EL: Kjaer saves Milan’s draw against Manchester United – football –

In the Europa League, the first leg of the round of 16 was on today’s program. The maximum duel of the night was Manchester United against AC Milan. In addition, the conquerors of WAC Tottenham were also in action against Zagreb and London Arsenal near Piraeus.

In Manchester, the Italians were a much better team at the beginning. The ball landed twice in the British goal, but both shots were whistled back for offside or handball. Shortly before the break, Maguire, for his part, missed a great opportunity to make it 1-0 when he hit the post from close range instead of the empty goal.

In the second half, Diallo, who was substituted at half-time, made it 1-0 for the hosts in the 50th minute. Afterwards, there were far fewer chances than in the first half. ManUnited controlled the duel and rarely let Milan come into play. With practically the final whistle, the Italians managed to strike a lucky break: Kjaer climbed the highest in a corner and headed to equalize late. So everything is open for the second leg in a week.

In the other evening duels, both Ajax Amsterdam with a 3-0 home win against Young Boys Bern and Villareal with a 2-0 win at Dynamo Kiev created very good starting positions for the game of back next week. Slavia Prague and Glasgow Rangers parted ways with a 1-1 draw.

In games later in the evening, AS Roma celebrated an undisputed 3-0 victory against Shakhtar Donetsk. The goals were scored by Pellegrini (23rd), El Shaarawy (73rd) and Mancini (77th). Tottenham could once again count on Harry Kane for their home game against Zagreb, who scored both goals in a 2-0 win. Granada also had no problems in a 2-0 home win over Molde.

Arsenal had much more difficulty at Piraeus, but Gabriel redeemed the British with his goal to make it 2-1 in the 79th minute. Shortly before the end, Elneny made it 3-1. Meanwhile, El-Arabi (58th) had equaled Ödegaard’s first goal (34th).