Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a hat-trick as Manchester United
opened up a commanding Europa League last-32 lead
against Saint-Etienne.
Ibrahimovic’s deflected free-kick wrong-footed goalkeeper
Stephane Ruffier and dribbled over the line for the opener,
and he tapped him from close range after good work from
Marcus Rashford, as well as adding a late penalty.
Saint-Etienne caused United problems on the break in the
first 45 minutes, particularly with Romain Hamouma’s pace,
while Henri Saivet and Ole Selnaes both clipped efforts
narrowly off target.
Ruffier’s double save denied Juan Mata and Anthony Martial
forced the visiting goalkeeper into sharp saves, while Paul
Pogba headed against the crossbar from close range.
The two sides meet for the second leg on Wednesday , 22
February (kick-off 17:00 GMT).
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