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Two-goal Fred wins Man-of-the-Match award

The Brazilian netted two late goals and provided an assist for fellow midfield man Scott McTominay, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side coasted into the last 16, prevailing 6-1 on aggregate.

The 26-year-old’s brace – only his second and third goals for the Reds, after an effort against Wolves in September 2018 – secured him 40 per cent of your vote in our Official App.

That was just a single percentage point more than Bruno Fernandes, who opened the scoring from the spot on 27 minutes before helping craft Odion Ighalo’s first for the club with a sumptuous lob to Juan Mata, who squared to the Nigerian.