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Updated 07/11/2024 at 22:15 GMT
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AMAD DOUBLE STEERS MAN UTD TO FIRST EUROPA LEAGUE WIN
Amad Diallo scored both goals as Manchester United picked up their first UEFA Europa League win of the season, beating PAOK 2-0 at Old Trafford.
The win continued a string of encouraging performances under interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy, who embraced his two-goal hero as the youngster left the field as a substitute in the second half.
Amad opened the scoring shortly after the break with a back-post header that he directed into the far corner, and he made the game safe with an excellent second goal. It was Amad himself who won the ball back, pressing PAOK, and his curling shot from outside the box picked out the bottom corner, aided by a slight deflection.
Victory in Van Nistelrooy’s penultimate game in charge puts them on six points after four matches in the Europa League, lifting them up to 15th in the table.
AMAD SPEAKS TO TNT SPORTS
“It was important to win,” the two-goal star told TNT Sports after the game.
“When I score I like to celebrate with the fans and make people enjoy, I was happy.”
Watch his full interview here:
WATCH AMAD’S SUPERB SECOND
Here’s the goal that sealed victory for Manchester United, scored by two-goal hero Amad Diallo.
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FULL-TIME: A MORALE-BOOSTING WIN FOR MAN UTD
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The final whistle goes and Manchester United celebrate their first Europa League win of the season. Amad’s brace has earned them a deserved 2-0 win over PAOK, which puts them on six points from four matches, firmly in midtable.
Zirkzee, on as a late sub, starts an attack for United with a lovely cross-field pass. He very nearly finishes it off, but can’t quite reach a Rashford shot that almost turned into a cross as it skimmed past the far post.
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There will be four minutes added on at Old Trafford. Manchester United are heading to a much-needed win.
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Casemiro halts a PAOK attack and is booked for his trouble. He won’t mind too much, as it stops any momentum with United looking to shut this game down.
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Casemiro
Manchester United
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Young Shola Shoretire, who came through the United academy before leaving for PAOK this summer, comes on. It’s a special night for the 20-year-old, who has friends and family in the house tonight to watch his Old Trafford appearance.
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Amad goes down with a knock, and Van Nistelrooy takes the opportunity to withdraw him. The United fans stand to applaud their two-goal star.
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M. Mount
Manchester United
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Manchester United
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GOAL! MAN UTD 2-0 PAOK (AMAD)
Manchester United’s young winger wins the ball high, cuts inside and lines up a curling shot with his left foot. It takes a deflection which helps it further out of the keeper’s reach, and the ball nestles in the bottom corner. 2-0.
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A. Diallo
Manchester United
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The visitors add more fresh legs.
UNITED COULD DO WITH THREE POINTS
Three games and three draws isn’t a disastrous start for United in this competition, with a spot in the top 24 in the table enough to ensure at least a play-off spot in the knockout stages. But they could do with a home win to send them up the standings. We’re into the final 20 minutes.
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The game is settling into a bit of a lull, so now’s a good moment to tell you that the only goal of the game is available to watch here:
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The visitors also make a couple of subs, with Bakayoko and Chalov on.
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On come Rashford, Eriksen and Martinez, with Van Nistelrooy clearly keen to strengthen as his team’s second-half dip begins to set in. Garnacho, Ugarte and Dalot head off.
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M. Rashford
Manchester United
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A. Garnacho
Manchester United
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PAOK should be level as Tissoudali is picked out in acres of space in the middle of the box. He has time to take a touch before shooting, but his effort is straight at Onana. What a chance!
Garnacho weaves into the box and goes down as he goes to shoot. There are huge appeals for a penalty, but replays show that it was the United player who kicked the defender, and a spot-kick would have been harsh. VAR agrees.
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Tissoudali is shown a yellow for denying Onana the chance to distribute the ball quickly.
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Ugarte ends up wrong side as he chases back, committing a foul and picking up a booking.
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M. Ugarte
Manchester United
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