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Here is tonight’s report from Jamie Jackson.

That was not bad at all. An excellent performance from the Belgian league leaders, particularly from Emmanuel Dennis who made Maguire’s life hell and he was perhaps the man of the match throughout. Other standout performances came from Maxim De Cuyper and Simon Mignolet was not bad at all in goal.

For United, there were two notable performances. After a horrendous opening 35 minutes from the away team, Anthony Martial showed such impressive industry to score the goal and inject confidence into the team. Despite being substituted with only 9 minutes to go, Bruno Fernandes was a class above and it felt like he was everywhere as United pushed for a winner, playing progressive passes with every touch.

90+4 min Another anti-climatic free kick into the wall from United late in the game, this time from Mata. Time is running out.

90+3 min Fernandes just keeps on picking up the ball and eventually he wins a foul on the edge of the area. Another scary free kick for the home team to defend...

90 min Four minutes of added time.

Meanwhile, Fernandes just picked up the ball and took a shot that was well blocked. The rebound eventually found Lingard outside the box, who could only direct his shot at Mignolet.

89 min After threatening for the winner and creating the perfect opportunity, suddenly Club Brugge players are struggling to breathe. United are moving forward in waves now. The home side will do well to hold out here.

87 min A deep sigh of relief from the home team as Fernandes’ freekick failed to clear the wall, and his attempt the whip in a cross on the rebound was probably even worse. There will surely be a few more chances here...

85 min Goodness, United fans should be very excited by how quickly Fernandes has changed the game. Suddenly United are crowding the box and he keeps on finding Mata in space. Now, a free kick for United on the edge of the area.

82 min Nearly a huge chance for United. Bruno Fernandes, United’s shiny new signing, had been on for all of two seconds (he replaced Dalot) when he received the ball on the break and chipped a gorgeous ball to send Mata clear.

Mata couldn’t quite get his finish past Mignolet, but then he was called for offside. Still, that was a lovely pass.

81 min This is great. End to end stuff with both teams chasing the winner.

The game just stopped after Dennis was down with injury. Sadly for United, it seems like he will be fine.

77 min Club Brugge miss a huge opportunity! Great work from Dennis who, not for the first time today, left Maguire completely for dead and rolled in a low cross. In the box, Schrjvers smartly let the ball run to Kossounou who sent a limp shot well wide.

From Anwesh Mishra:

For me, Martial has all the skills required to be a top number 9. His hold up is decent when he does showcase it. He has the pace to get past the defenses, the trickery to beat a man, and is easily United’s best finisher. The problem lies in the fact that he really doesn’t really like to play with his back to the goal, or run channels creating options for his midfielders. He also has a habit of drifting wide when playing as a 9, which often leaves the team without a focal point. If he could really find those striker’s instincts, he could be a world beater.

74 min A final substitution for the home side. Maxim De Cuyper, who is making his debut and had a standout performance, receives a standing ovation as he is replaced by Siebe Schrijvers.

72 min A chance there for Club Brugge! Dennis, who has been a menace all day, was released with a long ball and he tore up the field in pursuit. Maguire, who hasn’t been great, did extremely well to barge the Brugge forward off the ball and scupper the danger.

71 min Minutes after receiving a yellow card, Andrea Pereira has been subbed off. Fred will take his place.

69 min Some more really nice combination play from Brugge on the left flank before the ball rolled out to Ruud Vormer. The midfielder took a shot from distance and the ball flew well wide.

67 min Anthony Martial has been replaced by Odion Ighalo. Another good evening of work from the Frenchman. He changed the game with a classy goal.

65 min of nowhere, they home team just launched into a huge coordinated press on the United team as the crowd roared in unison.

Jesse Lingard was promptly nicked well inside his own half and the home team quickly worked the ball into the final third. It came to nothing, but it sure was fun.

63 min A bit of a scare from Mignolet as he passed out from the back but the home team survived.

Meanwhile, De Cuyper just attempted to karate kick the ball in a 50/50 challenge. This time, a free kick was given.

62 min Great work from Mata, who nicked the ball from deep, drove forward at the Brugge midfield and found Martial with a nice ball on the flank. The Frenchman was barged off the ball and for some reason it wasn’t called for a foul.

60 min This second half has settled down after a hectic start. A nice spell of possession for the home team.

From Paul Moody on twitter:

I’m in Brazil so early mufc start took me by surprise. Martial can be very frustrating, but also sensational. Also this is his best season, still very young too.

56 min Another good spell for United ends with Pereira, who has played well since the end of the first half, going for goal from distance. That was not troubling Mignolet but it is certainly clear that Pereira is desperate to score.

53 min Yellow card for Vanaken. He protested just a little too hard after a free kick was given to United’s Williams.

50 min End to end stuff at the beginning of half. Moments after Martial failed to finish Mata’s pass, Vanaken found Dennis with a nice pass at the other end. Good shot from Dennis but a very good save from Romero.

49 min Two chances from United to open up. First Lingard very nearly got onto the end of a cross, then Juan Mata picked up a loose Brugge pass and found Martial in the box with a nice ball. Martial had a great chance on his left foot but he bizarrely tried to cut back to Mata. The ball bounced off a Brugge defender and rolled to a thankful Mignolet.

47 min By no means will the home team be shedding tears over that substitution. Ruud Vormer had been struggling with injury but he is one of the best players and he is responsible for 15 league assists and 2 in Europe this year. Not bad.

45 min The second half begins. About one kick into the second half, Balanta went down again with the same injury from the final minutes of the first half. He has now been replaced by Ruud Vormer.

