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Manchester United 1-0 Anderlecht: first half
Min 25 | Anderlecht with all the ball now in the last five minutes. Chances are few and far between though. Cross makes it to Teo but he can only header it back up into the air.
Manchester United substitution: A big blow for United as Rojo is carried off on a stretcher and Daley Blind enters the fray.
Min 22 | Ridiculous decision to let Rojo play on Acheampong breaks through and Rojo limps towards him but fails to slow him down and the Anderlecht player fires just wide. Rojo down and says he needs to go off. That was inevitable.
Min 20 | So, Rojo is back on but he really does not look comfortable. Bailly tries a pass across the field and it goes out for a throw.
Min 18 | Rojo looks to have really hurt his knee. He collided with Tielemans but he ended up on the ground and immediately put his hand up for held. This could be a ligament problem. Daley Blind is warming up.
Min 15 | Hanni tries to launch an attack now but his cross over to Acheampong is too close to Valencia, who gets a foot on it and Romero catches it as it comes back down to earth.
Min 13 | Lingard's turn. Ruben gets a hand to his curling effort with a mass of bodies in front of him. He keeps his side in this game with two quick-fire saves. United playing well now up front.
Min 12 | Pogba with a lovely header now that nearly beats Ruben but the keeper launches himself into the air and gets a hand to it. Very nearly 2-0 after just 12 minutes.
Min 10 | GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! Mkhitaryan gives United the lead. A raking pass out wide to Rashford by Pogba. His shot is blocked and it breaks back out to him before he plays it to Mkhitaryan and he buries it from just inside the box.
Min 8 | After a nice spell in possession by United, Kara wins it back and plays it to tielemans. He swings one into Teodorcyzk but he can't win it.
Min 6 | Ibrahimovic gets the ball deep in enemy territory but he can only flick it goalwards. Ruben comes out and smothers the ball, and United's hope of a goal.
Min 5 | Very open game so far. United trying to best to spread Anderlecht out but the away side are comfortable. Obradovic starts an attack now for the Belgians, Tielemans takes it on and tries to drive forward.
Min 3 | Acheampong has a run at United's defense but his shot is blocked. It makes its wat to Dendoncker. He has a shot that almost dips under Romero's crossbar. So close!
Min 2 | A very early chance for United, Mkhitaryan puts Lingard through and instead of shooting, he tries to get it across the goal. Anderlecht manage to score.
Min 1 | We are underway at Old Trafford.
Mancheser United vs Anderlecht: team news
Manchester United XI: Romero, Valencia, Bailly, Rojo, Shaw, Carrick, Pogba, Rashford, Mkhitaryan, Lingard, Ibrahimovic.
Anderlecht XI: Ruben, Appiah, Kara, Spajic, Obradovic, Tielemans, Dendoncker, Acheampong, Hanni, Chipciu, Teodorczyk
Manchester United vs Anderlecht live stream: latest news
21:01 | Teodorczyk is highly-rated but when you think of how easily Rojo and Bailly dealt with Costa on Sunday, you'd have to be concerned for Anderlecht.
20:58 | Just a couple of minutes away now from the start. Carrick ready to lead Manchester out of the tunnel.
20:54 | Jose Mourinho said he wanted to rotate more, and play some of the younger players, but given the score, he is forced into being more conservative than he'd like: "It is important to do some rotation because on Sunday we have another important match. If we have the same kind of attitude, pressing high, being strong, being intense, recover the ball as fast as possible, it is easy for the attacking players to have more in the ball. In the end it is a collective instinct."
20:48 | Across their last four games, United have only averaged a goal a game. They have not scored more than that in any of their last four games. They have also not conceded more than one either with two clean sheets. Anderlecht are the same in their last three games, but they conceded three in their game against Zenit. Anyone looking for a 1-1 draw and then extra-time might have come to the right place.
20:42 | It was just last week that Jose Mourinho pointed the finger at Manchester United's strikers after failing to score more than once against Anderlecht. He opted for the same four attacking players today though and three of them missed fairly easy chances including Ibrahimovic, Lingard and Paul Pogba.
20:39 | We had mentioned Tielemans in out build-up the last day and he was very good. He has been linked with a move to several of Europe's top clubs. At 19, he is the captain of Anderlecht - a natural leader.
20:23 | Don't forget, the other three quarter-finals are on tonight too. We will have the draw on Friday for both the Champions League and Europa League semi-finals.
Here are the scores from the first legs:
Besiktas 1-2 Lyon
Manchester United 1-1 Anderlecht
Genk 2-3 Celta Vigo
Schalke 0-2 Ajax
20:04 | Anderlecht make a number of changes from their last outing against United. Highly-rated Teodorczyk gets a start. He was not fit enough to start the last day and came off the bench. Meanwhile, Spajic replaces Nuytinck at the back. Hanni also starts, along with Chipciu in place of Bruno and Stanciu. Weiler might think they were slightly flat the last day out and all, or most of those players who start tonight were on the field when Anderlecht started to take the game to United in the second half.
19:59 | Luke Shaw returns to Jose Mourniho's side that beat Chelsea. Matteo Damrian is the man to miss out. Meanwhile, Ander Herrera also misses out after playing and scoring against Chelsea. In fairness, he man-marked Eden Hazard that day and I don't think he will be needed in that role tonight.
19:35 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan has scored in four of his last five European games. He scored against Anderlecht last time out too and seems to enjoy himself on European nights. Rashford is in a rich vein of form though and will take the confidence form the Chelsea game into tonight's clash.
