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The Europa League returned tonight for its third round of fixtures, with several interesting clashes taking place across the continent. En-Nesyri 49′; Eriksen 15′ Manchester United’s winless run in this season’s Europa League continued with a 1-1 draw away to . Fenerbahçe dominated possession in the early stages, with United struggling to get any control.

However, Erik ten Hag’s side took the lead with their very first foray forward. Some neat build up from Alejandro Garnacho and Joshua Zirkzee eventually saw the ball laid off for Christian Eriksen to brilliantly smash home from the edge of the box. Marcus Rashford almost got a second before Fener came inches away from an equaliser.



A long ball forward saw Sebastian Szymański pull the ball back, and Manuel Ugarted bailed out his side with a brilliant sliding block. André Onana pulled off a stunning double save in the 37th minute, both from point blank range, to keep United ahead. Fener equalised four minutes into the second half through Youssef En-Nesyri.

The former Sevilla man, who scored twice against United in the 2023 quarter-final, nodded home Allan Saint-Maximin’s brilliant inswinging cross. José Mourinho was then harshly sent off against his old side for his reaction after Fener were denied what would have been a very soft penalty. Rasmus Højlund, off the bench, had a good chance to put United back into the lead with 15 minutes to go, but he put his shot too close to the keeper after doing well to .

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