It was far from pretty and they would have been happier if they could have returned home with a clean sheet but Manchester United will consider this 'job done' from their tricky trip to Eastern Europe.
A terribly poor pitch at Rostov's Olimp-2 stadium made the Red Devil's 1-1 draw with Rostov a tough watch at times. Jose Mourinho will be relieved to return to Manchester largely unscathed and in a good positition to progress at Old Trafford.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan got the vital away goal to put United ahead in the first half after good work on the byline from Zlatan Ibrahmovic.