Follow your club now for first access to all our news, views and analysis. Pellegrini was free but he chose to look for Dzeko instead and the move broke down. Spinazzola flies down the left, gets lucky when he tries to beat Lindelof but gets the ball back when it rebounds off the centre-back's shin. For Manchester United. Fernandes picks out Pogba down the left and receives it back. Handball by Pogba as he slides in to tackle Karsdorp. He whips a right-foot cross to the left of the penalty spot and Pogba leaps to bury a thumping header. Man Utd 4 Roma 2  (Bruno Fernandes, pen)  Top left corner and sent the keeper the wrong way with his eyes. After a turbulent week, he was glad to have his focus on the pitch, even if his players didn’t always keep theirs. There are worse places to stay over; while in Rome United’s players enjoyed the sunshine, if not the mistakes in the performance that followed. Manchester United forward Edinson Cavani has been handed a three-match ban and fined £100,000 ($136,594) by the English Football Association in relation to a social media post. Another United chance: Shaw beats Karsdorp  down the left and drags back a pass to Cavani who has to lean back to fetch it a ensures his left-foot shot is blazed over the bar. Publicly, you get more diplomacy from the manager. “We've done remarkably well to get to five semis in a little bit more than a season but of course now we'd like to go all the way,” he said. Glorious finish, side-foot half-volley from 15 yards. These … Of course I’d watched them but hadn't analysed and hadn't seen them in depth to give them enough respect. Manchester City vs Chelsea, Premier League: What time is kick-off, what TV channel is it on and what is our prediction? Manchester United De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; McTominay, Fred; Rashford, Fernandes, Pogba; Cavani. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has apologised to Roma fans after the Manchester United manager claimed he “did not know” the Italian club and “had not seen them play”. Pau Lopez falls forward to swallow up the threat. Lovely triangular move, instigated by Pogba cutting in off the left whitewash, accelerating on a diagonal dribble past Smalling then diddling Diawara with a shimmy. No crowd to celebrate one of the most treasured of all football incidents - the ref falls over (tripping over a supine Dzeko). Fernandes fired it in for his 26th goal of the season. Great goal. 28'st GOL MANCHESTER UNITED: La chiude il Manchester United, e lo fa ancora con Cavani, doppietta anche al ritorno. Cavani - … Good penalty, whipped into the left corner. Cavani has scored 12 goals … It got worse when Leonardo Spinazolla broke down the left and played the ball back to Mkhitaryan, who cleverly nutmegged Scott McTominay to find Pellegrini. Penalty! Man Utd substitution: Greenwood enters and Rashford departs. Mirante pretended it was his face and hit the deck. Edinson Cavani produced a striker's performance Manchester United have lacked for years, according to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. That was going to make it a chance for us to create chances. Bruno Paredes replaces the Roma left wing-back. Roma in the famous carmine red trackie tops, white shorts and socks. “That was straight after the game and with all the games we've had I was just relieved we'd gone through. Manchester United’s Edinson Cavani celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during the Europa League semi final, first leg against Roma at Old Trafford. Two minutes of injury time are signalled. With next week’s second leg in Rome to come, winning the Europa League would also be a first piece of silverware for United in four years, and a first under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but at half-time it appeared the Italians were more likely to make it through. Smalling challenged, the contact was minimal and it appeared Cavani was already out of play, but the referee saw it otherwise and awarded a penalty. He’s an absolute top professional and everyone in my team can learn from him.”. What a shame, also, that he only arrived in England in the twilight of his career. Mkhitaryan's quick feet earn him a throw-in down the left. Bruno Fernandes has heaped praise on Manchester United team-mate Edinson Cavani and says the striker is passing on his 'champion mentality' to the rest of the squad. Although it was a harsh award, it again showed Cavani’s desire. “A couple of players have been rested which has been criticised and talked about but we made those decisions with the right reasons behind it. Solskjaer suggested there was no mental block over semi-finals when his team were knocked out of the League Cup but put the failures down to confidence heading into the games. Cavani also has 50 goals in 116 caps for Uruguay. pic.twitter.com/qAsTE763hz. “You know when you come to the business end of the season, the main thing is arriving there, being there, being in and around the important games, being in good form and having confidence and belief like we do have now. Free-kick, 30 yards out on the right. Manchester United star Edinson Cavani will sign a new contract with the club until 2023 instead of 2022, it has been claimed. Edinson [Cavani] showed once again why we want to keep him at Old Trafford.”, Cavani doesn’t speak English but his influence is clear. No substitutions by Roma either who now can't make their final two as they have used all three in-game 'windows' and would have needed to make any more at half-time. They did. “Football has its own language and what Edinson’s proven tonight, and in previous games and in games throughout his career, is what a centre forward should be doing on and off the ball,” said Solskjaer, “what