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Tom Doyle

AS Roma 3-2 Manchester United LIVE! Man Utd reach Europa League Final - result, latest news and reaction

AS Roma vs Manchester United LIVE!

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reached a major final as Manchester United manager for the first time after a 3-2 defeat to AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico was enough to earn his side an 8-5 aggregate win in the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday.

The Norwegian had lost his last four semi-finals during his Old Trafford reign and despite Thursday's defeat in Rome, his side progressed comfortably thanks to last week's commanding 6-2 first leg win.

They will now face Villarreal in Gdnask, Poland, on May 26.

Edinson Cavani fired home a powerful finish after 39 minutes to open the scoring, but Roma found the net twice in the space of three second-half minutes through Edin Dzeko and Bryan Cristante to turn the game on its head.

United had goalkeeper David de Gea to thank for not going further behind as the Spaniard produced a string of superb saves.

Cavani headed the visitors level but 19-year-old debutant Nicola Zalewski's shot took a big deflection off Alex Telles to beat De Gea as Roma secured the win on the night - but it was United who were left celebrating at the final whistle.

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