The Asian Age

United enjoy Partizans

Greenwood, Martial, Rashford score for the Red Devils

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Paris, Nov. 8: Teenager Mason Greenwood scored as Manchester United cruised into the Europa League last 32 with a 3-0 win over Partizan Belgrade at Old Trafford on Thursday, while Celtic stunned Lazio with a lastgasp goal in Rome to progress. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's United knew that a third victory in four Group L games would be enough to send them through. The 18-year-old Greenwood broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute with a cool finish to score his third goal of the season and second in this competitio­n. Anthony Martial doubled the advantage after the half-hour mark with a brilliant individual goal, before Marcus Rashford lashed home the third four minutes after the interval. The comfortabl­e victory saw United bounce back after a 1-0 loss at Bournemout­h last weekend had ended a threegame winning run. “I think it was a good performanc­e but there are things we can improve on,” Rashford told BT Sport. “We managed to score three goals but it could have been a lot more.” AZ Alkmaar thrashed Astana 5-0 in Kazakhstan to keep control of the race for second place in Group L behind United, eliminatin­g their hosts and moving four points clear of Partizan. Olivier Ntcham scored a dramatic injury-time winner to grab Celtic a 2-1 victory at Lazio. Neil Lennon's outfit remain top of Group E with two games remaining, seven points clear of third-placed Lazio after their second straight win over the Romans. “It's great to have qualified with two games to spare,” Celtic manager Lennon told uefa.com. “It's too early to say how far we can go in this competitio­n but we can be a difficult opponent for anyone.”

 ?? –AFP ?? Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood (right) shoots to score their opening goal past F.K. Partizans’ goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic (left) during their UEFA Europa League Group ‘L’ match at the Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on Thursday. United won 3-0.
–AFP Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood (right) shoots to score their opening goal past F.K. Partizans’ goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic (left) during their UEFA Europa League Group ‘L’ match at the Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on Thursday. United won 3-0.
 ?? –AP ?? In this combined picture Olivier Ntcham of Celtic does a backward flip after scoring his side’s goal during their Europa League Group ‘E’ match against Lazio in Romes Olympic Stadium, Rome, on Thursday. Celtic won 2-1.
–AP In this combined picture Olivier Ntcham of Celtic does a backward flip after scoring his side’s goal during their Europa League Group ‘E’ match against Lazio in Romes Olympic Stadium, Rome, on Thursday. Celtic won 2-1.
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