a centre forward should be doing both preparing for games and recovering from games. When Pogba dived in to block Rick Karsdorp’s cross, it appeared harsh that he was penalised for handball. Another ex-Old Trafford man, the live bloggers' spellchecker's friend, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, is also back after injury along with Leonardo Spinazzola and Billy Whizz, Stephan El Shaarawy. ... work,” Cavani told Manchester United’s official site. By now, Roma had folded. Cavani has now scored 12 goals for United, and six at Old Trafford, but is yet to be able to celebrate with the United supporters. Edinson Cavani and Anthony Martial struck late to send Manchester United into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, as they won 2-0 at Everton. Roma will look back at losing three players to first-half injuries, including goalkeeper Pau Lopez, but it does not fully explain their collapse for, as irresistible as United proved to be, so the Serie A team contributed to their sorry downfall. It would be more unnatural for them to be by his side. Gianluca Mancini is suspended, the wonderful Nicolo Zaniolo won't be back until next season after severing his ACL last autumn while World Cup-winner Pedro, once of Barcelona and Chelsea, is a doubt with a quadriceps strain. Pogba draws the foul for a free-kick wide on the left, 10 yards in from the corner flag. I've actually got two prized possessions back home, a [Francesco] Totti shirt and a [Daniele] De Rossi shirt that I've swapped with them and they're actually signed, so I know about the history, I know about the quality.”, ️ #Solskjaer: "Non li conosco e non li ho visti giocare".I tifosi della #Roma rispondono con questi volantini affisi a #Trigoria: "Fate in modo che si ricordi di noi!" Cavani is almost made a gift of a goal but Mirante and Cavani's heavy first touch keep it at 1-2. Karsdorp again flies down the right and United do look vulnerable to the diagonal crossfield - Spinazzola put him away on this occasion. Bruno Fernandes lo pesca tutto … Manchester United forward Edinson Cavani has told club officials he wants to leave this summer to join Boca Juniors, according to reports. In Rome, United were only as fast as their slowest and had to wait for their captain before the late flight back to Manchester. Three defenders had time to hare back on to the line when Cavani had another go with the rebound. Rashford cuts in from the right in his best move of the game, makes 15 yards dribbling across the 18-yard line, beating Ibanez but then he slips the pass to a tightly marked Bruno Fernandes instead of the free Cavani, who had ghosted away from his defender. Pogba comes down the left and threads a pass down the inside-forward channel for Bruno Fernandes. Just can't get involved so far. Booking for Smalling for nipping Bruno Fernandes's heel. Manchester United emerge first, playing in red shirts, black shorts and black socks. Cavani, five yards into the Roma half on the left, plays a wonderful pass with the outside of his right, virtually horizontal except it's bending away from goal, towards the inside right. Three minutes into the second half he collected Pogba’s pass, turned and combined with Fernandes, who slipped the ball back and Cavani arced an accomplished first-time shot high around Mirante. We're in a better position,” Solskjaer said. It's about putting things right. Bruno Fernandes takes it wit his right and it's a vicious, head-height, flat insiwinger. Two good chances for Manchester United. Excellent contributions from Shaw, Pogba and Bruno Fernandes, too. The fifth goal was far too easy as Fernandes was allowed time and space to pick out Pogba, who similarly had time and space to head past Mirante from close range. It’s their first ever final, these Yellow Submarines from a dusty town close to Valencia of just 42,000 famed for its ceramics. Veretout boots it out and goes down again. Pogba again in space on the left of the box is picked out by Fred. Roy Keane has admitted that he hopes Manchester United don't keep Edinson Cavani beyond the summer, while hinting that they will need a new striker in order to compete for the Premier League title. Coach Unai Emery won the competition three times with Sevilla in successive seasons and reached the final with Arsenal in 2019. As Lopez rushed out, Fernandes lifted the ball beyond him. Still, Spanish referee Carlos del Cerro Grande stood by his decision and Lorenzo Pellegrini drove the ball over David de Gea’s dive. But it was Roma who suffered the real damage as Manchester United ran riot in a second half when they were driven on by the ruthless striker and are surely already in the Europa League final. Second in the league and a Europa League final is proving that he’s making improvements and being rewarded with progress. Just four fans waited by the first of the four security checks for those entering the Olympic Stadium. In fact, it's a stinker, floating miles over the bar. Here's your #MUFC XI for tonight's #UEL semi-final , Team news is ! Wan-Bissaka is brought down by Ibanez. Europa League final 2021: What date is it, what time does it start and what TV channel is it on? Cavani had a chance to draw United level before half-time when he intercepted Roger Ibanez’s lazy pass, only for Mirante to block before Smalling charged down the rebound. Two yellow cards - the first for Villar for a sliding foul on Pogba, the second, the softest of the soft, for Pogba who was chasing a lost cause as the keeper was about to beat him easily to an overhit pass but flicked him on the chest. Is at Old Trafford and his match report will be on this page in the next five minutes. Join us for the team news just before 7pm. In his 26 years at Old Trafford, Alex Ferguson