Man Utd 4-1 Athletic Bilbao (7-1 on aggregate): Mason Mount fires Red Devils into Europa League final

Mason Mount ended 20 months of torment with an excellent second half double as Manchester United booked an all-English Europa League ultimate with Tottenham in Bilbao on 21 Might.

On an anxious, nervy, mistake-ridden evening at Outdated Trafford, fingernails have been beginning to get chewed on the sight of the house aspect making it so arduous for themselves regardless of beginning the second-leg of their semi-final with Athletic Bilbao holding a three-goal benefit.

However Mount selected precisely the proper time to step up.

Beset by a succession of accidents which have restricted the England man to simply 10 Premier League begins since his £55m transfer from Chelsea in 2023, Mount had solely been on the pitch 10 minutes when he turned onto Leny Yoro’s brief cross contained in the Bilbao penalty space.

Mount’s strike was true and arrowed into the far nook.

It was his third United objective nevertheless it was by far a very powerful and ended lingering fears the guests would possibly grow to be the primary aspect in 134 makes an attempt in Uefa competitions to overturn a three-goal first leg deficit away from dwelling.

However there was extra to return.

After Casemiro and Rasmus Hojlund had steered United right into a profitable lead, Mount pounced on a unfastened ball 45 yards out and floated an outstanding shot into an empty web.

The objective capped a memorable Outdated Trafford evening and maintained United’s unbeaten file within the competitors.

The ultimate end result was harsh on the Spanish guests, who have been the higher aspect for lengthy intervals and led at half-time because of Mikel Jauregizar’s magnificent 30-yard effort.

That didn’t matter to the house followers on the ultimate whistle as they may now get a shot at salvaging their season towards the Premier League’s different nice underachievers.