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Man Utd defender Smalling: ‘Bring on the next round’

Chris Smalling was a happy man on Thursday night.

The Manchester United defender watched his teammates beat Zorya Luhansk from England in their final Europa League group stage game.

The Red Devils, thanks to goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, defeated the Ukrainian side 2-0 in Odessa which saw them through to the next stage of the European competition.

Smalling, who was left out of the travelling squad because of injury, Tweeted the following:

United will now wait for Monday's draw to find out who they will be playing in the Round of 32.

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