Arsenal went furthest in their statement, apologising to fans, but there were only brief announcements from Liverpool and Manchester United

The six Premier League clubs who had signed up to become members of a European Super League pulled out on Tuesday night, less than 48 hours after the competition had been announced. It was a startling collapse which began with news that Chelsea, who were playing Brighton at a Stamford Bridge surrounded by protesters, were about to abandon the project. In the end Manchester City became the first club to pull the plug.

Here is what the clubs had to say after their humiliating climbdown.

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• FA ready to ban participating clubs from domestic football
• Project left in tatters after English clubs walk away

The Premier League’s Big Six clubs were forced into humiliating U-turns after a day of intrigue and outrage to leave the proposal of a European Super League in tatters.

Chelsea were the first to brief their withdrawal and, after Manchester City announced they were following suit, the final four – Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham – read the final rites over the breakaway competition just before 11pm with statements that ranged from the terse to the shame-faced.

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Ok bye

• Executive vice-chairman due to go at end of 2021
• Chelsea and Manchester City withdraw from ESL

Ed Woodward has resigned as Manchester United’s executive vice-chairman and will leave the club at the end of the year.

The 49-year-old’s decision comes after eight years in the role. While there will be speculation that the development was related to United signing up to the European Super League, sources at the club claimed that this was not the case and that his departure was amicable.

Related: Super League plans unravel as Chelsea and Man City withdraw – live!

• Protest held outside stadium before game against Brighton
• Fan groups of all six English clubs involved have spoken out

Supporters of English clubs due to join the European Super League have stepped up their opposition to the controversial project, with Chelsea fans protesting outside Stamford Bridge before the club’s home game against Brighton.

The Chelsea Supporters’ Trust has denounced the proposed breakaway as the “ultimate betrayal” and “unforgivable”. With similar sentiments echoed by fan groups across England’s so-called “Rich Six” clubs it is perhaps no surprise that two, Manchester City and Chelsea, are believed to be harbouring second thoughts about swapping the Champions League for the widely condemned new competition.

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Supporters are protesting, contacting MPs, cancelling season tickets and emailing sponsors to express their anger

Fans of the six English clubs that have agreed to join the European Super League are writing to their MPs, organising protests and threatening not to renew club season tickets if the idea goes ahead. Supporters say they have cancelled memberships and plan to support local, less celebrated teams, away from the Premier League. Six fans told us why they feel so strongly about the Super League and what they are doing to express their dismay.

The threat by 12 of Europe’s biggest football clubs to create a closed competition is a betrayal of the world’s most popular sport

In 1954, the Hungarian football masters of Honvéd were invited by Wolverhampton Wanderers to play a novel international friendly at the club’s Molineux stadium. Featuring the famous Ferenc Puskas, Honvéd were beaten 3-2, and the Daily Mail promptly anointed Wolves “champions of the world”. The watching editor of the French sports paper L’Équipe disagreed: “Before we declare that Wolverhampton are invincible,” wrote Gabriel Hanot, “let them go to Moscow and Budapest”.

Within a year the European Cup was up and running, fulfilling Hanot’s romantic vision of new horizons for the winners of national leagues. The competition, later re-branding as the Champions League, made sporting institutions such as Manchester United and Liverpool world-famous. But its ethos has just been comprehensively trashed by those clubs’ current owners, along with the directors of 10 other leading teams from England, Italy and Spain. Their threat to establish a closed Super League of 20 teams, unveiled at the weekend by Joel Glazer, the American owner of Manchester United, has struck at the integrity of the game.

JP Morgan commits €3.25bn to getting breakaway competition off the ground

• European Super League – live updates

The 12 football clubs that have signed up to a European Super League breakaway competition have each been promised a €200m-€300m “welcome bonus” by JP Morgan Chase, the US investment bank financing the controversial project.

The Wall Street giant said on Monday it has committed €3.25bn to getting the new league off the ground and that it would be shared between the clubs when the new competition begins.

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Plans for a European Super League would be very damaging for football and we support football authorities in taking action.

They would strike at the heart of the domestic game, and will concern fans across the country. (1/2)

Each of the English clubs has its own particular ownership, motivation and financial situation that has led it to join the breakaway league

The bombshell that 12 top European clubs have joined a breakaway “super league”, presented as a fait accompli at 11.30pm on Sunday, is the culmination of some big clubs’ manoeuvrings for financial advantage over 25 years. But whereas Uefa bought off previous breakaway threats by expanding the Champions League and delivering more of its revenues to the top clubs – a time-served formula the Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, still believed would work until the weekend – reality has ruthlessly bitten this time.

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We would like to hear from fans of the ‘big six’ clubs in England and fans throughout Europe about the breakaway league

Six English football clubs, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, have said they will join a breakaway competition called the European Super League. Spanish clubs Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, as well as Italian sides Milan, Inter and Juventus have agreed to join the league.

We would like to hear the thoughts of football fans from across Europe – both those whose clubs have been invited to join the league and supporters of clubs who are not part of the plan.

Rodgers reaches his first English final, Spurs wait on Harry Kane’s ankle and Norwich make a welcome return

Brendan Rodgers’ previous FA Cup semi-final visit, in April 2015, ended in disaster, a deserved 2-1 loss with Liverpool to an Aston Villa team inspired by a teenage Jack Grealish. That was an afternoon when Liverpool froze but six years on, Rodgers is a manager with considerably more chops. His Leicester team approached their Sunday night visit to Wembley with poise, confidence and patience. On the sidelines, and even above the 4,000 fans in the stadium as part of a post-Covid experiment, Rodgers’s baritone was audible, talking his players through each passage of play. His suit is always reassuringly expensive but Rodgers remains a tracksuit manager, someone who mucks in with his players on the training field, and the revival of Kelechi Iheanacho, the winning goalscorer, is another example of his ability to improve talent. And a first final in English football is a mark of Rodgers’ continued growth as a manager. John Brewin

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• ‘It’s a criminal act against football fans,’ says Neville
• ‘Deduct them all points ... take their money off them,” he adds

Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville has reacted furiously to reports that several Premier League clubs have agreed to take part in a new breakaway European super league.

