Mason Greenwood scored twice in a four-goal Manchester United blitz in the space of 11 minutes to defeat AZ Alkmaar and secure a seeding for the Europa League knockout phase.

After a mundane first half, the game burst into life in the 53rd minute when Ashley Young drove home Juan Mata’s cross for his first goal since February.

Greenwood stole the headlines though, firing home from the edge of the box before producing a fine left-footed finish to end the scoring frenzy.

In between the striker’s double, Mata converted a penalty for the Spain midfielder’s first goal of the season.

The victory was United’s biggest in Europe since 2016 when they beat another Dutch side, Feyenoord, by the same score and means they will avoid Benfica, Ajax and Inter Milan in Monday’s last-32 draw.

 

Last-32 Qualifiers

Group winners

Arsenal, Basel, Celtic, Espanyol, LASK, Malmö, Sevilla

Group runners-up

APOEL, CFR Cluj, Copenhagen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Getafe, Sporting CP

Transferring from UEFA Champions League

Seeded: Ajax, Benfica, Inter Milan, Salzburg
Unseeded: Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge, Olympiacos, Shakhtar Donetsk, AZ Alkmaar, Braga, Gent, Getafe, Manchester United, Wolfsburg, Wolves

 

Thursday 12 December

Group A:

APOEL 1-0 Sevilla

Qarabağ 1-1 Dudelange

Group B:

Dynamo Kyiv 1-1 Lugano

Copenhagen 0-1 Malmö

Group C:

Basel 2-0 Trabzonspor

Getafe 3-0 Krasnodar

Group D:

PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Rosenborg

LASK 3-0 Sporting CP

Group E:

Rennes 2-0 Lazio

CFR Cluj 2-0 Celtic

Group F:

Eintracht Frankfurt 2-3 Vitória SC

Standard Liège 2-2 Arsenal

Group G:

Porto 3-2 Feyenoord

Rangers 1-1 Young Boys

Group H:

Ludogorets 1-1 Ferencváros

Espanyol 0-1 CSKA Moskva

Group I:

Wolfsburg 1-0 St-Étienne

Gent 2-1 Olexandriya

Group J:

Roma 2-2 Wolfsberg

Mönchengladbach 1-2 İstanbul Başakşehir

Group K:

Wolves 4-0 Beşiktaş

Slovan Bratislava 2-4 Braga

Group L:

Manchester United 4-0 AZ Alkmaar

Partizan 4-1 Astana