Man Utd star midfielder returns from injury to score winner in team’s 2-1 aggregate win over AC Milan in Last 16 second leg; sends club into quarters
Man Utd’s Paul Pogba (left) celebrates his goal against AC Milan with teammate Bruno Fernandes during a Europa tie on Thursday. Pic/AFP
Paul Pogba returned from injury to score the winner as Manchester United beat AC Milan 1-0 on Thursday to advance to the Europa League quarter-finals 2-1 on aggregate.
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World Cup winner Pogba, 28, had been sidelined for over five weeks with a hamstring injury. But the Frenchman scored four minutes after coming off the bench at the start of the second half in the Last 16, second leg clash at the San Siro.
Optimistic Solskjaer
Coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer welcomed Pogba’s return as a big, big boost for us. “The boys have done remarkable without Paul but we know his qualities. He makes a very, very big difference to us. Paul has been working really hard, but you could see he couldn’t play more han 45 minutes. We had to readdress a couple of things in the second half when I think we were much, much better We want to go all the way, it was hard to lose in the semi-finals [last year],” Solskjaer said.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic also returned from a thigh injury for Milan, the Swede coming on after an hour but despite threatening could not find a way past his former club.
Disgraceful Spurs
Meanwhile, Tottenham were branded a disgrace by captain Hugo Lloris after an embarrassing Europa League exit to Dinamo Zagreb left manager Jose Mourinho fighting to keep his job. Spurs travelled to the Croatian capital holding a 2-0 first-leg lead and Mourinho showed no signs of complacency with his team selection, with Lloris and Harry Kane named in a strong line-up. But two goals from Mislav Orsic forced the game into extra-time before the Croatian international completed a brilliant hat-trick to complete a miserable night for Mourinho’s men. “It is just a disgrace. I just hope everyone in the training room feels responsible for the situation because it’s a disgrace,” said Lloris.
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