• MANCHESTER UNITED RATINGS: Sergio Romero - 6: Alert, decent saves. No chance for LASK’s stunning opener. Smart save at the last, too. Reuters
    MANCHESTER UNITED RATINGS: Sergio Romero - 6: Alert, decent saves. No chance for LASK’s stunning opener. Smart save at the last, too. Reuters
  • Timothy Fosu-Mensah - 4: Mediocre as an attacking defender. If you can't shine against LASK, what chance against better sides?. PA
    Timothy Fosu-Mensah - 4: Mediocre as an attacking defender. If you can't shine against LASK, what chance against better sides?. PA
  • Eric Bailly - 5: He’s never dull to watch and a positive for him to get 90 minutes. PA
    Eric Bailly - 5: He’s never dull to watch and a positive for him to get 90 minutes. PA
  • Harry Maguire - 5: His 53rd game of the season. And probably the least significant. Will be judged in bigger matches. AFP
    Harry Maguire - 5: His 53rd game of the season. And probably the least significant. Will be judged in bigger matches. AFP
  • Brandon Williams - 5: New contract but not his best game. Didn't stop crosses. Set to play in Germany on Monday against Copenhagen. EPA
    Brandon Williams - 5: New contract but not his best game. Didn't stop crosses. Set to play in Germany on Monday against Copenhagen. EPA
  • Scott McTominay - 5: Limited in first half, slightly better in second. Needs his mojo back. EPA
    Scott McTominay - 5: Limited in first half, slightly better in second. Needs his mojo back. EPA
  • Fred - 5: Some nice passes, but had little impact as LASK were the better side in first half. EPA
    Fred - 5: Some nice passes, but had little impact as LASK were the better side in first half. EPA
  • Juan Mata - 5: Prefers a central role but played on right. Not quick and as poor as the rest in the first half. Lovely ball to release Lingard for equaliser. Set up Martial for winner too. A fourth Europa League home start this season and a fourth and fifth assist. Reuters
    Juan Mata - 5: Prefers a central role but played on right. Not quick and as poor as the rest in the first half. Lovely ball to release Lingard for equaliser. Set up Martial for winner too. A fourth Europa League home start this season and a fourth and fifth assist. Reuters
  • Daniel James - 4: Ponderous, heavy touches, wasteful, especially with final ball. Better in second half on the right, but it’s not happening for him. Getty
    Daniel James - 4: Ponderous, heavy touches, wasteful, especially with final ball. Better in second half on the right, but it’s not happening for him. Getty
  • Jesse Lingard - 6: United’s best player – not that the bar was set high. On the end of some poor challenges. Nice touches and immediate equaliser. Two goals in two. Getty
    Jesse Lingard - 6: United’s best player – not that the bar was set high. On the end of some poor challenges. Nice touches and immediate equaliser. Two goals in two. Getty
  • Odion Ighalo - 4: He had Bruno supplying him in the first leg, he had nothing in the second. Not a single shot from his team on target until 49th minute – when the Nigerian should have scored. EPA
    Odion Ighalo - 4: He had Bruno supplying him in the first leg, he had nothing in the second. Not a single shot from his team on target until 49th minute – when the Nigerian should have scored. EPA
  • SUBS: Paul Pogba - (On for Lingard 63') 6: He’s missed when he doesn’t start. Needs to shine if United are to win three games and take the Europa League. Reuters
    SUBS: Paul Pogba - (On for Lingard 63') 6: He’s missed when he doesn’t start. Needs to shine if United are to win three games and take the Europa League. Reuters
  • Andreas Pereira - (On for Fred 64') 6: More advanced and livelier than his compatriot. Getty
    Andreas Pereira - (On for Fred 64') 6: More advanced and livelier than his compatriot. Getty
  • Tahith Chong - (On for Williams 72') 6: Bright in his 20 minutes on the pitch. Good going forward. AP
    Tahith Chong - (On for Williams 72') 6: Bright in his 20 minutes on the pitch. Good going forward. AP
  • Anthony Martial - (On for James 84') NA: Seven minutes to make an impact and scored 23rd goal of season. Best season for United. Getty
    Anthony Martial - (On for James 84') NA: Seven minutes to make an impact and scored 23rd goal of season. Best season for United. Getty
  • Teden Mengi - (On for Fosu-Mensah 84') NA: United debut for highly rated Nigerian-born defender. EPA
    Teden Mengi - (On for Fosu-Mensah 84') NA: United debut for highly rated Nigerian-born defender. EPA

Football

Jesse Lingard 6, Juan Mata 5, Timothy Fosu-Mensah 4: Manchester United player ratings against LASK

Red Devils win 2-1 on the night to seal a 7-1 aggregate win over Austrian minnows in Europa League last-16 second-leg

Andy Mitten
Andy Mitten
Barcelona and Manchester

August 05, 2020

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Manchester United booked a Europa League quarter-final spot after their second-string side laboured to a 2-1 home win over LASK on Wednesday, sealing a 7-1 aggregate rout of the Austrian side.

United will now face FC Copenhagen in Cologne on Monday after the Danish side beat Istanbul Basaksehir 3-0 at home earlier on Wednesday to wipe out a 1-0 first-leg deficit.

United, who won Europe's second-tier club competition in 2017, appeared to be going through the motions and fell behind to a spectacular Philipp Wiesinger goal in the 55th minute before Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial replied.

United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fielded a below-strength side at Old Trafford and they looked completely at sea for an hour.

Defender Andres Andrade hit the crossbar for the visitors in the 10th minute and Husein Balic fired just wide from the ensuing scramble before striker Marko Raguz twice came close in a one-sided first half.

LASK took a deserved lead when United half cleared a corner and Wiesinger gave home goalkeeper Sergio Romero no chance with a screaming first-time shot from 25 metres into the top corner.

That finally spurred United into action and Lingard equalised after a defence-splitting pass by Juan Mata left him with time and space to steer his shot past goalkeeper Alexander Schlager.

Late substitute Martial completed United's comeback on the night in the 88th minute when his close-range shot trickled over the line after squeezing through Schlager's legs.

The quarter-finals will be played as a mini-tournament in four German cities, with the final set for August 21 in Cologne.

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