Bruno Fernandes netted a hat-trick as Manchester United beat Real Sociedad 4-1 of their Europa League last-16 second leg on Thursday, whereas Tottenham bounced again to edge AZ Alkmaar 3-2 on combination. Rangers knocked out Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce 3-2 on penalties as Chelsea noticed out a 1-0 dwelling win in opposition to Copenhagen to make sure their place within the final eight of the Europa Conference League. Two spot-kicks and a late arrowed end from Fernandes despatched Man Utd into the quarter-finals by a 5-2 combination margin in opposition to 10-man Sociedad.
“We want to assist him win titles, as a result of he deserves it,” Man Utd supervisor Ruben Amorim advised TNT Sports of his captain.
“It was efficiency. The physicality was there… Even with out the sending-off, you felt that the crew have been going to win this sport.”
A tenth-minute penalty gave the guests the lead at Old Trafford earlier than Fernandes transformed from 12 yards within the sixteenth and fiftieth minutes.
Jon Aramburu noticed purple shortly after the hour and Man Utd took full benefit with Fernandes rifling in a 3rd three minutes from time and Diogo Dalot rubber-stamping an emphatic victory in injury-time.
Amorim’s facet will meet Lyon within the subsequent spherical.
Goals in both half from Wilson Odobert and James Maddison in London earned Spurs a 3-1 win in opposition to AZ Alkmaar.
Odobert powered dwelling following sloppy AZ defending to get Spurs stage on combination within the twenty sixth minute, after the primary leg completed 1-0 to the Dutch facet.
Maddison put the hosts 2-0 up three minutes into the second interval with an arrowed end earlier than Peer Koopmeiners responded after the hour to stage the tie once more.
Odobert grabbed his second and Spurs’ third on the evening within the 74th minute to arrange a quarter-final assembly with Eintracht Frankfurt.
“We’ve progressed, which is the principle factor,” mentioned Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou.
“We performed fairly effectively, I believed we have been actually in charge of the sport, however we have been our personal worst enemies at occasions.
“It acquired a bit nervy in the direction of the top however we completely deserved to progress.”
After dropping the primary leg in Istanbul 3-1, Fenerbahce fought again at Rangers to win 2-0.
Polish winger Sebastian Szymanski produced two cute finishes within the forty fifth and 73rd minutes to pressure extra-time with the mixture rating locked at three-apiece.
But three missed spot-kicks by the Turkish facet handed Rangers a 3-2 win within the shoot-out and a last-eight conflict with Athletic Bilbao.
“We deserved to win over 90 minutes, we deserved to win after 120 minutes, we have been the most effective crew by far,” mentioned Mourinho.
“We did all the things to win. The ref and the VAR determined that we should always go to penalties.
“Congratulations to Rangers however I believe my crew deserves all the things from me, from our supporters and even from Turkey as a rustic.”
– Chelsea by way of –
Euro 2024 winner Nico Williams grabbed an important brace as Athletic Bilbao overturned a one-goal first-leg deficit to progress 4-3 on combination in opposition to Roma, who misplaced centre-half Mats Hummels to an early purple card.
But it was a greater night for fellow Italian capital membership Lazio, who progressed 3-2 on combination in opposition to Viktoria Plzen after a 1-1 draw within the Stadio Olimpico.
Mario Goetze netted a brace as Eintracht Frankfurt gained 4-1 at dwelling in opposition to Ajax, claiming a good-looking 6-2 victory over each legs.
Norwegians Bodo/Glimt misplaced 2-1 in opposition to Olympiakos in Athens, however went by way of 4-2 on combination.
Lyon scored 4 with out reply at dwelling to thump Romania’s FCSB 7-1 on combination.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall acquired the winner 10 minutes into the second half at Stamford Bridge to ship Chelsea by way of the Conference League quarter-finals on the expense of Copenhagen, 3-1 over each legs.
Defeated finalists in 2023 and 2024 Fiorentina overturned a first-leg deficit in opposition to Panathinaikos with a 3-1 win in Tuscany, progressing 5-4 on combination.
Celje of Slovenia emerged victorious after a penalty shoot-out at Lugano, on the finish of a topsy-turvy evening in Switzerland which the 10-man hosts gained 5-4 earlier than misfiring badly from the spot.
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