Meanwhile, Celtic lead 1-0 in Copenhagen.

It will be interesting to see how Manchester United start the second half. That was a rancid opening 35 minutes from them against a glittering Club Brugge. They had endless possession yet looked so timid on the ball and they could have conceded more.

The game changed in the blink of an eye with one moment of intelligence and industry from Martial, which galvanised the team. By the end of the first half, United had 6 shots to 5.

From Ciarán:

I’m not saying he’s going to score many more goals like that, but it proves the worth of working a little bit harder off the ball. A lot Anelka to his game. One can’t doubt his talent (he’s just smashed the ball off the post as I write this) but there are infuriatingly lethargic spells from him almost every game.

Fair enough.

45 min Balanta is down with a knock for Brugge and the physio is on. He looks quite dazed but he walked off and it seems like he should continue.

43 min Martial once again creates something from nothing, this time rattling the post with a wicked strike from outside the box.

That was going in if not for an excellent fingertip save from Mignolet to roll the ball onto the post.

This is much better from United.

40 min That was a big miss from Brandon Williams, who booted his shot miles over the bar from a great position. Much better work from United, who worked the ball up the pitch and to Pereira who then fizzed in a great cross to Williams, who was in space at the far post.

That was something. Brugge defender Mechele received a throw in from a completely neutral position but he clearly didn’t realise how close Martial was. As he let the ball run past him, Martial sprinted forward and nicked the ball, dribbling free and then finishing with plenty of composure. Industrious work from the Frenchman and we will see if he can single-handedly inject some confidence into his team.

From Justin:

With United opting to play with a fly keeper tonight behind Lindelof, who always seems to be in the wrong post code when the ball is delivered, I’m not sure Bruges will need the full-on “miracle” to beat United in this competition. No walking on water required, Monsieur Clement; just tell them to bring their waders and hoof it up into the deep end.

Well then.

30 min United are now up to 62.5% possession here and they continue to do absolutely nothing but pass sideways with it. This time, Brugge’s Mata steals the ball and flits about 40 yards up the right flank. This time he was just too quick for his teammates to catch up, but again, that is just too easy.

28 min Tau, De Cuyper and Dennis have been electric so far from the left. Another chance for them as the trio combine with some quick one touch combinations before Dennis fires off a shot from the tight angle.

Well saved by Romero in the end but the home team is strolling through the United midfield at the moment.

26 min This time, it’s Cuyper who produces a lovely through ball in Tau’s direction after a quick break. Tau was just offside and United breathe.

24 min United have had 61.3% of the ball so far today but they really aren’t doing anything with it. The home team is happily waiting for space on the counter and, so far, tearing the English team apart with quick passing.

21 mins Another heart-in-mouth moment for United. This time, Maguire failed to win a header from a long ball and the ball bounced over him as Brugge’s Tau chased it. Solid work from United keeper Romero, who was quick to meet the ball out of his box before hoofing it out.

17 min So much for a slow start! Brugge are moving the ball so quickly in the final third and, minutes after their first goal, they are already after a second. Quite a poor miss from Rits at the end of another great move from the home team.

The United defence looks shaken.

13 min With the exception of the opening scare for United, there is not too much happening here. This has been quite a sterile start.

9 min United are settling down and have commanded possession a couple of minutes, but the ball is mostly in their own half.

Meanwhile, the rain has officially stopped.

6 min Brugge are already showing exactly what have made them so successful this year. They are passing out from the back and have started with some crisp passing through the lines - they lead the Belgian Pro League in possession and passes played. Dennis was just offside after a lovely through ball by Vanaken. They are here to play.

2 min Goodness. Brugge immediately generate a big chance to begin! United’s Brandon Williams suffered a tough tackle as the ball was pushed out. Brugge took the throw in quickly, with Vanaken whipping a ball into the box. Carnage in the box, but the ball was eventually cleared by Lindelof. That was a warning.

1 min: United kick off tonight. We begin.

Andreas Pereira, a philosopher, in his BT Sport interview:

Goals are like ketchup, if you score one, loads more will come”

The teams are heading out onto the pitch. A reminder: VAR is now being used in the Europa league. Let’s see what carnage that brings up.

The weather is absolutely miserable in Bruges. The rain is heavy and the camera has already cut to many sad people wearing big coats.

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The Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on BT Sport:

[Ighalo’s] not trained too many days with us. We’re still waiting. Hopefully we can get him on at the end of the game today. [Bailly] got a knock against Chelsea, so he wasn’t able to play today.

We know the conditions here aren’t great but we have to concentrate here.. We’ll just have to play a good game of football, try to control our game and try to play at our tempo.

Some big changes for both teams tonight. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made six changes from United’s win at Chelsea earlier in the week. Fred, Fernandes, Wan-Bissaka, Bailly, De Gea and James all resting.

Club Brugge is putting forward a strong squad after resting players on the weekend. Still, particularly notable players on the bench are Ruud Vormer, the club talisman who is responsible for 15 assists in the league this season and 2 in Europe. David Okereke, Brugge’s second highest scorer in the league with 9 goals, also starts on the bench.

Be sure to check out Barry Glendenning’s Fiver today.

Here is Philippe Clement’s sober preview of tonight’s match:

“To eliminate Manchester United, you really need a real miracle. People who do not think that have not looked at recent history. Agreed, United has a difficult season. But they won at Manchester City and Chelsea and won points from Liverpool. There is a lot of quality in their group. “

“In Europe, you have years in which you perform a miracle. We will of course throw ourselves [at United] completely. These are two games in which we have nothing to lose. Many boys are looking forward to it. Matches like these provide my players with energy. ”