaster, it's a disappointment, " said BBC Radio 5 Live Football Daily Podcast.
"There have been united teams in the past with better managers than Ole who have come out at this stage and there are less managers in the league than United who don't get the same stick as Ole.
"Narrative inside the club is very different from overseas where there seems to be a witch hunt full to get this boy out of a job."
'We didn't perform'
The United manager and captain made no excuses for defeat.
Said solar: "we talked about what they would do early in the game". "We needed to manage it and we didn't manage it well enough.
"We did everything we would normally do in preparation. We know that everyone wants to have a game like this. Sometimes it takes the players 15-20 minutes to get going but maybe we're not street enough.
"Today it didn't work for us. Of course we were ready for it. Personal and effort I can not make mistakes."
United captain Maguire echoed these sentiments.
He told BT Sport:" We started the game very slowly." "It wasn't good enough - the first 20 minutes we weren't in it. They put two balls in the box and we failed to deal with them.
"We have to look at ourselves, we gave ourselves a lot to do. I saw how close we were to the end but we started too slow and we can't keep falling behind.
"We said on Saturday, in the first half, 2-0, the next goal is crucial and we said it again tonight. They make it 3-0 and the task becomes bigger. The third goal proved to be the decisive goal, but even three goals came close to the end.
"I don't want to look at excuses. We have to go out and be aggressive, win balls. These are the basics. If you can't defend crosses you will lose games. I don't want to look at the shape - it's not an excuse.
"It's a tough group but we felt we had to go through. These are the standards of this club. I am frustrated for everyone, we have worked hard to get to this competition. No matter what group we got it will be difficult. We have to do more."
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