Partizan vs Manchester United LIVE result: Score, goals and latest updates from Europa League
All the action Serbia from as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wins with a young United side
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United ended their wretched 11-match winless run on the road as Anthony Martial's spot-kick secured a hard-fought victory played out to a hostile backdrop at Partizan Belgrade.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer kicked off his reign with a club record nine successive away wins, only to endure a remarkable 33-week wait stretching back to March's jaw-dropping Champions League triumph at Paris St Germain.
No longer at the continent's top table, the Europa League provided the platform for their first victory on the road since then, with United digging deep amid Partizan pressure - from both players and their unrelenting fans - as Martial's first-half penalty secured a 1-0 triumph.
It was a welcome return to winning ways at a poignant setting as Partizan Stadium hosted United's final match before the Munich air disaster on a refuelling stop on their way back from Belgrade.
Club officials paid respect to the 23 killed on the morning of a game that saw Partizan fans stream backing into a stadium after serving a two-match UEFA sanction for racist behaviour.
It led to understandable concerns of a repeat of the shameful scenes in Bulgaria last week, but this Group L encounter appeared to pass without any such behaviour as United got back to winning ways - albeit not in the most convincing fashion.
Jesse Lingard and former Rangers man Umar Sadiq hit the woodwork in quick succession during an even first half that United would snatch the lead in, with Martial converting the penalty won by the direct running of Brandon Williams.
It capped a promising display by the 19-year-old on his second senior start and fellow teenager James Garner held his own in a hostile environment, but Solskjaer's side rode their luck in Belgrade.
Savo Milosevic's men pushed throughout the second half but were just unable to level.
PA
Confirmed United line-up
Romero, Jones, Maguire (c), Rojo, Wan-Bissaka, Garner, McTominay, Williams; Mata; Lingard, Martial.
When is it?
Kick off at Partizan Stadium is at 5.55pm BST.
How can I watch it?
The game will be aired live on BT Sport 2, with coverage beginning at 5.30pm.
Subscribers to BT Sport can watch the game online via the BT Sport player, or on the BT Sport app.
15 min: Partizan 0-0 Manchester United
Big chance for McTominay!
This is a wonderful ball in from Juan Mata from the free-kick on the right-hand side, and it is perfectly weighted and is a great height for the onrushing midfielder.
But he fluffs his lines and doesn;t get enough contact on the header and United spurn their first big chance of the evening.
18 min: Partizan 0-0 Manchester United
United now offering more of an attacking threat after weathering a couple of Partizan breaks early on.
Can they fashion another couple of opportunities to ram home their good spell of possession?
22 min: Partizan 0-0 Manchester United
There's a certain amount of swagger about this United performance so far even if they have not got the goals to match as McTominay goes for goal once again.
This time it is a shot on the turn but he skews his effort harmlessly wide after more good play from Mata.
27 min: Partizan 0-0 Manchester United
Asano may not be the finished product by any stretch of the imagination, but he has caused a fair few problems when running at the United defence with pace.
Arsenal obviously saw that when they purchased him even if he never made an appearance for the club.
29 min: Partizan 0-0 Manchester United
James Garner has made his first noticeable contribution by stopping a swift Partizan counter, very reminiscent of Nemanja Matic in his Chelsea days.
Will he be the Serbian's eventual long-term replacement?
34 min: Partizan 0-0 Manchester United
A couple of Partizan corners in quick succession has increased the noise at at an already hostile stadium for Manchester United.
However, the hosts waste the opportunities. Sort of sums the game up so far in all honesty.
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