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Twitter Reacts as Manchester United Thrash LASK 5-0 in Behind Closed Doors Cracker

It was a five star performance from Manchester United on Thursday evening as they romped to a comfortable victory over LASK to all but confirm their progression to the Europa League quarter finals.

The game was played behind closed doors to prevent the spread of coronavirus, so no travelling United fans got to witness the 5-0 demolition. Luckily though, social media is COVID-19 free and plenty of supporters had their say throughout.

Prior to the game, all of the journalists privileged enough to be covering the action gave some insightful analysis of what football without fans is like. 

A "Weird" comment was followed by a "strange" post, then another one calling it weird. Cutting edge stuff guys, thanks.

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Then came the release of the two starting lineups and even in the midst of a global health emergency, some United fans still felt the need to give Ole Gunnar Solskjaer some stick. 

It was quite comforting in a way. Even with all this uncertainty, some things never change.

Others supporters were just annoyed that Mason Greenwood didn't get a runout. 

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After Juan Mata and Daniel James went close, Odion Ighalo continued his fantastic run of goalscoring form with an absolute corker. 

The Nigerian continues to defy his critics - as his fans on social media were very quick to point out.

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United continued to dominate and should have added to their lead before half time. 

The main reason for this was the remarkable display of Bruno Fernandes. Devastatingly creative as ever, the midfielder was the subject of quite the love-in on social media.

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​​Just over ten minutes after half time, Daniel James finally ended his 32 game scoring drought, cutting in from the left wing before firing into the bottom corner. 

Everyone...well, nearly everyone, was delighted for him on Twitter.

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In the closing stages, United put the game beyond all doubt courtesy of Juan Mata. The Spaniard finished calmly in the box after he was set free by an incisive pass from Fred. 


With qualification all but confirmed, it was party time on social media for United fans.


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Just when the Red Devils thought things couldn't get any better, they were treated to even more goals in second half stoppage time. 


First, subs Tahith Chong and Mason Greenwood combined to make it 4-0 and then Andreas Pereira seized upon a goalkeeping error to add a fifth. 


All around a pretty perfect night for the Red Devils. It's just a shame that none of their travelling contingent were able to witness it.

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Source : 90min