Manchester United sit fourth in the Europa League standings and have just one game left to play in the ‘league stage’ after beating Rangers 2-1 at Old Trafford on Thursday night.
Rangers appeared to have grabbed a late point to boost their own hopes of reaching the knockout stages when Cyriel Dessers canceled out an earlier own goal from ex-United keeper Jack Butland. But in the 92nd minute, Bruno Fernandes scored an even later “captain’s goal” to win.
It was a much-needed boost for Ruben Amorim and his team after Sunday’s painful Premier League defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion, but it was actually their fourth successive win in Europe.
United’s fate ahead of their Matchday 8 clash at Romania’s FCSB rests firmly in their own hands as they hope to stay in the top eight and avoid the play-off round and go straight into the last 16. The top eight will likely be above them .
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player | Evaluation |
|---|---|
TW: Altay Bayindir | 7.7/10 |
CB: Leny Yoro | 6.9/10 |
CB: Matthijs de Ligt | 6.8/10 |
CB: Lisandro Martinez | 8.4/10 |
RM: Amad Diallo | 7.5/10 |
CM: Toby Collyer | 7.2/10 |
CM: Christian Eriksen | 7.0/10 |
LM: Diogo Dalot | 7.5/10 |
AM: Alejandro Garnacho | 7.7/10 |
AM: Bruno Fernandes (c) | 8.6/10 |
ST: Joshua Zirkzee | 6.3/10 |
Substitute: Harry Maguire (46′ for De Ligt) | 5.7/10 |
Substitute: Tyrell Malacia (55th minute for Yoro) | 6.3/10 |
Substitute: Manuel Ugarte (73rd for Collyer) | 6.6/10 |
Substitute: Kobbie Mainoo (74th for Eriksen) | 6.0/10 |
Substitute: Rasmus Hojlund (82nd for Zirkzee) | N/A |
Substitutes not used: Andre Onana (TW), Tom Heaton (TW), Casemiro, Antony.
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player | Evaluation |
|---|---|
GK: Jack Butland | 6.1/10 |
RB: James Tavernier | 08.01.10 |
CB: Robin Propper | 6.3/10 |
CB: Leon Balogun | 6.7/10 |
LB: Jephte | 6.6/10 |
CM: Nicolas Raskin | 7.2/10 |
CM: Connor Barron | 6.2/10 |
RM: Vaclav Cerny | 6.0/10 |
AM: Nedim Bajrami | 5.9/10 |
Moderator: Ridvan Yilmaz | 6.1/10 |
ST: Hamza Igamane | 7.0/10 |
Substitute: Ross McCausland (46′ for Barron) | 6.6/10 |
Substitute: Bailey Rice (46′ for Balogun) | 6.5/10 |
Substitute: Findlay Curtis (60′ for Cerny) | 6.6/10 |
Substitute: Cyriel Dessers (71st minute for Bajrami) | 7.7/10 |
Substitute player: Leon King (90th minute for Yilmaz) | N/A |
Substitutes not used: Liam Kelly (TW), Mason Munn (TW), Zander Hutton, Kieran Dowell, Paul Nsio, Tom Lawrence, Zak Lovelace.