- Title: Manchester United outclass Ajax to win Europa League
- Date: 24th May 2017
- Summary: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (MAY 24, 2017) (REUTERS) MAN REQUESTING FANS QUIETEN DOWN FOR MINUTE'S SILENCE BEFORE KICK-OFF CLOSE OF MAN ASKING FANS TO QUIETEN DOWN MANCHESTER UNITED FANS CHANTING UNITED FANS WATCHING BIG SCREEN / CELEBRATING AFTER PAUL POGBA SCORES OPENING GOAL MORE OF CELEBRATING FANS FANS LOOKING ON CLOSE OF UNITED FAN CLAPPING HIS HANDS UNITED FANS WATCHING SCREEN / CELEBRATING AFTER HENRIKH MKHITARYAN SCORES UNITED'S SECOND GOAL UNITED FANS IN JOYOUS MOOD FEMALE FANS ON PEOPLE'S SHOULDERS FANS WATCHING SCREEN FANS WATCHING SCREEN / CELEBRATING AS FINAL WHISTLE IS BLOWN HANDING EUROPA LEAGUE TO UNITED
- Embargoed: 7th June 2017 22:00
- Keywords: fans Mourinho Paul Pogba Ajax Manchester United Europa League
- Location: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK
- City: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0016I79OOV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Manchester United's Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a goal in each half as their team outclassed Ajax Amsterdam to win an emotional Europa League final 2-0 and qualify for the group stages of next season's Champions League.
There was silence and then applause before the game to honour the victims of Monday's deadly attack at a pop concert in Manchester in which 22 people died and both sides then played a final full of pride and passion at the Friends Arena.
World record signing Pogba opened the scoring in the 18th minute as United won the ball after an Ajax throw-in, the Frenchman's shot taking a wicked deflection to wrong foot goalkeeper Andre Onana and fly into the net.
Mkhitaryan then flicked the ball home early in the second half following a United corner, and with chants of "Manchester! Manchester!" echoing around the stadium, United held on to win the only European trophy missing from the Old Trafford cabinet. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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