HERRERA DEDICATES VICTORY TO VICTIMS

MANCHESTER United players dedicated t heir Europa League success to the victims of Monday’s atrocity.

Goals from Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan secured a 2-0 win against Dutch side Ajax and the club’s first continental trophy in nine years.

After receiving the trophy and the adulation of the cl u b ’s fans i nside the Friends Arena, Man-of-theMatch Ander Herrera delivered a heartfelt tribute to those who were affected by the attack.

He said: “I am happy but I want to dedicate this to the victims. This is just football but what happened three days ago was horrible.

“We want peace in the world — a normal world with respect. We are just football players but we have an audience, so we want to work together for a normal world.

“This happened in Manchester but everywhere we need to have a united world to fight for peace and no more deaths.”

Herrera shone in midfield as United j oined Ajax, Bayern Munich and Juventus as the only clubs to have won all three major Uefa trophies, including the now-defunct European Cup Winners’ Cup, as well as the Club World Cup or t he Intercontinental Cup.

The Spaniard admitted it was difficult to concentrate in the build-up to the game.

“On Tuesday we were devastated. We were really sad because you think of life and football — you have no choice,” he said.