With an announcement on plans for the new competition thought to be imminent, Neville said it was time to “wrestle back power” from the clubs involved, saying they were being motivated by “pure greed”. Speaking as a pundit on Sky Sports, Neville took aim at the clubs involved – reported to be Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea and Liverpool, alongside European giants such as Real Madrid and Juventus.

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Two late goals, one from Mason Greenwood and one from Edinson Cavani, gave United the win, cementing their hold on second place

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Right then, that’s us – thanks all for your company and comments, sorry I couldn’t get to them all. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, which will, of course, benefit hugely from even more football, so here it is. Join Rob Smyth, now.

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Here’s Jamie Jackson’s match report:

Related: Mason Greenwood double and Cavani take Manchester United past Burnley

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United have won seven of their last eight games now, but they’d like to be playing a bit better than they are. On the other hand, I doubt any team in world football has been as busy as they have this past year, and their ability to find what they need despite that is very impressive.

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“The ‘elastico’ is the name given to a game between Sheffield Utd and Norwich,” sniggers Ian Copestake.

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The scoreline makes this look comfortable, but the reality is that it was anything but. United move to within eight points of the league leaders, while Burnley stay seven points off relegation but have lost three straight.

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United defend desperately as Vydra ploughs forward, Shaw making a brilliant challenge that, in the end, secures the points. United finally get the ball away and then pick a succession of correct passes, Cavani spreading right to Greenwood who might go for his hat-trick but instead moves it back inside to Fernandes. He plays a lush no-look pass, beautifully weighted, wide to Van de Beek, who squares for Cavani to tap in.

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90+1 min United attack again and Fernandes finds himself one-on-one with the keeper but he’s forced to go outside him, and with men in the middle screeching for the ball, Fernandes shoots from a narrow angle and Peacock-Farrell saves again.

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90 min There’ll be four additional minutes.

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90 min Greenwood is so sharp at the moment and he sees McTominay coming, rolling him in on the outside, right of the box, but Peacock-Farrrell parries behind.

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89 min Cork is late on Van de Beek, applying birthday beats by way of studs onto foot. He’s booked.

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88 min Burnley send on Rodriguez for Gudmundsson.

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87 min Burnley send on Vydra for Brownhill while, in commentary, they note that pressure was building. United didn’t look especially like scoring but the thing is, the have so may ridiculous attackers that it’s never much of a stretch, and that goal looked to me like a self-fulfilling prophesy – it happened because Burnley were feart it was going to happen.

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Poor old Burnley. They din’t get the corner away and United sustain their attack, Pogba spreading play to Greenwood whose ability to make space and shoot true is what provokes this goal, even if, when he drives low and hard, he needs a deflection off Cork’s heel to take the ball inside the near post, with Peacock-Farrell moving towards the far.

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84 min Before the corner, United bring on Van de Beek for a little birthday runaround; an extremely displeased Rashford makes way.

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83 min Fernandes plays a lovely ball out to Wan-Bissaka, who lays back for McTominay; his lowish cross is deflected behind.

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81 min Burnley have played really well today. If they can avoid conceding again, given Fulham’s soul-crushing draw, this would be a very good day for them.

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79 min Wood anticipates McTominay’s heavy touch and nips in front of him, riding the inevitable foul. The free-kick yields a corner, and Burnley will fancy that; Neville reckons they were too deep for the goal, which meant that if Tarkowski got to the ball, he had a great chance to score, and they do likewise this time ... but Henderson claims.

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78 min Burnley win a free-kick down the left and here come the big men again, but this time Tarkowski is penalised at the back post.

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78 min “Re: 64 minutes,” says David Wall, “is it called an elastico? I seem to remember that name coming up when Pogba started doing it when he was at Juventus, and people were saying it’s originally a Brazilian trick.

As for the breakaway league, the answer’s simple isn’t it, just don’t buy the TV subscription for it (there’s no way it’ll be on free-to-air). Even if people in other countries do, if no one in the UK was watching it then the English clubs would soon drop out. But then, if only it was actually that easy to do what we know is the right thing to do (even when it’s obvious and simple) then the world would be a better place and we’d all be much healthier.”

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76 min Rashford picks a fine pass between two defenders, onto which Shaw barrels, attacking Tarkowski. You can almost smell the penalty through the screen as he skips past him, but Tarkowski somehow misses with his scythe and Shaw either isn’t savvy enough or cynical enough to find it.

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75 min Tarkowski is down holding his face, but he’ll be ok.

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73 min “How long are we going to pretend that Maguire is good enough?” asks Adam Roberts.

Again, I think this is a bit more nuanced. He’s not as good as the best United have had, but he’s made and is making a huge difference – he’s been especially influential lately. United have a fair few players who are top-four level, who are good enough to play in a title-winning team, but only if they’ve one or two more championship-winning mates alongside them. Lindelof has also been on it lately, but if he were to be replaced with someone better and faster, you’d see a better version of Maguire and a defence that might just be up to doing something.

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72 min “Yeah, what you looking at?”

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71 min Pogba tries a stepover, in the process imparting studs to knee. Wood goes down, but the ref realises what’s gone on and lets things be.

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70 min Rashford sticks one in behind for Shaw, who’s been relatively quiet today, and he dashes to the line then clips back for Fernandes, arriving onto the ball to butt a header hard towards the near post, where Peacock-Farrell gets down. United are upping it.

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68 min Nice from United, probing down the right with Fernandes and Greenwood, whose driven cross is blocked away. United maintain pressure though, Maguire skipping forward like a fairy elephant and punching an excellent pass into Rashford, whose first touch, aimed at dragging it into space and stride, isn’t good enough and the ball runs away.

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67 min The truth is that we’re lucky none of this has happened until now.

