Pogba fires United into quarters as late collapse sees Spurs exit

A SOLITARY Paul Pogba goal was enough to send Manchester United into the last eight of the Europa League with a 2-1 aggregate win over AC Milan.

Frenchman Pogba netted shortly after half-time and despite former United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic entering the fray shortly afterwards from the substitutes’ bench, the hosts were unable to respond as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer earned a place in the quarter finals.

Mislav Orsic scored a brilliant hat-trick as Dinamo Zagreb produced a remarkable fightback to dump Tottenham out of the Europa League.

The Croatian side trailed 2-0 after the first leg of their last16 tie but hit back to win the return 3-0 after extra time and snatch a place in the quarterfinal draw.

Jose Mourinho’s Spurs looked set to prevail after holding the hosts in a goalless opening half at the Maksimir Stadium but Orsic gave Zagreb hope with a fine long-range just after the hour.

He then levelled the tie by finishing off a fine team move seven minutes from time and capped a fine comeback following a superb solo run in extra time.

North London rivals

Arsenal were also below par but did enough to go through despite a 1-0 defeat to Olympiacos at the Emirates Stadium.

Youssef El-Arabi grabbed the only goal on the night but Mikel Arteta’s side held on for a 3-2 aggregate win.

Roma cruised through as they claimed a 2-1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in Kiev to win 5-1 on aggregate.

Spanish striker Mayoral scored both

Borja goals for the Italian side either side of a reply from Junior Moraes.

LaLiga side Granada reached the last eight despite going down to a last-gasp defeat at the hands of Molde in Norway.

An own goal from Jesus Vallejo and a last-minute penalty from Eirik Hestad gave the Norwegians a 2-1 success but Granada, who scored a crucial away goal through substitute Roberto Soldado, progressed 3-2 on aggregate.