#ayoze-perez

#ayoze-perez

Following the 7-0 humbling at the hands of Liverpool, which saw the Red Devils go in at half-time a goal down and feeling unfortunate, Thursday's visit of Betis threatened to go south as well after Ayoze Perez's superb finish sent the two sides in level at the break.United hardly raced out the blocks for the second half yet relied on a moment of individual skill and some quick thinking by two players on the end of fierce criticism at Anfield to put the game beyond their opponents ahead of a trip to Spain next week.

Manchester United totally outclassed a quality Real Betis side in a 4-1 Europa League round-of-16, first-leg win on Thursday night.With the snow falling at Old Trafford, Marcus Rashford and Ayoze Perez traded first-half tallies before United hit top gear in the second stanza with goals from Antony, Bruno Fernandes and Wout Weghorst staking them to a comfortable lead ahead of the second leg at the Benito Villamarin Stadium on March 16.
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Erik ten Hag picked the exact same XI as he did for Sunday's 7-0 Premier League thrashing at the hands of Liverpool and, despite beating Barcelona in the previous round, United went into the match knowing all five of their last European campaigns had come to an end at the hands of Spanish opposition.

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 14m ago Team news: Man Utd unchanged 29m ago Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Erik ten Hag obeys football's golden rule: never change a team that's just lost 7-0, because it's their mess so they can clean it up.