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66 min “Fair enough,” returns Nick Wiltsher, “I can see that point. I suppose in my utopian left-behind league there would a re-evaluation of how much money is actually needed to do what football is meant to do, i.e. provide joy and despair and the rest to people who like the game and the clubs. I mean, dependency is meant to be something to wean yourself off, right? But I do accept that the cold turkey phase would be no fun.”

I’ll say it again: football’s problem is that it’s too damn amazing.

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64 min Rashford drives at Tarkowski, absolutely diddling him with the Ronaldinho flick-flack or whatever it’s called, driving a cross towards Cavani that earns a corner. In comes that, picking out Maguire, but the ball’s a little behind him and he can only head wide.

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63 min Wood does really well to hold the ball up, standing up Wan-Bisska, then lays back for McNeill, who leathers a shot ... directly into Brownhill’s phizog. That might’ve been going in, but in fairness Brownhill was offside. That’ll teach him.

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61 min RaShford attacks the box and jiggles past one challenge but – as is happening to him a lot at the moment - he’s lost in the supermarket, unhappy with the shooting lane presented him to jinking further to try and find a better one, ending up with nothing. He then gets another go, megging Cork just outside the box, but he can’t force his shot towards goal.

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60 min “Ultimately, football’s problem is that it’s too damn greedy....” emails Tom James, but I think it’s bit more nuanced than that. “Football” is a sport not a person, and the greed here is coming from owners of a few big clubs, who have specific motives, money among them.

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57 min “I’ve probably missed something, and I respect the other opinion” says Nick Wiltshwer, “but: why not let ‘em go? If the top five of a league that’s grossly stratified by wealth do one, maybe the rest of us left behind can have some fun for once, instead of fighting for the scraps. And come on, it would be schadenfreude city seeing which of the ‘elite’ clubs end up as mid-table mediocrities when they have to pick on teams their own size, and how long they stay ‘super’ when stupefaction sets in.”

I think that the “rest” depend on the money generated by the rich clubs, and if they suddenly vanished there’d be big problems.

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55 min Henderson is having a dodgy day, and he sprints out to claim another cross that’s none of his business, clattering Lindelof ... who gets just enough on it to make sure that his keeper isn’t embarrassed by a follow-up shot when folded like a deckchair on the ground.

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53 min Mary Waltz is vexed. “My boss at the time I got into football, a Indian British ex-pat, introduced me to the Premier league. NBC had started their coverage stateside. He was a United fan but he told me you have to pick a team. Everyone in my circle were United, Liverpool, big six fans. That seemed too bandwagony for my tastes. I read a Guardian story about Everton setting up a walk-in centre for their locals with mental health issues. That actual connection to their fans in the community, not just writing checks but actually being involved with their people, sealed the deal for me, that’s the team I want to follow. This super league is the exact opposite of that ethos, it’s naked greed and it’s disgusting.”

Ultimately, football’s problem is that it’s too damn amazing so has become the best way to communicate to a global audience.

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52 min That’s great stuff from Burnley, because United had started the half well – a portent that has not augured well for their opponents.

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McNeill’s delivery is decent and with Maguire caught under the ball, Tarkowski leans on him slightly, depositing man and ball over the line with much elan. United have been better on set-pieces recently, but that was poor from them.

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49 min Burnley win a corner down the left...

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As with so many United moves, it begins in earnest with Shaw driving down the left. He finds Rashford and when Lowton dives in, the ball motors through his legs like a double-decker bus. Rashford then clips over a low cross, which Fernandes allows through his legs with exhibition casu-wal-ness, finding Greenwood, and you know what’s coming next: an expert’s finish punched back towards the far corner.

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46 min Off we go again. Henderson has a baseball hat perched atop his head like he’s sitting on the bus with his daysaver.

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And we’ll not be seeing Fred for the second half - he’s replaced by Cavani, which makes plenty of sense. Pogba will move into midfield, with Greenwood going right and Rashford left.

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“Quick half-time check of the Fantasy League reveals McTomimay and Fred as the best players in this game so far,” emails Dean Kinsella. “A comparatively unlauded duo, I feel they have been crucial to Utd’s improvement throughout this season. They are stoppers without a doubt, but both are beginning to show fine skill sets, awareness of what is going on around them and creating to good effect. I feel they are going to be central to Utd’s team for the foreseeable future.”

I’d say yes on McTominay, no on Fred. The former is developing into a really good player, as worst a brilliant first reserve should a number 6 arrive this summer, but Fred isn’t good enough for where United would like to be.

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Every word of this – rich though it is to see the Premier League casting itself as the poor victim, rather than an institution which helped bring about this frankly revolting state of affairs.

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Someone’s just sent me a still of Wood’s challenge on Henderson right at the death there - he’s getting him two-footed on knee and tight. Hopefully I’ll get a proper picture of it shortly, but while I don’t want this kind of thing to be a red card, I’m also not sure how the laws allow it not to be.

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Back to our earlier discussions, football governance was a topic that came up in a chat I had the week before last with Andy Burnham, mayor of Manchester. If that, racism in football, burgling Duncan Ferguson, or what on earth makes a person want to be Prime Minister are of interest to you, you can find the link for it here.

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Burnley played pretty well there, looking solid at the back and lively in attack. United had their moments too, but didn’t create much of note.

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45+1 min McTominay goes up for another header and this time is penalised, giving McNeill a chance to stick one into the Kenwood. Tarkowski wins it too, but his header to the far post catches Wood offside, not that he knows, so instead he slides into Henderson, who wears what looks like a right sair yin. But he’ll be fine.

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45 min There’ll be one additional minute.

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45 min Wood goes up with McTominay and in the process of winning the ball introduces forearm to lughole. It wasn’t deliberate, though, so a free-kick is the only consequence.

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44 min Quite.

“We demand that you drop your reckless plans.”

