Man United beats Betis in rousing response to Liverpool rout

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes struck as Manchester United beat Real Betis 4-1 on Thursday and commenced the therapeutic course of after Sunday’s humiliating 7-0 rout by Liverpool.

Erik ten Hag’s gamers delivered a rousing response to the defeat at Anfield, with the Europa League quarterfinals inside attain after a commanding round-of-16 first-leg win.

Antony and Wout Weghorst had been additionally heading in the right direction at Old Trafford, with Ayoze Perez scoring for Betis.

United might have taken an much more commanding lead into subsequent week’s second leg after Weghorst, Rashford and Antony all didn’t capitalize on additional openings.

Ten Hag had given his gamers the possibility to make amends for Sunday by naming an unchanged lineup to the one at Liverpool.

It had the specified impact, with Rashford smashing United in entrance after six minutes.

United might have prolonged the lead, however the sport was even at halftime after on-loan Leicester ahead Perez fired low shot previous David de Gea within the thirty second.

Antony put United again in entrance seven minutes into the second half with a curling effort into the highest nook from outdoors of the field.

Fernandes made it 3-1 when he headed in Luke Shaw’s nook within the 58th.

Perhaps the largest cheer of the evening got here when Weghorst lashed the ball dwelling within the 82nd after lacking a bunch of earlier possibilities.

ARSENAL HELD

Premier League chief Arsenal was held 2-2 at Sporting Lisbon of their Europa League round-of-16 first-leg match.

Hidemasa Morita’s personal aim within the 62nd minute salvaged the draw for Arsenal forward of the return leg at Emirates Stadium subsequent Thursday for a spot within the quarterfinals.

“There are things to improve, but we showed a lot of resilience,” Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta mentioned.

Morita deflected Granit Xhaka’s long-distance drive into his personal internet.

Arsenal, boosted by a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Bournemouth on Saturday, dominated early possession and went forward via William Saliba.

The defender headed within the opener for Arsenal from a nook from Fabio Vieira to capitalize on early strain within the twenty second.

Arteta made six modifications to his beginning lineup in contrast with Saturday, giving defender Jakub Kiwior his debut on the again alongside Saliba.

Arsenal strikers Leandro Trossard and Eddie Nketiah had been lacking for the sport in Lisbon whereas former Arsenal proper again Hector Bellerin was not obtainable for Sporting resulting from a knee damage.

Sporting equalized with nearly an an identical reply, as Arsenal’s protection appeared susceptible.

Goncalo Inacio headed dwelling off a Marcus Edwards nook previous goalkeeper Matt Turner 12 minutes after Saliba’s aim.

It was Sporting’s first aim in opposition to Arsenal of their fifth encounter in European competitions.

Ten minutes into the second half, Sporting turned the sport round, with Paulinho placing the hosts forward on a rebound.

“The tie is open, it’s difficult obviously,” Sporting coach Ruben Amorim mentioned.

POGBA DROPPED

Angel Di Maria headed within the winner within the second half to provide Juventus a 1-0 first-leg win over Freiburg.

The 35-year-old veteran has scored 4 targets in his final two Europa League video games. He had a hat trick in opposition to Nantes within the earlier spherical.

Juventus was with out midfielder Paul Pogba who was dropped resulting from “disciplinary reasons,” the Italian membership mentioned.

Elsewhere, Substitutes Joan Jordan and Erik Lamela scored a aim apiece within the second half to make sure a 2-0 win for six-time champion Sevilla over Fenerbahce.

Ezequiel Bullaude equalized two minutes earlier than the top to safe a 1-1 draw for Feyenoord at Shakhtar Donetsk, the final Ukrainian workforce left on this season’s European competitions.

Yaroslav Rakitskyy put the hosts 1-0 forward. Shakhtar hosted in Warsaw due to the Russian army invasion of Ukraine.

RE-UNION

Substitute Sven Michel salvaged a 3-3 draw for Union Berlin in opposition to Union Saint-Gilloise with a aim a minute from the top within the German capital.

Victor Boniface scored twice for Union Saint-Gilloise, together with the go-ahead aim within the 72nd minute earlier than Michel’s equalizer.

The two sides already met within the group stage this season. The Belgian Union received 1-0 in Berlin whereas the German Union received by the identical rating in Brussels.

At Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Jose Mourinho’s Roma made a step towards advancing with a 2-0 victory over Real Sociedad.

Tammy Abraham arrange the opening aim for Stephan El Shaarawy to complete a quick counter within the first half earlier than substitute defender Marash Kumbulla doubled the benefit with a close-range header three minutes from time.

Bayer Leverkusen had the identical benefit over Ferencvaros after their first-leg sport. Kerem Demirbay opened the scoring for Leverkusen within the tenth, and Edmond Tapsoba added the second towards the top for the hosts.

EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE

Michail Antonio struck twice late within the first half to information West Ham previous AEK Larnaca 2-0 in Cyprus.

Despite a troubled season within the Premier League, the Hammers have been cruising within the third-tier European competitors with an ideal document.

Said Benrahma crossed for Antonio’s first with the striker doubling the benefit in stoppage time for his first two targets within the European marketing campaign this season.

Manu Trigueros put Villarreal — a Champions League semifinalist final season, forward within the first half earlier than Anders Dreyer tied it at 1-1 with a second-half aim for Anderlecht within the attract Brussels.

Fiorentina received 1-0 over Turkey’s Sivasspor, and Nice beat Sheriff away in Moldova 1-0, whereas Poland’s Lech Poznan defeated Swedish membership Djurgarden 2-0. There had been attracts within the remaining video games: Basel and Slovan Bratislava 2-2, Gent and Istanbul Basaksehir 1-1.

Lazio was upset at dwelling 2-1 by AZ Alkmaar in a sport performed on Tuesday to keep away from a conflict at Stadio Olimpico with Roma’s sport within the Europa League.