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.
73 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Manchester United have kept just four clean sheets in their last 27 matches, but they are just over 15 minutes away from making that five.
74 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Umar Sadiq appears determined to make sure it isn't though.
Soumah cushions the ball perfectly for Sadiq to strike first time, and he nearly does so to devastating effect as it whistles past the post.
78 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
A little bit of an untidy phase in the game before Phil Jones makes a crucial block from Sadiq's cross-shot to halt Asano's advances.
81 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Final change for United, as Andreas Pereira replaces debutant James Garner.
83 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
An excellent save from Romero this!
Asano loses his man at the near post thanks to some clever movement and glances a header towards goal, but the Argentine parries it away.
86 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Six games without a win and 11 away matches without a victory looking like statistics that will not apply in a few minutes time.
Do Partizan have one final throw of the dice? Natcho attempts to provide it, but his shot is always rising even if it was closer than it looked at first.
A testing but rewarding outing for Manchester United's latest debutant.
90 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Zdjelar goes into the book for a foul on Daniel James, but Marcus Rashford is annoyed he was not picked out before the foul.
90 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Three minutes added on at the end of this one.
Can United hold on?
Full Time: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side get their first away win in 12, as Partizan are beaten at home for the first time in almost two years.
If United beat their hosts tonight in the next round of the group stage, United will qualify for the knockout stages.
There was not a shot on target from open play from Manchester United, but Anthony Martial's penalty has done the job, and the defence resisted Partizan's attacks.
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