✍️ Fans’ groups from clubs on the @ECAEurope Board have written an open letter to chairman Andrea Agnelli opposing #UCL reforms. FSE has signed the letter & fully supports their stance. #StopUCLReforms pic.twitter.com/lY7BQwu65L

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43 min “I can’t concentrate on the game, me,” Neville returns, saying the teams involved should be docked points for making their move during the season/

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42 min Wood’s having a really good game, and when Lowton cracks a free-kick into the box from wide right, halfway, Tarkowski wins the header and Wood lashes wide of the near post.

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40 min Gary Neville calls the super league plans, during a pandemic, “a scandal” and says that the clubs involved should be “ashamed of themselves”. Sadly, though, ruining European club football would be one of the more benevolent things some of these have done in their lives.

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40 min Looking at that chance again, Rashford was probably offside – by a fraction.

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38 min Pogba slides a fine ball down the outside-right channel, sending Rashford screeching away, but he overhits his cross. United, though, retrieve possession and Fernandes spreads to Rashford and this time his cross is a fine one, between keeper and backline. but Greenwood, sliding in when perhaps he didn’t need to, lunges so wildly that it passes through his legs.

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35 min Lindelof sends another long ball over the top - this is a nice line he’s developing – and Rashford stays onside then incites Peacock-Farrell to charge off his line, dashing past him ... then falling over! He’s sure he was fouled but looking again, the ball megs the keeper who does brilliantly to just stand his ground, leaving Rashford with nowhere to go.

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34 min Lowton puts another decent ball into the box and Wood goes down, a hand from Wan-Bissaka on his back, but it didn’t look like any force was applied so neither ref nor VAR appraise a penalty.

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33 min Lindelof picks a find clips over the top for Greenwood – as he did for Rashford in Granada – but Greenwood goes too early, for no reason whatsoever.

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31 min This is excellent from Lowton, looking up and picking a tremendous cross for Wood who darts between Lindelof and Maguire like a man dashing onto a train right as the doors are closing. He gets a head on it too, but can only send the ball wide of the near post.

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30 min Shaw’s corner is a decent one, swinging in towards Pogba at the near post, but he gets slightly underneath it and can’t quite contort his body into the glancing header required, catching it too thick and sending it over the bar.

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29 min After a slightly quieter period, United get the ball out to Rashford who moves into the box down its left and Lowton doesn’t fancy making a challenge. So Rashford clatters a shot towards the near post, which Peacock-Farrell tips over.

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27 min “I remember 2017-18 where even though United finished second, you could see that Liverpool would be main challengers to City going forward. You sense that with Chelsea right now. Unless United have a transformative summer. That would mean Varane, Haaland and one in midfield. In which case wrap up number 21.”

I see your point but not sure I agree with that. Well, I agree that the 17-18 second place didn’t mean a lot and that Chelsea will be better, but so will United, and if you remember that they lost three of their first games having had no pre-season, they weren’t far off a serious challenge this time round.

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25 min Wan-Bissaka slips into a tackle with Brownhill, who slides down the Old Trafford ski-slope and is still receiving treatment as the yellow card is brandished.

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24 min Lindelof tries to shepherd the ball out of play with Taylor up his arse ... and it runs out of gas, forcing him to step in. This is a big chance for Burley to get men into the box, but United clear the corner easily enough.

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23 min “Lifelong LFC fan here,” emails Julian Smith. “If the leak regarding our club’s plans is true, as Shanks might have put it: ‘Ahm oot’. I’d hope that tens of thousands of Liverpool’s and the other clubs’ supporters would agree and act.

Disgusting self interest, and as mentioned earlier in the MBM, relevant bodies should have acted years ago to protect our clubs and supporters and give our them special community asset status. Shocking, but somehow not surprising.”

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22 min Looking again at that disallowed goal, Shaw’s heel is slightly shorter than Wood’s toes. It was offside, but only just and more by accident than design.

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21 min Shaw slings on in behind for Rashford and for a moment it looks like something might happen, but then the flag goes up.

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20 min Pogba has been United’s best player so far – he’s been pretty consistent this season, the only real problem him picking up the injuries that he struggles to avoid. I’m guessing, but my hunch is that he stays at United now.

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19 min United counter and Pogba spreads wide to Shaw, but Mee is there to head his cross away and when United maintain pressure, Pogba flips out to Greenwood who lamps a low cross straight at Peacock-Farrell.

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18 min United have struggled for tempo at home to teams sitting deep, but this game actually has a bit of something.

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16 min Both sides look lively going forward, and after more probing from United, Rashford suddenly injects pace with a ball in behind that Bruno chases, but he can’t quite catch up with it.

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14 min A flick from Bruno finds Rashford, whose return ball is slightly behind him. Overload lost, he instead seeks a shooting lane, curling a low one just wide of the far post.

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13 min United move it nicely and Greenwood dips inside, then leathers a shot which Taylor blocks and Cork brings it forward before finding Wood who, with Henderson expecting a through-pass, drags a low shot that he dives to save.

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11 min Rashford turns up on the right with Greenwood moving central, which suggests that United’s front three have a fair amount of creative freedom. It’s not exactly the modern way - Klopp and Guardiola are quite prescriptive about who should be where and when – but it makes plenty of sense, especially if you have intelligent, improvisational attackers.

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10 min Excellent from Wan-Bissaka,who’s attacking has improved a lot this season. He takes a touch to get the ball out of his feet then swings it into the box where Pogba, up early, wins the header well before Tarkowski and sends a looper towards the goal that Peacock-Farrell claws away. The corner comes to nowt.

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9 min We’ve settled into a bit of a pattern, United dominating possession and looking to move Burnley around, while Burnley are settled into shape.

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8 min Earlier this afternoon, United Women beat Burnley Women 6-0 in the cup; they now play Leicester in round 5.

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7 min It takes them a few goes, but eventually Burnley see the corner clear.

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6 min Shaw crosses towards the back post where Wan-Bissaka’s up, but he can only head into bodies and behind.

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5 min I should note that United’s lower tiers – where the terraces used to be, basically – now have black anti-racism banners. I know it sounded like a miserable excuse, but the players losing red shirts on red seats sounds plausible to me.

