UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, February 16, 2017
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Manchester United LWDWW 3
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1st Leg · Old Trafford · 67,192 att.

Match Report

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic leads Manchester United to victory against St Etienne

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's first Manchester United hat trick saw off St Etienne as Jose Mourinho's men took control of this Europa League round-of-32 tie.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
0
37.7
Possession
62.3
14
SHOTS
21
0
ON GOAL
8
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
249
Accurate Passes
457
331
Passes
549
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
8
12
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.4
50
Long Balls
58
23
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
6
8
Effective Tackles
17
13
Tackles
24
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
18
23
Clearances
18

Lineups

MAN · 4-3-3

  1. 20Sergio RomeroG
  2. 12Chris SmallingCD-L
  3. 3Eric BaillyCD-R
  4. 17Daley BlindLB
  5. 25Antonio ValenciaRB
  6. 21Ander HerreraCM
  7. 6Paul PogbaLM
  8. 27Marouane FellainiRM
  9. 9Zlatan IbrahimovicF
  10. 11Anthony MartialLF
  11. 8Juan MataRF

ASSE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Stéphane RuffierG
  2. 24Loïc PerrinCD-L
  3. 2Kévin Théophile-CatherineCD-R
  4. 19Florentin PogbaLB
  5. 25Kévin MalcuitRB
  6. 11Henri SaivetAM
  7. 5Vincent PajotLM
  8. 14Jordan VeretoutRM
  9. 21Romain HamoumaF
  10. 22Kévin Monnet-PaquetAM-L
  11. 26JorginhoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Manchester United 1, St Etienne 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  2. 45' Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Marouane Fellaini.
  3. 47' Anthony Martial (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 58' Ander Herrera (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  5. 64' Vincent Pajot (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 65' Substitution, St Etienne. Nolan Roux replaces Jorginho.
  7. 67' Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Substitution, Manchester United. Marcus Rashford replaces Juan Mata.
  9. 71' Paul Pogba (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 72' Substitution, St Etienne. Ole Selnaes replaces Vincent Pajot.
  11. 75' Goal! Manchester United 2, St Etienne 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  12. 79' Substitution, St Etienne. Robert Beric replaces Florentin Pogba because of an injury.
  13. 85' Substitution, Manchester United. Ashley Young replaces Anthony Martial.
  14. 88' Goal! Manchester United 3, St Etienne 0. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.