{"id":6678,"date":"2025-05-09T09:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=6678"},"modified":"2025-05-09T09:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:03:14","slug":"man-utd-crush-athletic-to-set-up-europa-league-final-showdown-with-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=6678","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd crush Athletic to set up Europa League final showdown with Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Manchester United mounted a sensational comeback to beat Athletic Club 4-1 on the night and 7-1 on aggregate, storming into the Europa League final where they will face Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>Trailing 1-0 after a stunning first-half goal by Athletic\u2019s Mikel Jauregizar, United looked on the verge of another European meltdown.<\/p>\n<p>But substitute Mason Mount turned the game around, scoring twice in a blistering second-half performance at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Men in Blazers (@meninblazers)<\/p>\n<p>Manager Ruben Amorim had made eight changes from Sunday\u2019s Premier League defeat to Brentford, reverting to the starting XI from last week\u2019s 3-0 away win in Bilbao.<\/p>\n<p>With the absence of key players like Nico and Inaki Williams, and Dani Vivian suspended, the Spanish side came in undermanned but dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Mount\u2019s 72nd-minute equaliser reignited United\u2019s attack. Minutes later, Casemiro and Rasmus H\u00f8jlund added to the tally as the home side completely flipped the script.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a disastrous domestic season, United now have a shot at silverware in the Europa League final, which will see them face fellow English side Tottenham on May 22.<\/p>\n<p>The victory sends a clear message \u2014 when the lights are brightest, Old Trafford can still deliver the drama<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Manchester United (@manchesterunited)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United mounted a sensational comeback to beat Athletic Club 4-1 on the night and 7-1 on aggregate, storming into the Europa League final where they will face Tottenham Hotspur. Trailing 1-0 after a stunning first-half goal by Athletic\u2019s Mikel Jauregizar, United looked on the verge of another European meltdown. But substitute Mason Mount turned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}