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4 min Better from United, Rashford – who’s playing through the middle with Greenwood off the right – finding Wan-Bissaka, who cuts back for McTominay. He punches a shot goalwards, but a defender gets in the road; really, he needed to put a foot through that.

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4 min This is a terrific start from Burnley.

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3 min United have yet to rouse themselves, another ball into the box allowed to bounce with Wood looking to impart the flick; he doesn’t quite make it and Henderson collects.

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1 min With 215 seconds gone, Henderson charges out to win a ball drives in to Chris Wood, who’s maybe 16 yards out; Wood gets a flick over the keeper, but was fractionally offside, having gone just before Luke Shaw. That’s a colossal let-off for United and Henderson in particular, who looks suitably sheepish.

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1 min Away we go!

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The players take a knee. Fight racism, people; all black lives matter.

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There’ll be a silence for Prince Philip.

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The players are with us.

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“Eight years ago I abandoned watching the NFL after decades of loyal following because of the CTE scandal,” returns Mary Waltz. “Their gross indifference towards the welfare of their employees was too much and that is why I started watching the Premier League. The history of the big clubs and the tiny clubs together was refreshing. I am not naive, I know it’s a business but this super league talk is monstrous. The PL makes so much money already, telling all the mid-level teams ‘Go ahead, die, we don’t care’ so we can make even more money is beyond evil. It must be stopped. Boycott!!!!!”

Ultimately, this is what happens when clubs are owned by people looking to take out as much money as they can, or spread nationalist propaganda as far as they can. English football has been let down by the FA Premier League and government, who could have stopped this by giving clubs a special status as community assets, but of course they did not.

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“I’m pretty sure Jones only got a new contract in the last year or so,” says Kevin Wilson, “even when he was in and out of the team. Utd’s best hope of selling him is for Sunderland to gain two promotions. They’re usually a happy buyer of Utd’s rejects.”

Yes, there was a fascination with protecting value – they did the same with Marcos Rojo, to no obvious benefit – rather than pruning a bloated and inadequate squad as quickly as possible.

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Pre-match reading: someone wrote this, about why Solskjær was the right man to take United on, before the season started. He’s made loads of mistakes and will continue to do so, but that he knows something is now unarguable.

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“The only thing that will stop this gross example of corporate greed will be a massive public boycott campaign,” says Mary Waltz. “These heartless expletives need to know that we will not allow them to ruin the history and glory of every European football league. This makes me want to vomit.”

Yes, that’s about right – problem being one look at the world’s various governments tells you that most people don’t care all that much about that which doesn’t directly affect them.

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To win at Old Trafford, Dyche says, “you need to play with a body-language of intent,” and he wants his players to “take the game on”. His team are undefeated in their last five visits to the ground, so will fancy themselves to get something out of this one

Rashford, meanwhile, says he does what he can to get out onto the pitch – that’s where he’s happiest because he’s helping the team. But to put some flesh on the bone of Solskjaer’s earlier quotation, Rashford told him he was good today for the first time in a while, rather than hasn’t told him he’s good for a while.

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@ManUtd have come from behind to win 9️⃣ #PL matches this season - only Newcastle in 2001/02 (10) have won more having fallen behind in PL history#MUNBUR pic.twitter.com/Wuna1QpCnF

I remember watching one of these games – a win over Leeds, where Kieron Dyer burned up Rio Ferdinand, who was left in a heap on the ground. In his post-match interview, Dyer laughed at “Rio left eating the grass,” at which point I realised that they were using the Premier League to take the mickey out of their mates while I, ages with them, was not. It was a chastening moment.

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“Who’d take Phil Jones?” wonders Christopher Flaherty. “Lazio loaned Andreas Pereira (three league starts).”

I think if he made big compromises on his wages, he’d find someone in the bottom half of the league. People have forgotten because they prefer to focus on the injuries and the gurning, but he’s a good player.

3.34pm BST

This would be absolutely dreadful. Football makes money because it exists, it doesn’t exist to make money.

Related: Five English clubs sign up to European super league, report says

3.30pm BST

Eeesh. Eddie Nketiah has equalised for Arsenal in the sixth minute of injury-time. The game finishes 0-0, and Fulham look well and truly did.

Related: Arsenal v Fulham: Premier League – live!

3.29pm BST

For the first time this season, I think, United don’t have a midweek fixture, which probably influenced the decision to force Rashford through another 90 minutes. And it makes some sort of sense too – he looked well off it against Granada the week before last, until he scored a gorgeous goal.

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Apparently, Solskjaer noted that Cavani hasn’t played three games in a week for a long time, so they decided he’d sit this one out, and on Rashford, who didn’t play on Thursday night, he said “it’s a long time since I’ve asked him how you are and he’s said good. A very long time.”

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Burnley, meanwhile, make two changes from last weekend’s defeat to Newcastle, Taylor replacing Pieters at left-back and Cork coming into midfield instead of Vydra and to facilitate the change from 4-4-2 to 4-5-1. Nick Pope isn’t quite fit enough to return in net, but Dwight McNeill, also a doubt, is good to go.

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Meanwhile, Rangers lead Celtic after 15 minutes of their Scottish Cup quarter – Luke McLaughlin will coax you through that one.

Related: Rangers v Celtic: Scottish Cup last-16 – live!

3.19pm BST

Fulham are a minute and injury-time away from their first-ever win at the The Arsenal. Check out the closing stages with Rob Smyth.

Related: Arsenal v Fulham: Premier League – live!

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United’s starting XI when Burnley beat them last season: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Jones, Maguire, Williams; Fred, Matic; Mata, Pereira, James; Martial. Goodness me.

