Rashford’s finishing touch helps Manchester United sink Granada

It was one touch but it was glorious one. Half an hour into this match, Marcus Rashford watched the ball fall through the night sky, travelling sixty, seventy yards to where he was running. He caught it on his toe, tamed it, and turned it into the only goal, sending it beyond Rui Silva and Manchester United into a position from which they went on to secure a result with which they will should now progress to the semi-final.

For almost an hour the goal Rashford appeared set to be the only one scored on a historic occasion for the hosts, but then with two minutes to go, the game but not the tie slipping away from Granada, Bruno Fernandes slipped a penalty under Silva’s body that should be a safe passage for Ole Gunnar Solksjær’s side. If there is a team that have repeatedly defied the odds it is Granada, but even they will not like their chances of overturning a 2-0 defeat at home.

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