Manchester United and Roma breezed through to the last 16 of the Europa League, but another of the teams highly fancied on betting websites, Spurs, made an early exit after Dele Alli saw red.
Convincing wins for United and Roma justified pre-match betting odds and Jose Mourinho, in particular, will be taking the remaining Europa football games deadly seriously.
St Etienne 0-1 (4-0 on agg) Manchester United
Taking a three goal lead to the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, United’s path through was confirmed as early as the 16th minute when Henrikh Mkhitaryan flicked home. But Jose’s spirits were dampened when Mkhitaryan was forced to leave the field with a hamstring injury. He’s made quite an impact at Old Trafford and will be important in United’s trophy chase.
Roma 0-1 (4-1 on agg) Villarreal
Roma brought a 4-0 lead back to Italy and saw the tie out comfortably although Santos Borre fired a reminder that Villarreal were here to give it a go in the 15th minute. That was it… but Roma’s Antonio Rudiger somehow got himself unnecessarily sent off in the 81st minute.
Spurs had to overcome a 1-0 first leg deficit against AA Gent at a sold out Wembley Stadium, but Dele Alli’s reckless first half dismissal made it too difficult. A 2-2 draw on the night sees Maurico Pochettino’s go out.
And ex-Red Devil Robin van Persie’s Fenerbahce, after topping Manchester United’s group, failed to make it to the last 16, losing 2-1 on aggregate to Krasnodar.
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