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Ole Gunnar Solskjær makes one change to the side which won so impressively at Spurs last weekend, Mason Greenwood, who was decisive off the bench, coming in for Edinson Cavani, who gets a rest. One thing to note is that both Fred and McTominay start – not, I’d imagine, because they’re thought essential for this game but because in Europe they’re both likely to be in so the team need to get accustomed to playing with Pogba coming off the left. There are good elements to this – he’s so hard to shake off the ball in wide areas, and so effective with no defensive responsibility – but it forces Marcus Rashford to the right, where he’s nowhere near as effective, and when Cavani returns, means no Greendwood. It’s also worth noting that Juan Mata is on the bench and Amad Diallo is not – chances are, he’s not as far along in his development as people might wish him to be.

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Manchester United (an unnecessarily implacable 4-2-3-1): Henderson; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; Fred, McTominay; Pogba, Fernandes, Rashford; Greenwood. Subs: De Gea, Cavani, Mata, James, Telles, Matic, Williams, Van de Beek, Tuanzebe.

Burnley (a they shall not pass 4-5-1): Peacock-Farrell; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor; Cork, Westwood, Brownhill, Gudmundsson, McNeil; Wood. Subs: Norris, Stephens, Rodriguez, Pieters, Bardsley, Vydra, Nartey, Dunne, Richardson.

4.17pm BST

Both in sport and in life, it’s rare that change can be marked by a particular event – occasionally, people hate us on sight but usually it builds over time. But on 22nd January 2020, Burnley won at Old Trafford, after which Manchester United signed Bruno Fernandes and following which they did not lose another league game that season; they’ve still to beaten away from home. The Norwegian PE teacher was under a lot of pressure back then – he still is now, his job being his job – except discussion is no longer about when he’s getting sacked, rather how good his players must be at shinning up rope, climbing the cage and bench ball.

On the face of things, today’s game is relatively unimportant, given how comfortably United are ensconced in second, likewise Manchester City are in first ... and yet. United’s run-in sees them visit Leeds, Villa and Wolves, while hosting Liverpool, Leicester and Fulham, games they could easily botch while those below them take advantage. And on the other hand, if they win today then again next weekend, they’ll be five points off the top with City facing a succession of crucial and difficult altercations. It’s not remotely on, but it’s not quite off yet either.

Manchester United are ensuring Manchester City, seeking a third title in four years, feel some breath on their necks. This victory closes the gap to eight points and eyes now turn to Wednesday when Pep Guardiola’s side are at Aston Villa.

With six games left the chance remains remote that City will perform a Devon Loch but at this juncture United are the same margin behind after 32 matches as in April 2012 when the roles were reversed and Roberto Mancini’s side took the title on the final day, courtesy of Sergio Agüero’s 94th-minute winner against QPR.

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• Amazon Prime making film on Manchester United midfielder
• Solskjær not giving up on unlikely late title charge

Ole Gunnar Solskjær is unconcerned by Paul Pogba being the subject of an Amazon Prime documentary, as Manchester United’s manager believes the midfielder will remain focused on winning games for the club.

In the absence of the suspended Harry Maguire, the Frenchman was made captain for Thursday’s 2-0 win over Granada that confirmed passage to a second consecutive Europa League semi-final, which will be Solskjær’s fifth time in a cup competition’s last four as the club’s manager. Pogba impressed in a display that included creating Edinson Cavani’s opener and Solskjær is calm about a documentary that will be aired next year.

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Manchester United can cut the gap to Manchester City to eight points by beating Burnley but even then only six games will remain so Ole Gunnar Solskjær is right to rate as unrealistic the chance of a late surge for the title. But finishing second is an improvement on last year so there is an incentive against a Burnley team who will aim to be problematic for the home side. Jamie Jackson

Sunday 4pm Sky Sports Premier League

• Manchester United midfielder criticises his former manager
• Pogba points to Solskjær’s different way of working

Paul Pogba has attacked José Mourinho’s man-management style, accusing him of “going against players” and making them feel like “they don’t exist any more”.

Mourinho made Pogba the world’s most expensive player after his 2016 appointment as Manchester United manager. Pogba was instrumental as United claimed a League Cup and Europa League double in 2017, but the pair had an uneasy relationship before Mourinho was sacked in December 2018 and succeeded by Ole Gunnar Solskjær.

Related: Edinson Cavani eases Manchester United past Granada and into semis

Tuchel v Guardiola at Wembley, Leicester need Covid trio and Jürgen Klopp’s front-three selection problems

The blueprint for beating Manchester City is not complex, because it is identical to the blueprint for beating any other team: attack well and defend properly. Of course there are subtleties within that and City’s ability to retain possession while creating chances can make both aspects extremely taxing, but Chelsea are better placed than most to find a way. At some point, Thomas Tuchel will probably instruct his team to play more expansively than they do now, but at Wembley he will station two defensive midfielders in front of three centre-backs – a difficult barrier for any team to pick through, never mind one facing players as good as Chelsea’s. Going forward, though, things are trickier, because although City’s defensive record is better than their defending, Tuchel has yet to find the right creative blend. He will, though, be heartened by the recent improvement of Christian Pulisic and Kai Havertz. DH

Man City v Chelsea, FA Cup semi-final (Saturday, 5.30pm. All times BST)

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Man City v Chelsea, FA Cup semi-final (Saturday, 5.30pm. All times BST)

Leeds v Liverpool, Premier League (Monday 8pm)

Manchester United v Burnley, (Sunday, 4pm)

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Arsenal v Fulham, Premier League (Sunday, 1.30pm)

Manchester United booked their place in the semi-finals, where an appointment over two legs against Roma awaits

• Read Jamie Jackson’s match report from Old Trafford

10.38pm BST

Jamie Jackson was at Old Trafford to see Manchester United ease through to the semi-finals of the Europa League. Here’s how he saw the action unfold.

Related: Edinson Cavani eases Manchester United past Granada and into semis

10.27pm BST

Bruno Fernandes speaks: ““It was a good game,” he says. “The Europa League is always difficult to play. It doesn’t matter who you play against. We know Granada have quality - they can create something. We did well. We controlled the game and had a lot of the ball. We kept the ball moving. The result shows that.”

