UEFA Europa League – Quarterfinal (2nd Leg)

April 20, 2017

Manchester United      2-1          Anderlecht

Henrik Mkhitaryan 10’            Sofiane Hanni 32’

Marcus Rashford 107’

Manchester United had to battle hard to get a victory over a defensively organized Anderlecht.

Marcus Rashford’s goal in the second-half of extra-time gave United the winning goal.  A 2-2 draw would have been good enough to send Anderlecht into the semifinal of the UEFA

Europa League.  

Genk                   1-1              Celta Vigo

Leandro Trossard 67’          Pione Sisto 63’

With their 3-2 home victory in the first leg, a 1-1 score was enough to send Celta Vigo through to the semi-finals over Genk.

Schalke 04          3-2        Ajax

Leon Goretzka 53’           Nick Viergever 111’

Guido Burgstaller 56’      Amin Younes 120’

Daniel Caligiuri 101’

Despite losing this match, Ajax scored two important late goals to make their ‘2-0’ home victory carried them to the semifinal.  

Besiktas                    2-1           Lyon

Anderson Talisca 27’ 58’   Alexandre Lacazette 34’

                          (6-7 on penalties)

Lyon moves on to the semifinals.

Besiktas did the job to get the score level after losing the first leg away at Lyon, but luck was not on their side when it came down to the spot kicks.