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Zorya Luhansk 0-2 Manchester United: Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic seal Europa League last-32 place for Jose Mourinho's men

Just call him The Frozen One. Jose Mourinho might have trouble warming to the Europa League, but he still led Manchester United into the last 32 on a chilly night in Ukraine.

Temperatures here in Odessa never plumbed the sub-zero levels that led to concerns about the state of the pitch, as well as Mourinho criticising UEFA for staging this match in December, and there were only flashes of the crowd problems witnessed when Feyenoord and Fenerbahce played in the Black Sea port.

Even so, it represented an uncomfortable passage for Mourinho and his team en route to the knockout stage of the competition.