Real Betis vs Man United

Manchester United take a commanding lead into their Europa League clash away at Real Betis tonight. Erik ten Hag's side, fresh from losing 7-0 to Liverpool, ...

Real Betis 0-1 Man United (5-1 agg) FT: Real Betis 0-1 Man United (1-5 agg) Having been found by a sweeping Casemiro pass, he took a couple of touches and then let rip with a fizzing 25-yard strike that flew home to silence the Betis faithful in the 55th minute. Casemiro went down on the left following a foul by Joaquin and Bruno Fernandes swung in the resulting free-kick, with the ball falling to Pellistri to get a shot into the ground that hit the post. [Manchester United](/topic/manchester-united) to victory at [Real Betis](/topic/real-betis) with a rocket of a strike as Erik ten Hag’s side cruised through to the [Europa League](/topic/europa-league) quarter-finals. Betis were making life uncomfortable for a strong-looking United side, although Ten Hag’s men eventually managed to slow the tempo and frustrate the hosts without ever looking in control.

Man United will be looking to secure their spot in the Europa League quarterfinals, as they head to Real Betis in a Round of 16 second leg, ...

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Minute-by-minute report: Can Real Betis fight back after their comprehensive defeat at Old Trafford? Find out with Scott Murray.

The debutant whips a cross to the near stick. 43 min: Juanmi has a bash from the edge of the box. 38 min: Ruibal sashays in from the right and into a pocket of space. The ball drops to Pellistri, who swivels and whips a shot towards the bottom left. 50 min: Rashford makes good down the inside-left channel and tries to release Weghorst. From the ridiculous to the sublime! The corner’s delivered to the near post, where Perez flashes a header goalwards. A free kick just to the side of the United box. 72 min: Canales allows the ball to roll under his foot and out of play for a throw. 54 min: Perez wins a corner down the left. A corner on the left. 82 min: Miranda reaches the byline down the left and crosses in the hope of finding Juanmi in the middle, six yards out.

Latest updates as Betis host Man United today, Thursday 16 March 2023, at the Benito Villamarín, Seville, in the second leg of the Europa League round of ...

That's a terrific chance for Betis to open the scoring! A moment later, Betis do get it to Joaquín in shooting space - and his effort grazes the post, with De Gea looking beaten! Juan Miranda is out to warm up on the touchline, and Betis may have to make a change. He tries to touch it out wide to Pellistri, but misreads the Uruguayan's intentions and plays it behind him. Back come United, Wan-Bissaka scuttling forward into the box in search of a yard of space to cross. Fred receives 30 yards out and slips it to Weghorst, who has peeled off from the top of the box. He struggles to bring the bouncing ball under his spell, and is muscled off it by Sabaly, to huge cheers of approval from the Betis fans. After playing a one-two in the right-hand channel, the 21-year-old's first touch is slightly too heavy when he receives the return, and he ends up felling Rodríguez as he stretches to get the ball back under his control. Bruno loses it in an area where he really doesn't want to lose it, and after keeping the ball neatly for a moment or two, Betis work it to Miranda on the left. He doesn't give Pezzella the ball back as quickly as the Betis defender would like him to, and the pair engage in a brief bout of shovey-shovey. It's worked to the England striker in space to shoot on the left-hand side of the Betis box, but Rui Silva dashes off his line and blocks! Ruibal slips the ball into the winger's path, and he gets his head down and sets off towards the United box.

37 min Betis 0 (1) Man Utd 0 (4). Fernandes slips Pellistri down the line and the winger has Weghorst shouting for it at the back post but the winger dinks his ...

Then there was a round of applause. It was a relentless, fun din. It was not just Marcus Rashford’s astonishing goal, a strike worthy of peak Cristiano Ronaldo, but the memorable response to it.

Manchester United will continue their pursuit of trophy no. 2 when they face Real Betis in the second leg of the Europa League round of 16 in Seville on ...

Real Betis face mission impossible in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie Thursday with Manchester United after losing the opening ...

Even a three-goal win would only take this beyond 90 so it is difficult to see the Spaniards advancing. In any case, they will look to give it a go in Seville and United should rotate given their aggregate lead. William Carvalho is back from a domestic ban and Sergio Canales could push 41-year-old Joaquin onto the bench.