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Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live commentary from the final Europa League Group A fixture between Zorya Luhansk and Manchester United.This is Nick Royle (@nickaroyle) taking you through all the action from the Chornomorets Stadium in Odessa.

Europa League / Group Stage
Chornomorets Stadium / 08.12.2016
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Kevin Coulson

Updated 08/12/2016 at 19:54 GMT


22'
Zlatan looks most disgruntled about being penalised for a foul on Ljubenovic in midfield. Replays suggest that it was a soft decision from the Hungarian referee Tamas Bognar.
21'
Opanasenko then clears Rooney's second successive corner, and they are unable to make anything of the break and United win the ball back on the halfway line.
20'
This is actually like a training ground exercise. Opanasenko heads clear Mkhitaryan's cross towards Zlatan for a corner. The same player then crowds out Pogba from Blind's corner.
19'
United win the ball back almost immediately, and Herrera crosses from the right for Pogba, who heads over when well placed from near the penalty spot.
18'
Zlatan miscontrols on the edge of the box from Mata's drilled cross and is shepherded out of the area.
17'
Good build-up play in midfield ends with a shot from Pogba that whistles just wide of Levchenko's goal. United did really well to drag the Zorya defence around there.
16'
Young cuts in from the right, but his left-footed cross is poor and beyond Rooney and Zlatan.
15'
Patient possession from United until Mata sees Zlatan peel off his defender, but the Spaniard overhits the centre and Levchenko can catch easily.
14'
Zorya playing with pretty much everyone behind the ball, so United need to stretch their opponents down the flanks. Expect Ashley Young to get forward more.
12'
Herrera is unable to trouble Levchenko with a volley from the edge of the area, after Zorya twice clear a Blind cross into the box towards Zlatan.
11'
Zorya lost their league match to Dnipro at the weekend, and have failed to record a win in their last six matches.
10'
SAVE: Romero makes a good stop to beat out an Ihor Kharatin effort from the edge of the area following the Zorya throw, then Ivan Petriak shoots into the side netting with the follow-up effort.
9'
Mkhitaryan blocks a Karavaev cross from the right - the Armenian then looks around to ask where was the cover.
7'
Rooney sets up Pogba from 30 yards, but his shot is a grubber and well wide of Levchenko's goal. The France midfielder obviously looking to test the Zorya goalkeeper, making just his third appearance of the season.
6'
Blind accidentally hits Oleksandr Karavaev in the face with the ball. Not the night for a stinger like that - Blind, by the way, is wearing short sleeves! Everyone else is wearing long sleeves.
5'
The ball gets to the edge of the United box, but Bezborodko is unable to control and Bailly can clear. Herrera then fouls Artem Sukhotskiy on the halfway line, but Forster is unable to find a white shirt with the free-kick.
4'
Mata tries a lovely reverse pass to Zlatan beyond right-back Yehven Opasenko but Levchenko is out quickly to cover.
3'
The pitch is in poor shape, it has to be said. It looks like a park pitch, with a bit dug out halfway into the United half.
2'
Herrera is unable to control Ibrahimovic's low cross from the right and Zorya can clear. Moments later, Levchenko, on his European debut, hacks clear a bobbling ball under pressure from the Swede.
1st Half
1'
We are off in Odessa in temperatures that could hit -3C,. Zorya are in white shirts and shorts, United in their red shorts and black shorts. United kick off from right to left.
17:55
Henrikh Mkhitaryan says a win in Odessa will increase confidence in the United dressing-room ahead of the Premier League clash with Tottenham at Old Trafford on Sunday. "We are not going to play for a draw,” the 27-year-old, who scored a hat-trick for Shakhtar Donetsk at the Chornomorets Stadium in August 2012, told MUTV. "It would be good to win before the game against Tottenham – good for our mentality, good for the atmosphere in the dressing room. We will try to win and be ready for the next game as well."
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