There were concerns over the fitness of Antony during the warm-up, the Manchester United winger jogging down the tunnel in obvious pain with what looked like a problem in his back.
Doubts surfaced as to whether the Brazilian would be fit to start, but whatever happened on the treatment table before kick-off worked wonders.
Antony came flying out of the blocks in the opening few minutes, playing through Jadon Sancho who found the net inside 25 seconds, unfortunately being flagged for a tight offside.
But the Reds winger kept at it early, bombing past Sevilla left-back Marcos Acuna minutes later. And the Brazilian fired a shot at goal on 12 minutes after some good footwork, yet another sharp moment after the initial scare, his problematic back in the past. RATINGS: Martial and Sabitzer good in Sevilla draw Antony wasn't the only one flying out of the blocks in the opening period, with Marcel Sabitzer netting twice in seven minutes to hand United their early lead.
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