🏁 FULL-TIME: Sheriff Tiraspol 0–2 Man United. Job done for the Red Devils thanks to first-half goals from Sancho and Ronaldo.
⏰ 80–90+' Anthony Elanga replaced Ronaldo for the final 10 minutes of the game. Harry Maguire is given a few minutes as well. The result was never in doubt after the first half.
⏰ 70–80' Nothing exciting is happening in the second half, giving travelling Man United fans a chance to break into the 'We want the Glazers out' chant.
⏰ 55–70' Man United are simply cruising here with Sheriff yet to have a shot on goal tonight. Ten Hag's men are on course to secure the three points.
⏰ 45–55' Man United are enjoying a 60 per cent possession tonight and the Red Devils will be hoping to turn that into more goals.
🔥 45' SECOND HALF. We are back underway! Casemiro replaces Scott McTominay.
📝 Here are the half-time ratings
Impressed: Eriksen — 8.5, Sancho — 8, Martinez — 7.5, Ronaldo — 7.5.
Average: McTominay — 7, Malacia — 7, Varane — 7, Dalot — 6.5, De Gea — 6, Bruno — 6.
Poor: Antony — 5.
🚩 45+' HALF-TIME: Sheriff Tiraspol 0–2 Man United. The Red Devils lead at the break thanks to goals from Sancho and Ronaldo.
⏰ 38–45' This looks like job done for Man United already with the visitors in complete control of the game.
⚽ 39' GOAL! Sheriff Tiraspol 0–2 Man United. Dalot is brought down in the box and Ronaldo is there to convert the penalty and score his first goal of the season.
⏰ 25–35' Antony, who has hardly been involved so far, reacts quickly to create a chance for Ronaldo from a free-kick but the Portuguese's effort is fired over.
⏰ 18–25' Sheriff come close to finding an equaliser but the shot is just wide. Man United should be careful here, the game is far from over.
⚽ 17' GOAL! Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 Man United. Christian Eriksen dinks the ball to Jadon Sancho and the Red Devils score out of nothing.
⏰ 0–10' Man United are lacking intensity so far after being out of action for a week. Diogo Dalot misplaces a pass which nearly leads to a goal.
🔥 0' KICK OFF. And we are underway at The Zimbru Stadium!
🤔 David De Gea shares his view on the away pitch: "To be honest, I was thinking maybe the pitch was going to be really bad but I've been there and I think it's great."
🙏 The Red Devils will be desperate to secure a positive result tonight after suffering a 1–0 defeat against Real Sociedad in the opening game of the 2022/23 Europa League campaign.
👉 Here are the team news for tonight. Cristiano Ronaldo starts for the Red Devils with Erik ten Hag picking an incredibly strong team.
Man United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Malacia, McTominay, Eriksen, Antony, Fernandes, Sancho, Ronaldo.
Subs: Heaton, Vitek, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Casemiro, Fred, Iqbal, Elanga, Garnacho, McNeill.
Sheriff Tiraspol XI: Koval, Zohouri, Gabi, Radeljic, Kpozo, Badolo, Kyabou, Diop, Rasheed, Atiemwen, Ouattara.
👋 Hello everyone and welcome to our live blog coverage of Manchester United's game away at Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League!
