Manchester United were expected to beat Anderlecht without too much trouble at Old Trafford this evening following last week’s 1-1 draw in Belgium.

However, Jose Mourinho’s side spurned a host of glorious opportunities to kill the tie off and the second leg subsequently went to extra-time.

United took the lead in the 10th minute through Henrikh Mkhitaryan but were pegged back before half-time when Sofiane Hanni smashed past Sergio Romero.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford all had great chances to put the tie to bed before extra-time, but they went begging.

However, in the first minute of extra-time, the Red Devils came close to scoring one of the greatest goals of all time. No, really.

Almost the greatest goal ever

Rashford beat a couple of Anderlecht players before spinning on the byline and producing a magnificent rabona cross.

It turned out to be a perfect cross for Pogba, whose well-executed overhead kick appeared to be heading in.

Cruelly, we were denied what would have been a ridiculously good goal by Uro Spajic’s block inside the six-yard box.

Watch: Rashford and Pogba almost score the best goal ever

So close...

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Rashford the hero for United

Less than 20 minutes later, however, and Rashford produced the all-important winning goal.

United are now through to the Europa League semi-finals and in with an excellent chance of winning the tournament for the first time in their history.