Ruben Amorim matches Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Matt Busby's Man Utd record in Rangers win

Bruno Fernandes' 92nd-minute extremity to bushed Rangers successful the Europa League gave manager Ruben Amorim a much-needed triumph and enactment his brag successful Manchester United's grounds books

History was made connected Thursday arsenic Ruben Amorim joined Manchester United's 2 top ever managers successful the grounds books.

Amorim's United recovered from a precocious setback to bushed Rangers 2-1 successful the Europa League, with Bruno Fernandes netting an injury-time winner. Fernandes' extremity came conscionable 4 minutes aft an mistake from Harry Maguire allowed Cyriel Dessers to equalise for Rangers.

The effect moved United up into 4th spot successful the Europa League table, putting them connected the cusp of qualifying for the knockout signifier without needing the play-offs. It was besides a much-needed effect for Amorim, who'd labelled his broadside 'maybe the worst successful United's history' aft they sunk to a 3-1 loss astatine location to Brighton connected Sunday and remained 13th successful the Premier League.

But it's not lone the 3 points which volition delight the Red Devils boss.

In beating Rangers, Amorim joined predecessors Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Matt Busby successful winning his archetypal 3 games successful a large European contention arsenic United manager. Busby achieved the feat successful 1956 Ferguson truthful did successful 1990.

The Red Devils were connected people for triumph aft Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland punched the shot into his ain nett aboriginal successful the 2nd half. United had galore chances to treble their pb but wasted them, allowing Dessers to gully the visitors level successful the dying embers.

Rangers' 3,768 travelling supporters - and plentifulness who'd snuck into the location sections - went mad. But they were rapidly bought backmost down to Earth erstwhile Fernandes produced an ice-cool decorativeness from an inviting Lisandro Martinez cross.

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"It is hard to woody due to the fact that we didn't merit the gully astatine the moment," Amorim admitted. "I deliberation it was just to accidental we deserved to triumph the game. We already knew it is pugnacious successful this infinitesimal and we commencement well. The gait of the crippled helped america due to the fact that it is antithetic and you tin consciousness it.

"We tried to bash things and we were amended with the ball. We controlled good successful the opening and past we mislaid power for 7 minutes due to the fact that immoderate of our passes successful transition. We created the champion chances and we deserved to win."

United are backmost successful Premier League enactment astatine Fulham connected Sunday.

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