The Frenchman took advantage of a Brugge mistake to slot home nine minutes before the interval, cancelling out Emmanuel Dennis’s opener.
Martial’s goal came against the run of play, with the Reds on the ropes for much of the first half, but United rallied after the equaliser, with our no.9 striking a post with our best opportunity to secure a lead to take back to Old Trafford.
With less than 72 hours between Monday’s win at Stamford Bridge and this tie, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took the opportunity to rotate his side.
Out went David De Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Eric Bailly, Fred, Bruno Fernandes and Daniel James, perhaps with Sunday’s Premier League match at home to Watford in mind.