Manchester United’s top goalscorer Marcus Rashford scored another fantastic goal away at Real Betis to seal his team’s passage into the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals and become the youngest Red Devil to score 25 goals in European competitions for the Old Trafford club.United allowed Betis more chances than manager Erik Ten Hag would have liked, but the Spanish side was made to pay for their wastefulness in front of the goal. On the other end, Rashford shone again and scored his sixth goal in this Europa League campaign and 27th goal of the season overall.Marcus Rashford has now overtaken Cristiano Ronaldo for goals scored in Europe for Man United 🔥🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/CxIzXaq2oS— SPORTbible (@sportbible) March 16, 2023 Speaking ahead of his team encounter with the English side, former Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini told the reporters that Betis players have forgotten all about the first leg and the 4-1 defeat. They wanted to produce a performance to make their supporters proud.And so, backed by the noisy Estadio Benito Villamarin, Los Beticos went all out attack, knowing that conceding a goal would mean game over. The green and whites’ iconic captain Joaquin came very close to scoring with a curling shot from outside the area, but it only bounced off the outside of the post and behind.For United, Wout Weghorst found himself with a chance to score just before the break, but he was too slow with his reaction and could only bounce his shot off the post.The hosts pushed even harder, and Ayoze Perez had a great header beaten away but David De Gea.MARCUS RASHFORD, BACK AT IT. WHAT A GOAL! #EuropaLeague pic.twitter.com/3nI7K82paN— Reyi (@Reinaldodcg9) March 16, 2023 Since the Spaniards couldn’t find a way to score, Rashford decided to take matters into his hands. Just a minute after blasting a shot high over the bar, he controlled the ball some 20 metres out and dispatched a wonderful shot into the low corner to beat Dantas da Silva, make it 5-1 on aggregate and drain the life out of the home crowd.Pellegrini’s men lost their confidence, knowing there was no getting back for themUEFA EUROPA LEAGUE – Knockout stageSecond legThursday Betis – Manchester United 0-1 (0-0)/Rashford 56/Fenerbahce – Sevilla 1-0 (1-0)/Valencia 41 pen/Feyenoord – Shakhtar Donetsk 7-1 (3-0)/Gimenez 9, Kokcu 24, 38, Idrissi 49,60, Jahanbakhsh 64, Danilo 67 – Kelsy 87/Freiburg – Juventus 0-2 (0-1)/Vlahovic 45 pen, Chiesa 90+5/23.00: (3.40) St.Gilloise (3.25) Union Berlin (2.35)23.00: (5.00) Ferencvaros (3.70) Leverkusen (1.80)23.00: (1.35) Arsenal (5.00) Sporting (9.00)23.00: (2.05) Sociedad (3.30) Roma (4.20)*** odds are subject to change ***
