A brilliant finish from Marcus Rashford and a Bruno Fernandes penalty gave Manchester United a 2–0 win over Granada on Thursday, putting them firmly in charge of their Europa League quarter-finals. Rashford caught a long ball from Victor Lindelof in the first half, with Fernandes scoring two goals in the 90th minute before the striker injected a bit of quality in a frantic contest in Los Angeles. The result is a commanding lead to United in the second leg next week at Old Trafford, where they should finish work and book their place in the semi-finals, with the Italians facing the 2-1 lead after the first leg. Will happen. .
“It’s a clean sheet and David (De Gia) wasn’t really upset,” Ole Gunnar Solaskar said. “There were moments that could have been a possibility but I felt we defended well when we did and I think 2-0 is a good lead.”
Rashford has now scored eight of United’s 23 goals in Europe this season.
“It was a very good run and he takes the ball hypothetically,” Solaskar said.
Grenada celebrated its 90-year anniversary on Tuesday and have arguably never played a major fixture, a club that has never won a major trophy against them, claiming 20 Premier League titles and three European Cups.
It is a story for the Spanish club that finished 10th in the second division only three years before Diego Martinez, arguably La Liga’s bright and up-and-coming coach, engineer promotion and then qualification for Europe.
Six players in their starting line-up played for them in the second tier and, with Los Carmens remaining vacant, Grenada also sent a personalized ticket as a souvenir to all their season ticket holders to mark the occasion.
But they will have a moment of return next week to bend this tie. “I think there’s a stiff penalty for what happened in the game,” Martinez said. “The last goal hurts, hurts a lot.”
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For United, the only real hope for a Europa League one trophy is Ole Gunnar Solskar and with a spot in the top four — but guaranteed, he can spend it to get all his attention.
Solszair fielded a strong line-up, with Rashford starting on Sunday despite being knocked out against Brighton. David de Gay was taken in goal for the first time since February.
Grenada exposed Roberto Solado, the 35-year-old striker who ended two disappointing seasons with Tottenham in the Premier League, but tasted a win against United in his final appearance for him in 2014 when he came on for a young Harry Kane .
United had to avoid a frantic opening round when neither side really settled, but Rashford dropped the first part of the game’s actual accuracy after half an hour.
Lindelof overtook his run but Rashford still had a lot to do, his outstretched leg completely cushioning the ball into his path and giving him a simple finish from Rui Silva.
Grenada replied, a misshat cross from Youngell Harera on loan from Manchester City, with De Gay hitting a well-hit volley while hitting the first post from KD.
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But United absorbed the pressure and scored another when Daniel James slipped from the left to Fernandes, but was unable to finish from the angle.
Fernandes, however, won the penalty before Yan Itakei got up to foul, with a scuffed shot into the bottom corner noting United in the semi-finals.
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