Manchester United vs Sevilla LIVE: Result and reaction as own goals cost United in Europa League quarter-final
Man Utd 2-2 Sevilla: Late goals cancel out Marcel Sabitzer’s first half brace
Manchester United squandered a two goal lead at Old Trafford to keep their Europa League quarter-final with Sevilla delicately poised after the first leg.
Jadon Sancho had a goal disallowed after just 27 seconds for an offside before Marcel Sabitzer opened the scoring inside 15 minutes. He swept inside of Marcao and curled a left-footed strike past Bono to find the back of the net.
The Austrian added a second seven minutes later as Anthony Martial picked him out in the box and he fizzed a fine effort into the far corner to give United control in a dominant first half.
The second 45 minutes were a closer affair. Sevilla grew into the game and targeted Tyrell Malacia who struggled all night. Jesus Navas forced an own goal to get the visitors back into the match before an unfortunate Harry Maguire deflected a header from Youssef En-Nesyri past David De Gea to earn the Spaniards a draw.
Relive all the action from the Europa League as Manchester United draw with Sevilla:
Manchester United vs Sevilla
Hello and welcome to The Independent’s coverage of tonight’s Europa League quarter-final first leg.
Manchester United welcome Sevilla and will hope to utilise home advantage to give them a strong position in order to advance to the semi-finals.
Erik ten Hag has already brought silverware back to Old Trafford thanks to United’s Carabao Cup victory over Newcastle but winning in Europe would be another display of how much he has improved the team.
Sevilla, the six-time Europa League champions, are throwing all their efforts into winning this competition once again after a poor domestic campaign has seen them drop into the lower half of the La Liga table.
Jose Luis Mendilibar takes charge of Sevilla after former manager Jorge Sampaoli was dismissed in March and he will know that the Spanish side’s best chance of playing European football next season is to win this tournament.
Tonight’s encounter should be a fun and exciting affair but with United at home they will be hoping to take some advantage with them into the second leg in Spain.
Kick off is at 8pm and we’ll have all the team news and latest updates from the game so stick with us.
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