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Manchester United returned to the pitch few days after being annihilated by Liverpool 7-0 at Anfield on Sunday evening.
The Red Devils had an encounter with Real Betis of Spain in the round of 16 Europa league encounter.
Inform striker, Marcus Rashford had put the host ahead in the encounter before, Ayoze Perez equalized for the visitors to leave the game 1-1 at halftime.
But once Antony’s curling effort had restored their advantage, they blew Betis away. Fernandes’ booming header from a corner was too powerful for Claudio Bravo to handle, and Wout Weghorst added a fourth after fine work from substitute Facundo Pallestri.
Antony and Weghorst both missed glorious chances to extend United’s lead further, but Erik ten Hag’s side will still travel to Spain next Thursday in pole position to reach the Europa League quarter-finals.
But goals from Antony and Bruno Fernandes – two players heavily criticised in that Anfield defeat – put United in the clear before Wout Weghorst completed the rout late on to secure a morale-boosting victory for Ten Hag’s men.
Scholes singled out Luke Shaw and Casemiro’s jaded performances, with the former substituted late in the second half, and believes the pair could do with a rest now that United are virtually assured of a place in the last eight.
Though Ten Hag will claim United still have work to do in Spain next week, the United manager will be delighted with the response from his side, and supremely confident that they will play a part in the draw for the quarter-finals of the Europa League.