SCORE: 1st Half

MANCHESTER UNITED (Mkhitaryan) 1-0 ANDERLECHT

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UEFA Europa League Tie between Manchester United and Anderlecht

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Date: April 13th, 2017

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Kick off BST: 20:05

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Venue: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

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Starting XI's:

Manchester United F.C.	R.S.C Anderlecht
Romero	Ruben
Darmian	Appiah
Rojo	Mbodji
Bailly	Nuytinck
Valencia	Obradovic
Pogba	Tielemans
Carrick	Dedoncker
Lingard	Stanciu
Rashford	Bruno
Mkhitaryan	Thelin
Ibrahimovic	Acheampong

Man Utd F.C. SUBS: De Gea, Fosu-Mensah, Shaw, Blind, Herrera, Fellaini, Martial

R.S.C. Rostov SUBS: Boeckx, Deschacht, Spajic, Hanni, Chipciu, Camel, Teodorczyk

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Team news:

• Valencia returns to the team with Darmian taking Shaw's place

• Romero retains his place in goal

• Attacking talent off the bench includes Herrera, Fellaini, and Martial

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UPDATES:

FIRST HALF UPDATES:

0' KICK OFF

0' Anderlecht get us underway in blue. United in red!

5' A good, open game so far. Anderlecht haven't been afraid to come out and keep possession but no major chances for either side so far.

7' United have settled on the ball now as Anderlecht sit a bit deeper. United are trying to use Rashford and Lingard's pace in behind to stretch Anderlecht, while Anderlecht look to counter. Rashford is also playing pretty deep when defending and coming back as a defensive winger when needed.

15' United have had the majority of the possession but Anderlecht have definitely looked dangerous on the counter attack. They have a corner...

15' A succession of Anderlecht corners are cleared and they eventually get the ball in the back of the net from a ball back into the box but the striker is offside and it won't count.

17' SOMEHOW UNITED DON'T SCORE!!! RASHFORD WHIPS A LOW BALL IN AND IT CAUSES TROUBLE AFTER AN IBRAHIMOVIC TOE-POKE AND THE BALL BOBBLES AROUND TO LINGARD AT THE FAR POST BUT HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING BUT SMACK THE BALL AGAINST THE POST!

18' Rashford strikes from distance on the turn but his shot swerves wide.

23' MANCHESTER UNITED YELLOW CARD Mkhitaryan is the first in the book for a cynical trip on Tielemans in midfield.

28' United are doing well to find holes through and over the Anderlecht defence, especially with them not sitting back with 10 behind the ball but we just can't get the final shot away to challenge the goalkeeper. There have been quite a few last-ditch challenges to stop Lingard and Rashford and Mkhi.

35' United settling on the ball again while Anderlecht drop back into a more defensive shape. Their goalkeeper hasn't really been tested yet.

36' MANCHESTER UNITED GOAL AS I SAY THAT, WE SCORE! Rashford strikes a cross first time that forces a low diving save by the goalkeeper but Mkhitaryan is on hand to turn the ball home from a very tight angle! We lead with an away goal!

40' United back to controlling the tempo. We're playing a lot more quick passes than we usually do around the box. Quite a few one-twos and it seems to be working out. We're also putting very intense pressure on them when they have the ball trying to get it back as quickly as possible.