Europa/Conference League: Man Utd, Spurs, Chelsea reach quarter­finals

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur both secured their spots in the quarter-finals of the Europa League on Thursday night.

In the Europa Conference League, Chelsea also scaled through to seal their place in the final eight.

Skipper Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick to lead his side to a 4-1 victory against 10-man Real Sociedad at Old Trafford.

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Having played 1-1 in the first leg in Spain, the Red Devils go through to the last eight with a 5-2 aggregate win.

For Tottenham Hotspur, they needed to fight hard to overturn their 1-0 loss from the first leg at AZ Alkmaar, and they successfully won 3-1 in London to go through on 3-2 aggregate win.

Im the Europa Conference League, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored the only goal of the game as Chelsea sealed their place in the Conference League quarter-finals.

Already leading 2-1 from the first leg, Chelsea go through with a 3-1 aggregate victory.

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