Manchester United ease into Europa League knockout stages
Manchester United advanced to the last 32 of the Europa League with a 2-0 win over Zorya Luhansk in Ukraine.
The Red Devils knew that a draw would have been enough to guarantee their place in the next round but took all three points through second-half strikes from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
After a goalless first half, it only took three minutes for the deadlock to be broken when Mkhitaryan picked up the ball on the halfway line before weaving past two defenders and coolly slotting past Igor Levchenko.
Mikhail Sivakov went close to an equaliser with a close-range header which Sergio Romero brilliantly parried away before Ibrahimovic sealed the victory with a late breakaway goal.
Dundalk's hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages were ended after a 2-1 defeat at Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
The Irish champions needed all three points in Israel, coupled with an AZ Alkmaar loss to Zenit St Petersburg to go through, but could not earn the victory.
Tal Ben Haim got the opener on 21 minutes before Dundalk equalised courtesy of Elazar Dasa's own goal shortly after. Dor Micha restored Maccabi's lead just before the break, which they held onto to secure the three points.
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