Man United crush Club Brugge

NYON, SWITZERLAND: Bruno Fernandes enchanted Manchester United’s fans once again in orchestrating the team’s smooth passage into the last 16 of the Europa League at Old Trafford on Thursday. On a night when Portugal’s three traditional top teams—porto, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon—were all eliminated, one of the country’s recent exports took top billing as Fernandes continued to prove the 80m euros he might end up costing United should be money well spent.

The playmaker stroked home a penalty following his signature skipping run-up, then had a hand in United’s two other first-half goals in a 5-0 win over 10-man Club Brugge in the second leg of the round of 32. Fernandes had already left the field, to a huge ovation, by the time Fred added the fourth and fifth goals to complete a 6-1 aggregate win.manchester United will meet Austrian club LASK in the last 16 of the Europa League.united, who lifted the trophy in 2017, are one of six former champions left in the competition. The first leg will be played in Linz on March 12 with the return a week later at Old Trafford.austrian league leaders LASK made their group stage debut this season and secured a 3-1 aggregate win over Dutch outfit AZ Alkmaar in the last 32.

ARSENAL KNOCKED OUT

Arsenal suffered a shock Europa League exit to Olympiakos Piraeus on away goals after a 2-1 extra-time home defeat. Arsenal had beaten Olympiakos 1-0 in the first leg and appeared to have done enough to squeeze through when Pierre-emerick Aubameyang struck in the 113th minute to cancel out Pape Cisse’s 53rd-minute header which levelled the tie on aggregate.