On the prospect of facing Roma: “Every team will give you problems,” he tells BT Sport. “They have a good organisation defensively, they can create problems offensively. Some of their players have played in England. We know what we have to do. If we do the right things, we will have our chances to win the game.”

10.07pm BST

Hats off to United. But first, mega-hats off to Granada, who have defied the odds in getting this far. A team assembled for less than €8m has done themselves proud in their first European adventure. They played well tonight but couldn’t find that cutting edge up front.

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United are through to the semi-final: It was pretty routine for United, even if Granada did squander several decent chances against a team that never really had to come out of second gear. They will play Roma in the last four, while Arsenal will face Villarreal.

9.52pm BST

United score. A Juan Mata cross from the left evades all comers except Granada defender Jesus Vallejo, who unwittingly sticks it past his own goalkeeper with his face. THat about sums Granada’s night up and their heroic European odyssey is over.

9.49pm BST

90 min: A brilliant save from point-blank range from De Gea, who somehow keeps out a header from point-blank range from Herrera.

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89 min: Granada corner. The ball’s swung into the United penalty area and cleared at the near post.

9.46pm BST

87 min: Close but no cigar again for Granada, as Victor Diaz is teed up but shoots straight at De Gea form distance.

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81 min: Manchester U|nited double-substitution: Amad Diallo (on for his senior debut) and Brandon Williams on for Mason Greenwood and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

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78 min: As you can probably imagine with Manchester United three goals to the good on aggregate, the tie is petering out. United are going to help it peter out even more by making another double-substitution whenever the opportunity arises.

9.34pm BST

74 min: There was a long break in play there as Fred received treatment for an injury and the referee brandished a couple of yellow cards in the general direction of a group of players. I think Yangel Herrera got one of them but I can’t be sure.

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72 min: Manchester United substitution: Bruno Fernandes off, Juan Mata on. Dan James on for Edinson Cavani. Granada substitution: Carlos Neva off, Victor Diaz on.

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69 min: Twenty minutes remain and Granada need three goals to take the tie to extra time. They’ve had a few decent chances but need to start putting them away. Yangel Herrera tries a shot from the edge of the United penalty area but his effort is blocked.

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66 min: Another Granada chance goes to waste as German scuffs a shot wide of the far post after a curled free-kick drops from wide on the right breaks his way.

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63 min: The game is something of a non-event at this stage, with Granada plugging away gamely despite knowing the task of scoring four goals against superior opposition is beyond them. Manchester United are comfortably keeping them at arm’s length.

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60 min: German gets booked, either for a late tackle on Fernandes, or for handling the ball as he slid through the Portuguese with his arms outstretched.

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55 min: Edinson Cavani shoulders the ball wide of the far post after giving his man the slip but failing to make proper contact with his head from around the penalty sport. A let-off for Granada.

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52 min: Half-time substitution that escaped me: Roberto Soldado off, Luis Suarez (not that one) on.

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49 min: Chances at either end, as Jorge Molina heads into the hands of David De Gea, via a deflectino off the face of Aaron wan Bissaka. Moments later, Greenwood fires straight at Rui Silva, having been teed up by Donny van de Beek.

9.07pm BST

48 min: Off topic but more important than anything that’s going on at Old Trafford. Excellent work from Arsenal, who are battering Slavia Prague in their second leg ...

.@Arsenal #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/uZ7Eh0AnwC

9.04pm BST

46 min: Play begins, with one change in personnel on either side. For Granada, Kenedy makes way for Antonio Puertes. For United, Donny van de Beek is on for Paul Pogba.

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Peep! It’s half-time at Old Trafford lead with the only shot on target either team could muster. Edinson scored the goal, rifling home a left-footed volley after six minutes.

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45 min: Lovely play from United. Paul Pogba sort of donkey-kicks the ball down the touchline, whereupon Cavani heads the ball inside to Pogba who had run to receive the return pass. He lays it off to Fernandes for the shot and the Portuguese elects to try to pick out of Cavani on the edge of the six-yard box instead and the ball bounces wide. A waste, but very impressive from Pogba.

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43 min: Mason Greenwood blasts a shot well wide from the edge of the Granada penalty area. He went for power rather than finesse.

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40 min: Pogba tries to send Greenwood on his way up the right flank with a ball from deep, but the youngster is unable to shake off his marker.

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39 min: Fernandes pulls a shot well wide of the far post after being teed up on the edge of the Granada penalty area by Cavani.

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38 min: Pogba is limping following a collision with Kenedy.

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36 min: It’s nice and relaxed for United, who are three goals to the good across the tie. They’re keeping Granada at arms length but the Spanish team have had a couple of decent chances. Paul Pogba runs at their defence, plays the ball to Cavani but is unable to collect the return pass.

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34 min: Good tackle from Jesus Vallejo, who slides in to prevent Mason Greenwood getting away down the right wing.

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32 min: Bruno Fernades volleys over from a tight angle after connecting with a ball over the top from Nemanja Matic. It wasn’t a terrible effort.

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28 min: Manchester United throw-in, deep in their own half after Darwin Machis fails to keep the ball in play. Granada substitution: Maxime Gonalons off with a shoulder injury, 38-year-old Jorge Molina on. It’s a striker on for a central midfielder.

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25 min: A brilliant block tackle from Maxime Gonalons, who wins possession for Granada on the edge of the final third then plays the ball wide to Kenedy. The Brazilian is promptly dispossessed.

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23 min: On the touchline, Donny Van De Beek is warming up for Manchester United. Is Ole Gunner Solskjær going to hook Paul Pogba before he gets sent off?

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20 min: From the free-kick, Yangel Herrera blows a wonderful chance to pull a goal back for Granada. He got in behind Herrera to steer a free header from seven yards just wide of the right post. He should have scored!!!

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19 min: Roberto Soldado gets booked for dissent. He appeared to be asking for a second yellow for Pogba, who had just tackled Yangel Herrera from behind. Pogba needs to watch his step here.

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18 min: Granada throw-in, deep in Manchester United territory. Carlos Neva and Roberto Soldado combine down by the touchline but the hosts clear.

