SCORE: 2nd Half

MANCHESTER UNITED (Mata) 1-0 FC ROSTOV

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Europa League Tie between Manchester United and F.C. Rostov

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Date: March 16th, 2017

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Kick off BST: 20:05

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Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

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Starting XI's:

Manchester United F.C.	F.C. Rostov
Romero	Medvedev
Valencia	Bayramyan
Bailly	Mevlja
Smalling	Navas
Rojo	Terentyev
Blind	Kudriashov
Pogba	Noboa
Herrera	Yerokhin
Mata	Prepelita
Mkhitaryan	Poloz
Ibrahimovic	Azmoun

Man Utd F.C. SUBS: De Gea, Jones, Lingard, Fellaini, Carrick, Young, Rashford

F.C. Rostov SUBS: Goshev, Kireev, Devic, Bukharov

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Team news:

• Blind at holding midfield?

• Ibrahimovic returns to the starting lineup

• No Martial and Rooney today.

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UPDATES:

FIRST HALF UPDATES:

0' KICK OFF

0' WE'RE UNDERWAY! United in red, Rostov in all yellow.

4' United come close! Rojo gets a powerful, free, header at goal from a corner that the Rostov goalkeeper does well to palm away, and Ibra's rebound is saved again...

10' All United early on and United are doing well to pass the ball around and create chances. We've had multiple corners but nothing has come from it yet.

15' United have been dominant in possession early on and Rostov seem fine to let us have the ball. It's already a much better match than the first leg in terms of quality of football.

20' Rostov grew into the game for a second but now it's back to all United and we're basically camped in their half trying to get penetration through the defence. Their goalkeeper has been quite good though at dealing with our crosses so far.

25' Appeals from the United players and the United crowd as the goalkeeper pushes Mkhitaryan over in the box to gather the ball. Surely a penalty there!? But no, the ref waves it away and United restart their build up.

29' STUNNING PLAY FROM UNITED AND MKHITARYAN SHOULD'VE SCORED! Mata plays a wonderful first-time ball through to release Mkhitaryan but Mkhi chips/curls the ball past the post as he tries to beat the 'keeper one-on-one!

33' UNITED SMACK THE WOODWARD! After even more sustained possession from United, Ibrahimovic unleashes a thunderbolt from just inside the box! He cuts in onto his right foot and tries to curl it but it cannons off the post and back into play.

41' United have been wasteful when it comes to set pieces as a free kick is fired over the bar. Pogba that time. He seems like he's trying too hard and not letting the game flow through him.

45' ONE MINUTE ADDED

45+1' POGBA FORCES AN AMAZING SAVE WITH THE LAST SHOT OF THE HALF! He curls it around the defender with his left and the goalkeeper dives well to his right to push it out and the ref blows his whistle for half-time.

HALF TIME

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SECOND HALF UPDATES

45' KICK OFF

45' We're underway again.

46' Pogba pulls up and looks like he's pulled something. He'll be subbed off and hopefully it's not a big deal.

47' MANCHESTER UNITED SUBSTITUTION Fellaini ON || Pogba OFF

51' Mkhitaryan and Herrera have started this half very brightly and are looking good as they aim to thrust United ahead in this leg of the tie. Mkhitaryan in particular has been making some very good runs forward to take the game to Rostov.

53' Romero is forced into his first proper save of the game and Azmoun forces him to dive to his right and push a well-struck shot out for a corner.

55' The game has started to open up now and United's latest chance is a good Valencia cross from the right that Ibrahimovic heads over the bar.

59' FC ROSTOV SUBSTITUTION Bukharov ON || Azmoun OFF

63' MANCHESTER UNITED SUBSTITUTION Jones ON || Blind OFF

63' United forced into that substitution as Blind goes off with an injury. Rostov have started their surge to get their goal and United have had to defend for a few minutes.

69' MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL UNITED GET THE GOAL! A sloppy Rostov pass leads to Mata capitalising eventually the ball is played out wide to Mkhitaryan on the wing. He then crosses to Ibrahimovic who flicks it through his legs to Mata at the back post who taps in easily!

77' Since the goal, United have done well to just control the game and possession.

78' ROMERO FORCED INTO ANOTHER SAVE! The ball is played into the United box from deep and Bukharov gets a little flick on it and forces Romero to get down and push it past the post!

78' FC ROSTOV SUBSTITUTION Devic ON ||Prepelita OFF

81' FC ROSTOV SUBSTITUTION Kireev ON ||Bayramyan OFF

84' Just as a note, Rojo has been fantastic today. So has Bailly. Our defence has looked very good and comfortable playing the ball out from the back, even when put into tricky situations.

86' FC ROSTOV YELLOW CARD Bukharov is booked for a shockingly poor slide tackle though the back of Fellaini as he surged forward.

90' FOUR MINUTES ADDED

90+4' ROSTOV COME CLOSE WITH THE LAST KICK OF THE GAME! Noboa strikes a free kick from distance and it's destined for the top corner and Romero gets a hand to it and the whistle blows for full time! What a finish!

90+4' FULL TIME