Across his illustrious career, Eriksen has faced only one club more often than he’s taken on the Reds. The Denmark legend has lined up against United on 16 occasions (he’s only played Chelsea more often, 17 times), with the story beginning a decade ago in Amsterdam.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s United made their debut in the Europa League in the 2011/12 tournament, and our first opponents in the competition were Ajax, featuring a young Eriksen who had just turned 20 two days before. Despite his youth, the Danish playmaker was already well established in the Ajax side and was in his third season in the first team as the Reds arrived at the Amsterdam Arena for the second-round tie on 16 February 2012.