The big news: Zlatan powers United to 2-0 win

Manchester United reached the Europa League knockout stages by beating Zorya Luhansk. United beat Luhansk 2-0 as Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were on target. The Red Devils dominated the game with Wayne Rooney and Paul Pogba displaying spectacular skills and outfoxing their opponents.

However, Mkhitaryan’s goal was the talking point, who dribbled from halfway before slotting it home to give United a lead. Jose Mourinho’s side are now favourites for the competition as they go into Monday’s last-32 draw as an unseeded side.

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  1. Barcelona invited Brazilian club Chapecoense to play them in a pre-season friendly next summer. The friendly would be for the Joan Gamper trophy, which is an annual match between Barcelona and an invited team. Nineteen Chapecoense players and staff killed in a plane crash as the team travelled to Colombia for the Copa Sudamericana’s first leg. 
  2. Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter blasted FIFA President Gianni Infantino of disrespecting him and says the new head of world football does not answer his phone calls. Blatter met Infantino to discuss “questions that should be solved” at Fifa. “[Infantino] said ‘I will work on that’ and he never came back,” said Blatter.
  3. Arsène Wenger has said that every club will lose important players and no individual is bigger than Arsenal aiming a shot at Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil. Sánchez and Özil are in talks of extending their contract. However, the Chinese Super League wants Sánchez for £400,000 a week and Özil has been linked with a return to Real Madrid. 
  4. Southampton were knocked out of the Europa League after a 1-1 draw with Hapoel Beer Sheva. The Israeli side made it into the last 32 after a Bar Buzaglo scored a stunner to put them ahead. However, Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk scored in injury time for a fruitless draw.