Odion Ighalo, Daniel James, Juan Mata, Mason Greenwood and Andreas Pereira were on target as Manchester United overcame LASK 5-0 in Linz.
Match Reports
Manchester United look destined for the Europa League quarter-finals after cruising to a resounding 5-0 victory over LASK in the first leg of their last-16 tie in Linz on Thursday.
In a match that was played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak, Odion Ighalo used his third start for United to take his tally for the club to four with a stunning effort in the 28th minute.
Ighalo then set up James to score his first goal since August, ending a run of 32 games and 2,527 minutes without hitting the back of the net in all competitions, before Juan Mata slid home a lovely pass from Fred.
Substitute duo Mason Greenwood and Andreas Pereira hit the back of the net within the space of 85 seconds in stoppage time to cap an impressive victory for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side, who are now 11 unbeaten in all competitions.
Match Events
18′ So close from Mata!
A terrific ball from Fernandes releases Shaw down the left. The full-back’s cross is parried straight to Mata, whose shot deflects wide off the leg of Ranftl.
23′ CHANCE! James’ shot saved
Space opens for James to drill a low shot towards goal, but Schlager reacts quickly to push the effort away. From the resulting corner, McTominay heads wide of the target.
28′ GOAL! LASK 0-1 Man Utd (Ighalo)
What a finish! Good persistence sees the ball break kindly for Fernandes, who demonstrates good awareness to pick out Ighalo on the edge of the box. The Nigerian neatly juggles the ball to set himself, before firing a ferocious left-footed strike home off the underside of the crossbar.
58′ GOAL! LASK 0-2 Man Utd (James)
United double their lead as Ighalo feeds a neat through ball to the Wales international, who cuts inside before drilling a low shot into the bottom corner.
62′ OFF THE POST! Ighalo almost scores
Ighalo almost gets his second and United’s third! A lovely touch by Fernandes releases the Nigerian through on goal. He beats Schlager, but sees his shot come back off the post.
82′ GOAL! LASK 0-3 Man Utd (Mata)
Fred demonstrates terrific vision before executing a wonderful through ball for the Spaniard, who sets himself before calmly slotting past Schlager.
90+1‘ GOAL! LASK 0-4 Man Utd (Greenwood)
United hit LASK on the counter as Chong picks out Greenwood with a terrific pass. The forward darts into the area before drilling a low shot past Schlager at his near post.
90+3′ GOAL! LASK 0-5 Man Utd (Pereira)
And it’s an error from Schlager! Following a quickly taken free-kick, Pereira tries his luck from distance and hits the jackpot as the LASK goalkeeper can only help the ball over the line.
Line-ups
LASK XI: J. Holland, C. Ramsebner, G. Trauner, R. Ranftl, P. Michorl , R. Renner, A. Schlager, D. Frieser, S. Tetteh, D. Reiter, Klauss
Subs: T. Gebauer, M. Wostry, S. Haudum, H. Balic, V. Müller, M. Raguz, T. Sabitzer
Man Utd XI: Romero, Mata, Ighalo, Maguire, Fred, Shaw, Bruno Fernandes, Bailly, Daniel James, McTominay, Brandon Williams
Subs: Matic, De Gea, Lindelof, Pereira, Tuanzebe, Greenwood, Chong
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