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Man Utd on verge of Champions League last 16

Manchester United now just need a point to progress in the Champions League after they strolled to a 3-0 win over Bursaspor in Turkey. All the goals came in the second period after Bursapor had threatened briefly in the opening half but once Darren Fletcher gave the Reds the lead immediately after the break the result was never in doubt.

Two goals in seven minutes from French winger Gabriel Obertan then a third from Portuguese substitute Bebe all but ensured the Old Trafford outfit of a last 16 place.

They now just need a draw against the their next opponents Rangers.

For Bursapor though, they are definitely out having failed to score now in four group C matches.

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER)

Venue: Bursa Ataturk stadium Attendance: 25,000

Bursapor scorers: Man Utd scorers: Fletcher 48, Obertan 73, Tiago Bebe 77

BURSAPOR 27 Ivankov 03 Wederson 04 Erdogan 38 Ozturk 07 Insua (Nunez 75) 10 Sen (Odabasi 81) 13 Svensson 21 Tandogan 25 Ergic 09 Yildirim (Ipek 75) 22 Bahadir

Substitutes 01 Ozkan, 23 Keceli, 55 Stepanov, 06 Has, 20 Ipek, 35 Odabasi, 29 Nunez

MAN UTD 01 Van der Sar 03 Evra (Fabio Da Silva 80) 12 Smalling 15 Vidic 21 Rafael Da Silva 16 Carrick 17 Nani (Park Ji-Sung 29) 18 Scholes 24 Fletcher (Tiago Bebe 62) 09 Berbatov 26 Obertan

Substitutes 29 Kuszczak, 06 Brown, 20 Fabio Da Silva, 22 O'Shea, 13 Park Ji-Sung, 14 Hernandez, 33 Tiago Bebe

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