Manchester United reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League with a 2-1 combination win over AC Milan.
Paul Pogba was the United hero as he scored minutes after approaching within the second half because the Purple Devils received 1-Zero on the San Siro.
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The tie was finely balanced at 1-1 following the primary leg at Outdated Trafford and United made a constructive in Italy.
Bruno Fernandes fired over from a very good place and Daniel James noticed penalty appeals towards Fikayo Tomori ignored, with Milan in management for probably the most half.
Stefano Pioli’s males have been on high by the top of the interval, with Dean Henderson denying Alexis Saelemaekers earlier than Rade Krunic put extensive underneath stress.
Paul Pogba, who has been out since February 6, got here on for Marcus Rashford on the break in a bid to alter the dynamic of the sport – a change that paid dividends inside 4 minutes.
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James noticed a shot blocked to begin a penalty-box melee during which United stored their cool, with Fred’s stress on Kessie main the ball to be pushed onto Pogba. 5 yards out however at an acute angle, he formed to cross solely to strike previous Gianluigi Donnarumma on the close to publish.
talkSPORT’s co-commentator for the match, Dean Ashton, stated: “Properly, we thought it could be a world star that might come on and make the distinction and most of the people would have thought that might be Zlatan Ibrahimovic, however it’s Pogba.
“The cheekiness of this end is simply wonderful. Sure, they get a little bit of luck because it ricochets within the field. It falls to Pogba six yards out and it appears to be like like he’s going to play it into the again publish, offers Donnarumma the eyes and simply cooly curls it into the close to publish.
“What a pleasant, artistic end from Paul Pogba.”
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AC Milan couldn’t discover the aim that might take the sport into extra-time regardless of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s introduction.
United joined Arsenal within the subsequent spherical of the Europa League with Tottenham and Rangers each crashing out.
