Omonia Nicosia 2-3 Manchester United: Marcus Rashford inspires Europa League win after scare in Cyprus

Omonia Nicosia took a shock lead against Manchester United

An inspired substitute performance from Marcus Rashford earned Manchester United a nervy Europa League win over Omonia Nicosia.

The Cypriot side took a shock lead into half time through Karim Ansarifard.

United manager Erik Ten Hag introduced Rashford at the interval and he scored eight minutes later before setting up fellow sub Antony Martial to finish.

Rashford made it 3-1 late on, before Nikolas Panayiotou pulled one back on an unexpectedly edgy night for United.

More to follow.

Line-ups

Omonia Nicosia

Formation 5-3-2

40Ribeiro de Freitas

3Matthews73Miletic6Yuste22Lang17Lecjaks

42Diskerud76Charalampous11Barker

7Souza da Silva18Ansarifard

40Ribeiro de Freitas3Matthews73MileticSubstituted forBezusat 82'minutes6Yuste22Lang17Lecjaks42DiskerudSubstituted forPanagiotouat 72'minutes76CharalampousBooked at 62mins11BarkerSubstituted forPapoulisat 61'minutes7Souza da SilvaSubstituted forLoizouat 72'minutes18AnsarifardSubstituted forKakoulliat 61'minutesBooked at 87mins

Substitutes

1Panayi10Loizou13Papoulis14Kitsos20Zachariou23Uzoho30Panagiotou80Kakoulli90Bezus

Man Utd

Formation 4-2-3-1

1de Gea

20Dalot2Lindelöf6Martínez12Malacia

18Casemiro14Eriksen

21dos Santos8Bruno Fernandes25Sancho

7Cristiano Ronaldo

1de Gea20Dalot2Lindelöf6MartínezBooked at 87mins12MalaciaSubstituted forShawat 45'minutesBooked at 90mins18CasemiroSubstituted forMcTominayat 82'minutes14Eriksen21dos SantosSubstituted forFredat 74'minutes8Bruno FernandesSubstituted forMartialat 62'minutes25SanchoSubstituted forRashfordat 45'minutes7Cristiano Ronaldo

Substitutes

9Martial10Rashford17Fred22Heaton23Shaw28Pellistri31Dúbravka36Elanga39McTominay49Garnacho55Iqbal

Live Text

Match ends, Omonia Nicosia 2, Manchester United 3.

Second Half ends, Omonia Nicosia 2, Manchester United 3.

Luke Shaw (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Foul by Luke Shaw (Manchester United).

Loizos Loizou (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.

Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.

Attempt saved. Fred (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.

Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.

Andronikos Kakoulli (Omonia Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Andronikos Kakoulli (Omonia Nicosia).

Goal! Omonia Nicosia 2, Manchester United 3. Nikolas Panagiotou (Omonia Nicosia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Andronikos Kakoulli.

Goal! Omonia Nicosia 1, Manchester United 3. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo following a fast break.

Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Rashford following a fast break.

Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Roman Bezus replaces Nemanja Miletic.

Substitution, Manchester United. Scott McTominay replaces Casemiro.

Corner, Omonia Nicosia. Conceded by Lisandro Martínez.

Attempt missed. Andronikos Kakoulli (Omonia Nicosia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) hits the left post with a right footed shot from very close range. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.