Europa League 2024-25: Hojlund double earns Manchester United win at Viktoria Plzen; Bilbao beats Fenerbahce
The HinduForward Rasmus Hojlund scored twice to allow Manchester United to come back from a goal down and get a 2-1 win at six-times Czech champion Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League 2024-25 on Thursday. Substitute Hojlund needed just six minutes on the pitch to cancel out an early second-half opener by Plzen forward Matej Vydra before sealing the win with another strike just before fulltime for United’s third consecutive win in the competition. BILBAO FLYING HIGH Athletic Bilbao won 2-0 at Fenerbahce through a first-half brace by midfielder Inaki Williams on Wednesday after Jose Mourinho’s side was left with 10 men in the 69th minute following a second yellow card for defender Mert Muldur. Swedish side Malmo, near the bottom of the table, held Galatasaray, who started the day in fourth, to a last-gasp 2-2 home draw as Sergio Pena found the net in stoppage time after Elias Jelert and Yunus Akgun had scored for the visitors following Erik Botheim’s opener.