Four days after the 0: 7 debacle at Liverpool FC, Manchester United has set an international sign of caution.
The English football record champions won the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League in their own stadium 4-1 (1-1) against Real Betis Sevilla.
Goals from Marcus Rashford (6th minute), Antony (52nd), Bruno Fernandes (58th) and Wout Weghorst (82nd) gave the Premier League third-placed team the best chance of reaching the quarter-finals.
A week before the second leg in Spain, Ayoze Perez’s goal (52′) was not enough for Sevilla to put coach Erik ten Hag’s team under pressure. Manchester had knocked out Spain’s champions FC Barcelona in the previous playoffs.