Man United

Man United responded to the Anfield defeat in the best possible fashion with a dominant 4-1 win against Real Betis on Thursday.

"We started the second half well as well, with the two goals, and it's important to put us in a good place in the game. I knew I was going to go high [with the first goal] and it's always nice to start the game well and with a goal. "Four goals, so I'm pleased we can start the tie in the right way and obviously bounce back from the last game as well, so it's now about getting the momentum back that we had before Liverpool.

Manchester United bounced back from a historic thrashing by Liverpool to beat Real Betis 4-1 in the first leg of their Europa League last 16 tie on ...

This team has character so a big compliment to the team." "You see how a team reacts after a setback," said Ten Hag. "Bruno was brilliant today," added Ten Hag. Premier League leaders Arsenal were forced to come from behind to salvage a draw in the Portuguese capital. Manchester United bounced back from a historic thrashing by Liverpool to beat Real Betis 4-1 in the first leg of their Europa League last 16 tie on Thursday, while a 2-2 draw away to Sporting Lisbon gave Arsenal work to do to reach the quarter-finals. - Manchester United returned to winning ways with a 4-1 victory in the Europa League on Thursday night.

Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes scored as Manchester United outclassed Real Betis 4-1 in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday, ...

Belgium's Royale Union held Union Berlin to a 3-3 draw in Germany and Bayer Leverkusen defeated Hungary's Ferencvaros 2-0. "Bruno, I think he was brilliant today. Fernandes, whose poor performance against Liverpool raised questions about his suitability to captain United, added the third, heading in a corner off the fingertips of Betis keeper Claudio Bravo.

Manchester United fielded the same XI that were embarrassed 7-0 at Liverpool on Sunday. This time, they got the result, rolling over Real Betis 4-1.

Ten Hag said the aim was to move on as quickly as possible from the nightmare against Liverpool and, despite a sticky spell after Real Betis got their equaliser, he got what he wanted. [Villarreal](/soccer/team?id=102) in LaLiga (1:30 p.m. The former [Manchester City](/soccer/team?id=382) goalkeeper let Fernandes' header shoot through his hands. Both the manager and the fans wanted a reaction after the defeat to Liverpool, and Fernandes was first in line. Ten Hag has won praise for his man management this season, and his move after the humiliation at Anfield was to send out the same team against Real Betis. A one- or two-goal deficit might have been manageable, but after losing 4-1, the tie is all but decided. If the Man United fans who turned up on a snowy Manchester night had underestimated Real Betis, they won't now. Real Betis were level at 1-1 at half-time after on-loan [Leicester City](/soccer/team?id=375) forward [Ayoze Perez](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/192133/Ayoze-Pérez) equalised, but United scored three times in the second half to make some amends for the 7-0 defeat at Anfield last weekend. I want to make clear to you, our fans, that I share your bitter disappointment about the result and the players have been left in no doubt that we cannot tolerate what we saw in the second half on Sunday." He has faced calls to be stripped of his role as one of United's captains but, backed by manager Erik ten Hag at his news conference on Wednesday, the United took the tie away from Real Betis with an impressive display in the second half and Fernandes was at the centre of most of it. Wearing the armband just as he did at Anfield, Fernandes was involved in United's early first goal when his cross could only be cleared into Rashford's path.

Marcus Rashford and Antony led the way as Manchester United earned a cathartic 4-1 win over Real Betis.

[scored a much-needed goal on a personal level](https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/tears-wout-weghorst-man-utd-striker-emotion-goal-drought-real-betis/blt8b6407aec66e304b) to put the Red Devils in a really strong position heading into next week's second leg in Seville. [Juanmi appeared to control the ball with his arm in the build-up](https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/fraudulent-decision-why-real-betis-goal-against-man-utd-allowed-to-stand-despite-juanmi-possible-handball-build-up/blt88f21980ecf844fd). [with a thumping finish early in the game](https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/watch-marcus-rashford-man-utd-embarrassment-goal-six-minutes-real-betis/blt169c7f2b07371422), setting the tone for what was to come from a reinvigorated attack.

Erik ten Hag's team win Europa League last-16 clash 4-1 on Thursday.

Player ratings from the match can be seen in the picture gallery below. Antony curled a brilliant shot into the top corner before Fernandes, who Ten Hag named again as captain, headed in Luke Shaw's corner. Good performance also to give something to the fans, and they gave us something back as well because they were right behind us," Ten Hag told BT Sport.