Aleksandar Mitrovic is facing a lengthy ban after the Football Association announced the standard punishment for his dismissal against Manchester United would be “clearly insufficient”. Mitrovic gave Fulham the lead in Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final at Old Trafford but was sent off after trying to grab referee Chris Kavanagh’s arm during a chaotic couple of minutes.
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Marcus Rashford was on target again as Manchester United cruised into the quarter-finals of the Europa League with a clinical win at Real Betis. After an open first half Rashford put United ahead in the 55th minute with a thunderous long-range effort dipping into the bottom corner ending Betis’ slim hopes of turning the tie on its head.
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Liverpool brought Manchester United’s bandwagon to a shuddering halt as Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice in a record 7-0 hammering of their arch-rivals to boost their Premier League top-four hopes at Anfield. The Reds held a narrow 1-0 lead at the break but turned on the style in the second half to blow United away.
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Manchester United produced a memorable second-half comeback to reach the Europa League last 16 and knock out Barcelona in the process. A Robert Lewandowski penalty had the Red Devils behind at the break but goals from Fred and substitute Antony flipped the game on its head.
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Marcus Rashford’s inspirational second-half performance was not quite enough for Manchester United as Barcelona fought back to claim a 2-2 draw in their Europa League knockout round play-off first leg. The United striker scored the equaliser for the Red Devils who then took the lead before Raphinha restored parity.
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