UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 1-1) Old Trafford - Manchester Thursday 20 April 2017 Manchester United FC 21.05CET (20.05 local time) RSC Anderlecht Quarter-finals, Second leg Last updated 19/04/2017 03:14CET

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1 Manchester United FC - RSC Anderlecht Thursday 20 April 2017 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Old Trafford, Manchester

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Manchester United have won all four of their home games against Belgian sides, while Anderlecht have yet to win in England, but Leander Dendoncker's late goal in a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League quarter-final means the visitors come to Old Trafford with some hope. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for the eighth time; Anderlecht won two of the previous seven matchups, United four, including all three of the sides' meetings in Manchester. • The first of those fixtures – a 10-0 European Cup win for United at Manchester City's former home, Maine Road, on 26 September 1956 – remains Anderlecht's heaviest loss in UEFA competition and United's biggest win. • Aside from their seven matches versus Anderlecht, United's only other experience of Belgian opponents is a 7-1 aggregate victory over Club Brugge in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League play-offs, winning 3-1 in the home first leg. • Anderlecht's 33 UEFA games against English sides have ended W7 D6 L20. They have yet to win in 15 trips to England (D2 L13). They last played English opposition in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage, losing 2-1 at Tottenham Hotspur having won by the same scoreline at home. • Anderlecht's past meetings with English teams include two finals: a 4-2 success against West Ham in the 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup decider, played in Brussels, and the two-legged 1984 UEFA Cup final against Tottenham, which they lost 4-3 on penalties after two 1-1 draws. Form guide • United have won all five of their Old Trafford games in Europe this season, conceding just once; they are unbeaten in 16 UEFA home games (W13 D3) since a 2-1 loss to Real Madrid in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League round of 16. • Anderlecht have lost only once in seven European away games this season (W3 D3 L1) and scored at least once in all of those matches. • United are striving for the only UEFA club trophy that has thus far eluded them. Their only previous quarter-final in this competition came in the 1984/85 UEFA Cup when Ron Atkinson's side lost on penalties to Videoton. • Anderlecht's last European quarter-final was in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup, where they lost to Internazionale Milano. They were eliminated by another Serie A side – Roma – at the same stage in 1990/91. Links and trivia • The journey from Brussels to Manchester is around 550km. • Misses next match if booked United: Eric Bailly, Ander Herrera, Henrikh Mkhitaryan Anderlecht: Frank Acheampong, Leander Dendoncker, Sofiane Hanni, Bram Nuytinck, Emmanuel Adjey Sowah, Uroš Spahić, Łukasz Teodorczyk, Isaac Kiese Thelin, • Celta's Iago Aspas, Anderlecht's Łukasz Teodorczyk and United's Zlatan Ibrahimović are the highest-scoring players left in the competition with five goals each. Roma's Edin Džeko and Zenit's Giuliano top the rankings with eight. • Ibrahimović scored four goals at Anderlecht in a 5-0 UEFA Champions League group stage win for Paris Saint- Germain in October 2013. He struck again in the return fixture, a 1-1 draw. • Ibrahimović and Anderlecht's Isaac Kiese Thelin are two of three Swedes left in the competition, all of whom are aiming to play in the UEFA Europa League final in their nation's capital. Celta Vigo's John Guidetti is the other. • United's Belgian international took on Anderlecht four times as a Standard Liège player with the record W1 D2 L1. • United have played fewer UEFA games than Anderlecht (337 to the Belgian side's 389) but have recorded more wins: 178-173. • As in the round of 16, Belgium is the best represented nation in the quarter-finals with two teams: Genk and Anderlecht. In the previous seven UEFA Europa League seasons, only two Belgian clubs got this far: Standard in 2009/10 and Club Brugge in 2014/15. Anderlecht have lost more UEFA games (134) than any other team and only Real Madrid (550) have conceded more goals than the Mauves (504) in Europe. The coaches

2 Manchester United FC - RSC Anderlecht Thursday 20 April 2017 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Old Trafford, Manchester • José Mourinho took over as United boss last summer. Having made his name winning the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League with Porto, he landed Europe's top club prize again with Internazionale Milano as well as three titles during two stints at Chelsea. • In Mourinho's last foray in this competition, he guided Porto to the 2003 UEFA Cup final, where they edged Celtic 3- 2 in Seville. • Mourinho faced Anderlecht twice with Chelsea in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage, his side winning 1-0 at home and 2-0 away. • Capped once by Switzerland, René Weiler is in his debut season as Anderlecht coach having spent his first two years of coaching with Nürnberg from 2014–16. The one-time defender established his reputation in his home country with Schaffhausen and Aarau. Penalty shoot-outs • United's record in three UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W1 L2: L 5-4 A v Videoton FC (1984/85 UEFA Cup quarter-finals) L 4-3 A v FC Torpedo Moskva (1992/93 UEFA Cup first round) W 6-5 N v Chelsea FC (2007/08 UEFA Champions League final) • Anderlecht have lost all three of their UEFA penalty shoot-outs: L 4-1 A v FC Barcelona (1978/79 European Cup Winners' Cup second round) L 4-3 A v Tottenham Hotspur FC (1983/84 UEFA Cup final) L 3-2 H v FK Partizan (2010/11 UEFA Champions League play-offs)

3 Manchester United FC - RSC Anderlecht Thursday 20 April 2017 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Old Trafford, Manchester Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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