Manchester United experienced one of the all-time great European Old Trafford moments last night with a thrilling 5-4 win over Olympique Lyonnais.
There were two other Reds in European action however, as Antony and Jadon Sancho also secured their passage into the semi-final of Europe.
Jadon Sancho played 83 minutes of Chelsea’s 1-2 home defeat to Legia Warszawa in the Conference League.
Despite the loss, the Blues still went through 4-2 on aggregate and Sancho assisted Chelsea’s only goal of the match after 33 minutes.
Sancho ran at the Polish defence and after beating the defender for pace, he fired in a well-controlled ball that was met by Marc Cucurella.
He had 53 touches of the ball and completed 82% of his passes. Crucially, four of them were key passes as he found his intended target with three out of his four crossing attempts.
The England international also had one shot on target and created a total of two big chances in the match. His side will now face Djurgårdens IF Fotboll in the semi-final.
Antony also played 82 minutes of Real Betis’ 1-1 draw with Jagiellonia Białystok in the Conference League. The result was enough to see the Spanish side qualify 3-1 on aggregate.
He had an incredible 94% pass accuracy and had 61 touches of the ball in Poland.
Antony collected the ball after just two minutes and in a trademark move, he cut inside and shot at goal but it was easily saved by the home keeper.
The Brazilian had one key pass and two shots on target during the match. He was also successful in his only dribbling attempt.
He worked hard in defence, making two clearances and winning one duel.
Antony will now face his former teammate David de Gea in the semi-final, when Betis take on Fiorentina.
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
