GOAL! Manchester United (6) 3-1 (1) Athletic Bilbao (Hojlund 85)
Yoro’s been superb in the second half of the second half and he again lanks froward, this time finding Daorgu who moves on to Amad. He jinks down the outside of his man, conjuring space where there appeared to be none and somehow catching up with the ball to cut back; Hojlund taps home from inside the six-yard box. What was all the fuss about?
84 min Lovely turn from Amad on halfway – his proactivity shouldn’t stand out as much as it does – and he squares for Mount, who leaps to flicks behind his standing leg, finding the marauding Amass. What a goal this could be, but as he looks to check inside, his first touch is heavy and the shot blocked at source. United have been much better the last 20.
83 min You’ve got to credit Athletic, who’ve given this match everything. If they’d had their front three, this match might’ve looked different, but ultimately United have deserved to go through.
81 min Two more changes for United, Amass and Mainoo on for Lindelof and Casemiro
GOAL! Manchester United (5) 2-1 (1) Athletic Bilbao (Casemiro 80)
Bruno puts it into an area, swinging to the near post, Casemiro dashes from the middle into the space, and a perfect shoulder-glance sends the ball into the far side-netting and United into the Europa League final! He aged about 30 years during the final suspension of his first season in England, but he’s been at the biohacking and has been superb in this competition.
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