SAN FRANCISCO, May 24, (THEWILL) – English Premier League club, Manchester United on Wednesday night, defeated Dutch giants, Ajax Amsterdam, by 2 nil to win the 2016/2017 UEFA Europa league trophy.
Midfielder, Paul Pogba opened the score for the Red Devils on the 18th minute with a deflected strike before Henrikh Mkhitaryan doubled the score for the English premier league club at the start of the second half.
The win also earned Manchester United their place in next season’s Champions League with a commanding performance.
Pogba however dedicated the victory to the 22 people that died at the Manchester Arena on Monday night.
“We know things like this are very sad all over the world, not only in Manchester but also in Paris,” Pogba said.
“We won for them. We played for the country. We won for them. We played for them, the people who died.
“We knew we were going to play Europa League, our goal was to win. We are very proud. Nobody can talk. They say we have a bad season but we have three trophies.
“The start was very important. We scored early. We started to play backwards. We scored the second goal with Miki and we controlled the game.”
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