sport news The stats behind 's historic win in Paris

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

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

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

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

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

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