Bruno-Cavani run the show as United beat Roma 6-2 in UEL semis 1st leg

Bruno and Cavani ran the show as Manchester United beat Roma 6-2 in UEL semi-finals 1^st leg at Old Trafford on Thursday night.

A brace each for Bruno and Cavani followed by strikes from Pogba and Greenwood lit up Old Trafford.

Pellegrini and Dzeko’s goals in the first half did not count for much as Roma were blown away.

This was one of Manchester United’s best performances under Solskjær’s management.

United started off in the best manner possible as Bruno opened the scoring in the 9^th minute.

A brilliant piece of combination-play from Pogba-Cavani-Bruno wreaked havoc for Roma.

Cavani laid off a brilliant first-time pass from Pogba for Bruno, as he lifted the ball over the keeper and scored for 1-0.

United were put under pressure within a matter of minutes as Pogba conceded a penalty via hand-ball.

Pellegrini comfortably dispatched the penalty and made it 1-1.

Lopez made a fine save to deny Pogba’s shot from range as United continued to mount pressure.

Roma struck again through Dzeko as he tapped home from Pellegrini’s square pass to make it 2-1 in the 33^rd minute.

Mkhitaryan’s pass in the build up was a thing of beauty as he took United’s defenders out of the game.

United had the bulk of possession but could not break down the visitors once they took the lead.

Cavani could have equalized in the extra time but his shot was saved by the rushing Mirante. The Uruguayan should have put that into the net.

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Roma’s balance of play was affected in the first half itself as they had to make 3 substitutions due to injury issues.

In the second half, it was all United as the home side played out one of their best 2^nd half performances under Ole.

Cavani equalized in the 47^th minute with a brilliant finish from Fernandes’ pass.

Once again, it was the trio of Pogba-Bruno and Cavani that created the goal.

Manchester United had a spring in their step once they scored and looked for more.

United made it 3-2 in the 64^th minute as Cavani scored his second of the night with a simple tap in after the keeper fumbled on Wan-Bissaka’s shot.

It went from bad to worse as Roma conceded a penalty from Smalling’s foul on Cavani at the byline.

Bruno rattled home his second of the night and sent United 4-2 ahead.

The hosts did not stop as Pogba made it 5-2.

The Frenchman got onto Bruno’s cross ball and headed past Mirante.

Greenwood came in as a sub and got his goal as well.

The Englishman scored number six as he fired home from Cavani’s breathtaking pass.

The misery finally ended for the visitors as the referee blew the full-time whistle.

It was the Edison Cavani-Bruno Fernandes show as Untied annihilated the Italian side.

Manchester United beat Roma 6-2 and took one step closer to the finale at Gdansk next month.