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17 min: Paul Pogba gets booked for catching Granada skipper German with his elbow as he tried to hold him off. That looked a little harsh.

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15 min: Fred plays the ball high behind Granada’s high line for Mason Greenwood to chase, but overcooks his pass. Rui Silva dashes out of his penalty area and beats the United striker to the ball.

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13 min: Kenedy, the Brazilian winger on loan at Granada from Chelsea, picks up the ball on the right wing but is unable to get a cross into Roberto Soldado. Granada are doing OK, despite their horror-start.

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10 min: Granada right-back Dimitri Foulquier sends a cross into the Manchester United penalty area. It’s put out for a corner, which Bruno Fernandes hacks clear at the near post. United win a free-kick in their own penalty area.

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8 min: Granada corner. Yangel Herrera rises to steer a header just wide of the bottom right-hand corner. De Gea was beaten.

8.08pm BST

Edinson Cavani extends Manchester United’s lead. A cross from the left and Paul Pogba sends a looping backward header into the path of Cavani. He scores with a left-footed volley from just inside the Granada penalty area. The ball sails into the bottom-right hand corner.

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5 min: Granada attack on the counter, their effort comes to naught and then Manchester United surge forward. With Mason Greenwood haring through the centre in acres of space, Edinson Cavani’s pass from the inside left is too near Granada goalkeeper Rui Silva.

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3 min: Foulquier belts the ball out of play for a Manchester United throw-in, deep in Granada territory.

8.03pm BST

1 min: Play begins with Manchester United wearing their usual home kit, while the players of Granada are wearing black shirts, black shorts and white socks. Moments after kick-off, Axel Tuanzebe is penalised for a foul on Roberto Soldado.

8.01pm BST

Not long now: The teams are out on the pitch, United led by Paul Pogba and Granada led by German. The Spanish visitors have been patronised to within an inch of their lives by several memebrs of the BT Sport matchday team, who don’t give them a prayer.

That’s fair enough because they probably don’t have a prayer. However, one suspects that in the Mastermind chair, neither Jake Humphrey nor Paul Scholes would be able to point to the beautiful city on a map of Spain, let alone tell you anything about how far its football team has come in recent years.

7.29pm BST

David De Gea starts in goal, as he did in the first leg, while Axel Tuanzebe and Victor Lindelof are in the heart of United’s defence. Despite speculation that 18-year-old winger Amad Diallo, who arrived at Manchester United from Atalanta in January for a fee that could rise to £37m, might start tonight the Ivorian is on the bench.

7.03pm BST

Manchester United (4-3-3): De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Telles, Tuanzebe, Lindelof, Fred, Matic, Fernandes, Pogba, Greenwood, Cavani.

Subs: Grant, Henderson, Fish, Williams, Diallo, James, Mata, Van de Beek, Elanga, Rashford, Shoretire.

6.56pm BST

Contrary to expectations, Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani both start for Manchester United despite speculation both would be rested. Donny van de Beek still can’t get a look-in and is on the bench again. We’ll have the full line-ups for you very shortly.

6.53pm BST

Diego Martinez speaks: “There’s things we can take advantage of, because the way we played in certain facets of the game last week was good,” said Granada’s coach. “We need to be more efficient and play with personality during the 90 minutes plus that there’ll be. We need to play with intelligence, understanding that we need to play a perfect game and that’s what we want to do.”

6.53pm BST

Ole Gunnar Solskjær speaks: “We have got a great foundation, but we have to win,” said Manchester United’s manager. “They will give everything they have got. Momentum is big in football. It is a quarter-final in Europe and Granada need to score goals. We have seen them against Barcelona, Real Madrid, how dangerous they can be. We have to play a good game and not give them those opportunities.”

Asked if his squad’s mentality has changed under his watch, Ollie had this to say. “It is not up to me to say if their mentality has changed. Our job has been to get the best out of the players, that is different in every coaching style. I can feel change in the confidence. When I started rebuilding this squad we had a few months, seasons, to learn. They have learned on the job. Now we want to win a trophy, go as far as we can.”

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Manchester United have a trio of players sitting out this second leg on the Naughty Step, with Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw all suspended. Eric Bailly is back in Manchester after a month in his native Ivory Coast with Covid but will not fill in for Maguire tonight as Ole Gunnar Solskjær says he is not ready. The lesser-spotted Axel Tuanzebe will make a rare appearance. Marcus Rashford and Dan James are both doubtful for tonight’s game, while Ole has hinted several fringe players will get a run-out.

4.57pm BST

Old Trafford is the venue for tonight’s quarter-final second leg between Manchester United and Granada, with the hosts in the box-seat for a place in the last four thanks to their two unanswered goals in Spain last week.

European minnows operating on a tiny fraction of United’s budget, Granada have already over-achieved by making it this far in their maiden season in Europe but are nothing if not dogged and tenacious. If they are to exit the tournament tonight, expect them to go down swinging. Kick-off at Old Trafford is at 8pm (BST) but stay tuned in the meantime for team news and build-up.

After a serene win in which Granada were cuffed aside 4-0 on aggregate, Manchester United will hope to end a run of four consecutive semi-final disappointments under Ole Gunnar Solskjær.

Roma block their way to next month’s showpiece in Gdansk but with Paulo Fonseca’s side seventh in Serie A and 20 points behind the leaders, Internazionale, England’s second-ranked team will be confident of progressing.

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• Red shirts with red banners and red seats a problem
• Black banners introduced to help split-second decisions

Ole Gunnar Solskjær has stated Manchester United’s red shirts had merged with Old Trafford’s red surrounds and prevented players from seeing a teammate in the “split second” required during games, leading the club to introduce black banners in the stands.

United host Granada in the Europa League quarter-final second leg on Thursday with a 2-0 lead. Solskjær was asked why in previous rounds Real Sociedad and Milan were defeated 4-0 and 1-0 away but his team could only draw at home – 0-0 and 1-1 respectively.

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