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| Manchester United’s Anthony Martial in action with Partizan Belgrade’s Zoran Tosic REUTERS/Andrew Yates |
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised forwards Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood after their ruthless display in front of goal secured passage to the Europa League knockout stages with a 3-0 win over Partizan Belgrade.
Teenager Greenwood opened the scoring on Thursday before a spectacular solo effort from Martial in the 33rd minute, the first time United have scored twice in the first half at Old Trafford this season.
Rashfordโs powerful strike four minutes into the second half put the result beyond doubt.
โIโm very pleased with all of those finishes, all three goals were high class,โ Solskjaer said.
โMason showed great composure, … Anthonyโs was probably the skill of the night, and then I was very pleased Marcus scored with his left foot. Heโll need more goals on his left because he is in that position often and he can go both ways.
โThis is a little bit of a template of how we want to play. Of course, itโs the opposition that allow you to play that way as well.โ
The only negative for Solskjaer on the night was an ankle injury to midfielder Scott McTominay in the closing stages of the match.
The 22-year-old has started all 11 of Unitedโs Premier League matches this season but may miss Sundayโs game against Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday.
โIt didnโt look too good,โ Solskjaer added. โHe went over on the inside of his ankle. He said he was going to be OK out on the pitch because he is tough but then he had to come off. I hope he will recover for Sunday, but I am not sure.โ
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