Manchester United on Thursday avoided further embarrassment after their humiliating defeat to Manchester City by coming from behind to beat Omonia 3-2 in the UEFA Europa League, while English Premier League leaders Arsenal eased past Bodo/Glimt.
Marcus Rashford scored twice along with Anthony Martial after both came off the bench in the second half in Cyprus as United recovered after Iran international Karim Ansarifard gave the hosts a shock lead on 34 minutes.
Nikolas Panagiotou pulled one back for Neil Lennon’s Omonia with five minutes to play, but United held on for a second win in three Group E outings.
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“Job done, but we would have liked to have played better. We didn’t defend badly, but we made mistakes,” Rashford told BT Sport.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who was an unused substitute in United’s 6-3 loss at Manchester City last weekend, played the full 90 minutes as he made just his fourth start for the club this season.
Erik ten Hag’s side remain second in the group behind Real Sociedad, who made it three straight wins with a 2-0 victory against 10-man Sheriff in Chisinau.
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Former Manchester City star David Silva broke the deadlock shortly after halftime and Aritz Elustondo doubled the lead following Moussa Kyabou’s red card on the hour.
Arsenal saw off Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium in London courtesy of first-half goals from Eddie Nketiah and Rob Holding, as well as Fabio Vieira’s goal six minutes from time.
The Gunners are top of Group A after back-to-back wins.
Their clash with PSV Eindhoven last month was rescheduled following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
“I’m really happy with the win, six points and a clean sheet, but we lacked connection between the players, we lacked consistency and domination through the game,” Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta told BT Sport.
“There were eight changes, you could feel that, the timing was missing. In the final third we looked very dangerous, the goals we scored were good goals,” he said.
Yorbe Vertessen and Cody Gakpo both struck twice as PSV Eindhoven thumped Zurich 5-1 in Switzerland.
Former Paris Saint-Germain youngster Xavi Simons also scored as Ruud van Nistelrooy’s team sit two points behind the Gunners.
Surprise Bundesliga leaders Union Berlin won 1-0 at Malmo in a game that was interrupted because of crowd trouble in the second half.
The referee ordered the players off the pitch as supporters launched smoke bombs, but play eventually resumed and Sheraldo Becker delivered the winning goal.
Gustaf Nilsson was the star for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, netting twice as a late substitute in a 2-1 victory at SC Braga as the Belgians took control of Group D.
AS Monaco forward Wissam Ben Yedder bagged a pair of goals, the second from the penalty spot, in his side’s 3-1 home win over Trabzonspor.
The Turkish team were reduced to 10 men early on when Maxi Gomez lashed out at Mohamed Camara. Ben Yedder’s brace had Monaco leading 2-0 before Axel Disasi added a third, with Anastasios Bakasetas grabbing a consolation.
Monaco are second in Group H, but level on points with leaders Ferencvaros, whose perfect start was ended emphatically as Red Star beat the Hungarians 4-1 in Belgrade.
Desire Doue’s late goal gave Stade Rennais a 2-1 win over Dynamo Kyiv in Group B, while Fenerbahce defeated AEK Larnaca of Cyprus 2-0.
Guido Rodriguez and Luiz Henrique scored as Real Betis Balompie won 2-1 at Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma, whose side had led through Paulo Dybala’s penalty.
SS Lazio drew 0-0 at Austria’s SK Sturm Graz and SC Freiburg overcame Nantes 2-0.
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