Man U legends in awe after huge win over Barca

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With a sweeping first-time shot, Antony fired Manchester United to a memorable 2-1 triumph implicit Barcelona and kept Erik 10 Hag’s four-pronged trophy hunt connected track.

The Brazil guardant was sent connected astatine halftime with his squad trailing 1-0 and heading retired of the Europa League.

It proved to beryllium an inspired substitution. His 73rd-minute extremity completed a come-from-behind triumph to nonstop United into the circular of 16.

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Robert Lewandowski’s first-half punishment had enactment the visitors successful beforehand connected aggregate aft the teams drew 2-2 successful an epic archetypal limb astatine the Nou Camp past week.

But Fred’s onslaught successful the 47th evened the lucifer earlier Antony’s winner.

In beforehand of a raucous Old Trafford assemblage of 73,000, this was the benignant of brushwood United fans anticipation volition go a regular occurrence nether Ten Hag, whose outstanding archetypal play successful complaint looks ever much impressive.

The Dutch manager is inactive successful contention to triumph 4 trophies, with his squad facing Newcastle successful the League Cup last connected Sunday. United besides sits 3rd successful the Premier League array and is inactive successful the FA Cup.

"To spell successful with momentum successful beating a bully squad similar Barcelona, a top-class nine with the past they person it was important going into Sunday," erstwhile United prima Paul Scholes told BT Sport.

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"It's a large crippled for silverware which is thing this nine needs and it volition instrumentality a small spot of unit disconnected him and the team. Every crippled from present is going to beryllium big. The lone happening that mightiness wounded them (in their conflict to triumph the Premier League title) is the magnitude of games but I inactive deliberation they're successful a half-decent presumption to spell for the league."

Fellow ex-Manchester United prima Owen Hargreaves paid tribute to manager Ten Hag.

"Everything has changed. The ambiance has changed the show connected the transportation has changed," helium added connected BT Sport.

"The manager, everything is overmuch much affirmative and it gives everyone overmuch much assurance watching this going into Sunday.

"Get a caller trophy successful a precise agelong time. Credit to Ten Hag he's transformed this shot club."

HAT TRICK FOR DI MARIA

Angel Di Maria scored a chapeau instrumentality arsenic Juventus precocious successful the Europa League playoffs by beating Nantes 3-0.

Juventus won 4-1 connected aggregate to guarantee different of Europe's giants volition play successful the circular of 16.

World Cup victor Di Maria opened the scoring astatine Stade de la Beaujoire successful the 5th infinitesimal and doubled the pb successful the 20th from the punishment spot aft Nicolas Pallois was sent disconnected for a handball successful the box.

The Argentine completed his chapeau instrumentality successful the 78th.

Sporting Lisbon besides reached the adjacent circular aft Pedro Goncalves scored doubly successful a 4-0 triumph astatine Midtjylland to unafraid a 5-1 aggregate victory.

Midtjylland's Paulinho was sent disconnected for receiving 2 yellowish cards successful the abstraction of 2 minutes successful the archetypal half.

Bayer Leverkusen needed penalties to triumph an epic against Monaco aft the people ended 5-5 connected aggregate.

Monaco had won the archetypal limb successful Germany 3-2, but losing 3-1 going into the past 10 minutes astatine the Stade Louis II, it needed a Breel Embolo extremity successful the 84th to nonstop the lucifer into other time.

But that lone delayed Leverkusen’s celebrations arsenic the German squad won the shootout 5-3.

FAN ATTACKS SEVILLA GOALKEEPER

Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrović was attacked by a instrumentality who ran onto the field successful the Spanish team's crippled astatine PSV Eindhoven.

The instrumentality threw a punch astatine Dmitrović earlier being wrestled to the crushed by the keeper during the incidental which happened precocious successful the lucifer astatine the PSV Stadium.

Dmitrović appeared to beryllium unhurt and the instrumentality was rapidly surrounded by players from some teams earlier being led disconnected the tract to jeers from the crowd.

Sevilla progressed contempt losing 2-0 astatine PSV Eindhoven, advancing 3-2 connected aggregate.

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