AC MILAN RATINGS: Gianluigi Donnarumma, 6 – One of the world’s best no doubt, but he was mightily relieved to see a misjudged pass out from the back strike Daniel James and trickle out of play for a goal kick. He was significantly more commanding when he charged about 30 yards to nick the ball away from the same man, although he was beaten comfortably by Paul Pogba’s deft finish. EPA

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Manchester United reached the Europa League quarter-finals after a brilliantly-taken Paul Pogba goal earned them a 1-0 win at AC Milan to secure a 2-1 aggregate victory in their last-16 tie on Thursday.

Pogba came off the bench at half time to make his first appearance for United since sustaining a thigh injury on February 6, and the France midfielder needed only three minutes to score a fine goal.

Former United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic came on as a substitute to try to drag Milan back into the match, and he almost equalised in the 74th minute but was denied by a good save from the visitors' goalkeeper Dean Henderson.

Milan applied plenty of late pressure but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side held on to remain in the hunt to win their first trophy since a Europa League success under Jose Mourinho in 2017.

"We have come through a very difficult tie against a very good team," Solskjaer told BT Sport.

"Anything can happen in cup competitions, but we are through, we are confident and looking forward to the draw."