was defeated at this stage of tournaments just six times and Solskjaer, whose side fell at this stage of the Europa League last year, wants his team to show the same ruthlessness as his great mentor's sides. Good height for a diving save and De Gea looked close but too precise and powerful - it hit the inside of the side netting. If I’d stayed where I sat first it wouldn’t have been a problem. United need to get more out of Rashford and greater control of midfield. There were two goals as well for Bruno Fernandes and one for Paul Pogba on an occasion when three of United’s biggest players really stepped up. What Edinson Cavani told Mason Greenwood two minutes before brilliant Man Utd goal Manchester United ran riot in the second half as they beat Tottenham 3-1. Will it be white shirts beneath? This was a night when “El Matador” made his mark. Off he goes. Edinson Cavani guides Manchester United to Europa League final despite Roma loss. Find out more, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. A third Roma injury - Spinazzola (who has been out injured for weeks before returning to the bench at the weekend) hobbles off with a right thigh injury. The Europa League takes giants off the beaten track and Granada’s airport was so small that after the last round no flights were allowed after midnight. Cavani added another two to his goal in the first leg and his header, a minute after that miracle in Istanbul was mentioned, silenced the Italian gent. Short corner on the right from Ibanez's block is worked back to Fernandes who is parallel with the right vertical line of the box 25 yards out. Cavani added another two to his goal in the first leg and his header, a minute after that miracle in Istanbul was mentioned, silenced the Italian gent. “David [de Gea] was the stand-out performer on the pitch,” said Solskjaer before an assistant told him that his microphone wasn’t working. In Rome, it was a mixed bag and it was a surprise as United have become more consistent as the season has progressed. The consensus among the pundit class is for Solskjaer to withdraw either McTominay or Fred, drop Pogba back, send Greenwood on down the right and switch Rashford to the left. The United manager has been poring over footage of his own outfit in a bid to address an alarming run of semi-final defeats which leaves him with an unenviable record of played four, lost four with United. Edinson Cavani sparks sensational turnaround as Manchester United rout Roma with six of the best ... C avani is almost made a gift of a goal but Mirante and Cavani's heavy first touch keep it at 1 … He pinged it to Cavani, back to goal, in the D and the centre-forward spun a first-time pass round the corner. Roma 3-2 (agg: 5-8) Manchester United: The Uruguayan hit a … Mkhitaryan ruins a promising counter by picking out the wrong pass. He tries to find Dzeko lurking off Maguire's shoulder but Maguire meets the cross first and wellies it clear. he carried on his run and repaid the assist for the first goal with the perfect, chipped pass. Fonseca has done a tactical number in terms of using his wing-backs to hit crossfield diagonals which are exploiting [the space behind the full-backs, Shaw, who pushes up so high habitually, in particular. “It’s a fantastic club with a great history. Cristante is tight and he has to go back up the pitch. One of football’s most atmospheric arenas was again denied the presence of fans and those Roma supporters who’d turned up to roar their team off to Manchester had given up. Ibanez played a blind square pass and Cavani pounced but his first touch knocked the ball on to his knee and the ball raced ahead of him, allowing Mirante enough time to close him down and block the left-foot shot. He skied over the bar from Shaw’s cut-back but pounced when United worked the ball across the face of the Roma area for Aaron Wan-Bissaka to drive in a low shot. Mirante should have held it but could only present it straight to Cavani, who made no mistake from close range. However, Cavani has proven his doubters wrong with 12 goals and five assists in all competitions and United have been in talks to secure a new … One of the key factors in the team’s win at Manchester City in March was that the shape came from the forwards pressing so well. Lopez dives to tip it away and screams in agony on landing. United are pleased to see the back of Spinazzola. I was the only person in the after-match press conference with Solskjaer – yet I was banned from the conference with the Roma manager as I’m not Italian. Veretout, with no one near him, deliberately kicks the ball out of play. Roma  Pau Lopez; Smalling, Cristante, Ibanez; Karsdorp, Diawara, Veretout, Spinazzola; Pellegrini, Mkhitaryan; Dzeko. They had seven corners. Fernandes takes but it's far from his best. But first United switch it from left to right and Bruno then spins a pass round the corner down the inside-right for Cavani who goes for the hat-trick after taking a touch with his left but Ibanez, impressive tonight, gets the sliding block in. De Gea kept the score down – to a ridiculous 8-5 on aggregate. Solskjaer’s comments, following Manchester United’s Europa League quarter-final victory over Granada earlier this month, sparked anger in Rome and hardline supporters put up posters of the Norwegian at the Italian club’s training ground with the slogan “make sure he remembers us”. By now it was the Cavani show. Cavani, 33, scored 200 goals in 301 appearances for PSG after bagging 104 for Napoli. United’s Spanish-speaking coterie of players has had a diminishing presence in the dressing room, but in Rome they stepped up. It's to have that little bit of luck but also that quality that's needed.”. 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