19:15 | There are a few clubs interested in Leander Dendoncker and he did not disappoint last Thursday night. He violently smashed a header to the back of the net as time was running out to draw the two sides level. He gave Sergio Romero no chance, and he also gave Anderlecht a flicker of a chance tonight. Can her repeat his heroics again tonight? I'm sure there will be a few scouts at Old Trafford watching him play.
18:59 | A non-confidence inspiring stat for Anderlecht is that Manchester United have scored 18 past them in their last three games away from home. The results in those games wew 10-0, 3-0 and 5-1.
18:53 | Wayne Rooney makes Jose Miurinho's squad after missing out recently with an ankle injury. Mourinho says, "He has not had big problems during the season but he had a few small problems and when you get into a certain age, it's a little bit more difficult to recover." Rooney could play a role tonight after Anthony Martial's poor cameo last Thursday and then being left out of the squad that played Chelsea. The Frenchman is on the bench tonight but it is doubtful that he will feature.
18:48 | Alberto Undiano Mallenco will be your man in the middle tonight. He was awarded best referee in Spain in 2005 and 2007 and was a ref at the World Cup in 2010.
18:44 | Anderlecht have to score tonight after allowing United take the lead last Thursday. Their manager, Rene Weiler, says: "We know we're playing against a very high-level team in Manchester United. You only have to look at their performance last Sunday at home to Chelsea, I think they limited Chelsea to hardly any shots on target at all. They've had only three defeats in the entire season and in the last 22 games in the league they are unbeaten. They are very strong at the back and they've got some great individuals as well."
18:38 | Jose Mourinho says Sergio Romero will start again over David de Gea,which is how it has been since the very early stages of the Europa League for Manchester United. "David’s priority is to play in the Premier League but I don't like the complete separation. I cannot say every match is for one or the other. The reality is that Sergio is very stable, he's very experienced, he's playing very well. He played in the Premier League [against Sunderland], he played well. He played in the FA Cup, he played well. He played in the League Cup, he played well."
18:24 | Manchester United's Marouanne Fellaini believes tonight will be difficult with every team that travels to Old Trafford keen to make a big impact: "It will be a tough game again. Every game is tough. When we play against a foreign team or even an English team, they all want to beat Manchester United so they will give everything to try to do that.
16:25 | Eight of the 24 goals that Manchester United have conceded in the Premier League this season have come from set pieces or penalties. Have Anderlecht been testing out some free kick routines on the training ground, one wonders...
15:00 | A nice little stat from the BBC: United's first foray in Europe in 1956 included a 10-0 drubbing of Anderlecht in the old European Cup. Even the most optimistic Old Trafford attendee probably won't be expecting that score line tonight from José Mourinho's 1-1 specialists.
14:30 | Big Wazza Rooney is also expected to be available after his recent injury layoff, giving Mourinho quite a few options in the absence of Juan Mata, who is out with a groin problem.
14:00 | The big question mark over tonight's game is whether Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who sat out the majority of United's 2-0 win over Chelsea at the weekend, will get the nod up front or Marcus Rashford, who was excellent against the Blues, will be handed a start.
13:00 | Anderlecht starlet Youri Tielemans has been attracting interest from a number of clubs, among them Atlético Madrid, after his impressive turns for the Belgian giants this season.
12:00 | José Mourinho continues his quest tonight to deliver the only major European trophy the Old Trafford cabinet lacks. United have won the European Cup / Champions League three times, the Cup Winners' Cup in 1990-91 and the European Supercup in 1991but have never lifted the Uefa Cup / Europa League. Anderlecht won junior big ears in 1982-83, when Danish striker Kenneth Bryllescored the only goal of the game against Benfica in the first leg and the return in Lisbon ended 1-1.
Manchester United live online: team news
Jose Mourinho faces a conundrum following United's superb 2-0 victory over Premier League leaders Chelsea on Sunday, as he welcomes Zlatan Ibrahimovic back in to the fold. The enigmatic Swede has been United's main man this season, but youngster Marcus Rashford turned in a strong performance against Chelsea.
Mourinho confirmed in his press conference on Wednesday that Argentine 'keeper Sergio Romero will continue in goal, with De Gea deputising.
Juan Mata, Chris Smalling, and Phil Jones will definitely miss out through injury, but Wayne Rooney could be in line to return to the bench. Henrikh Mkhitaryanscored the goal in the first leg in Belgium, and will be fresh on Thursday evening having sat out of the victory over Chelsea.
A 0-0 draw would be enough for the Red Devils to progress on the away goals rule; yet Mourinho insisted that he would approach the match in a more positive manner:
“We play at home and I know our record there in the Premier League is not the best, but in the Europa League we’ve won every match at home. Are we going to play for a 0-0? No.”
Anderlecht: team news
Polish striker Lukasz Teodorczyk was only fit enough to make the bench in the first leg, as he recovered from a shoulder injury. The 25 year old has already scored five goals in the Europa League this season, and he'll be back in action on Thursday having played 72 minutes of Anderlecht's 0-1 win over Oostende on Sunday.
In the midfield, the Belgians will look to Youri Tielemans for creative inspiration. Although still 19, the much-coveted academy product has been a regular at Anderlecht for the last three years.
Anderlecht will draw faith from their impressive away form in the Europa League. In seven match so far, they have won 3, drawn 3, and lost one. René Weiler's team have scored in each of those seven matches,
Manchester United vs Anderlecht: match facts
United have won all five home matches in the Europa League this season, scoring over three goals in three of those matches.
Anderlecht won this competition in 1983, back in its UEFA Cup days.
Manchester United vs Anderlecht: live match odds
Despite Jose's suggestions, will United go for a 0-0 draw? That result is available at 10/1.
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