Defeat means nothing to United
timidating atmosphere too,” said Fletcher.
“It was difficult to hear, but you have to deal with that. The big problem was the pitch.
“I thought first half especially we did enough. I thought the young players did fantastic and they'll only get better playing in an atmosphere like that.
“As soon as they got the goal they slowed the game down. They started to foul and make tactical fouls.”
At 18 years and 242 days, Powell became the second youngest Englishman to feature for United in the Champions League.
That Kieran Richardson holds the record proves that just being here is no guarantee of a successful career at the very highest level.
The experience can have done Powell no harm whatsoever though and when Tom Cleverley drifted a corner to the far post in the latter stages of the opening period, he rose confidently to power a header against the crossbar.
Moments later, an intelligent run into the box almost got him on the end of Javier Hernandez's curling cross. It was as close as United came in the first half.
Anders Lindegaard had only one notable save to make, turning away a curling effort from Hamit Altintop, but that all changed after the interval.
Albert Riera tested the Dane's reflexes with a long-range effort before Lindegaard did superbly to tip Felipe Melo's firm header over the bar.
The visitors were caught napping at the corner though, with Yilmaz finding enough room on the edge of the six-yard box to steer his header into the net.
It was a sorry goal to concede for Sir Alex Ferguson's team, not least because it meant they had not properly dealt with the threat of a player responsible for Galatasaray's entire Champions League haul of five up to that point.
In addition, it extended the unhappy statistic of conceding the first goal in 12 out of 17 Premier League and Champions League games.
“Each and every day, Lionel Messi doesn't fail to surprise with his ambition and his eagerness to win and help out his teammates. We always talk about the goals he scores but we also have to say that at a tactical level he's excellent too.”
It was tough on Spartak who showed first, but Kim Kallstrom fired over before Pedro almost put the Catalan side in front only