Standard Liege vs Arsenal LIVE result: Young Gunners fight back to knock out Standard and seal top spot

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Arsenal's Emile Smith Rowe in action against Liege (Reuters)

Follow all the reaction live as Arsenal‘s youngsters beat Standard Liege in the Europa League.

Freddie Ljungberg’s side only needed to avoid defeat to guarantee their qualification for the knockout stages and came into the fixture riding a wave of momentum after the interim head coach secured the first win of his tenure against West Ham last weekend.

Konstantinos Mavropanos, Joe Willock, Bukayo Saka, Reiss Nelson and Emile Smith Rowe all started for the Gunners, who defeated the Belgian side 4-0 in the reverse fixture in October., as they drew 2-2 to finish top of the group. Follow all the reaction below:

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What time does it start?

Standard Liege vs Arsenal kicks off at 5.55pm on Thursday 12 December.

Can I stream it?

The game will be available to live stream via the BT Sport app on your laptop, smartphone or tablet. Subscribers will also be able to watch it on BT Sport 2. Coverage starts at 5.30pm.

Prediction

It looks like the Londoners may have stumbled upon a winning formula in the victory against West Ham, having lost their previous encounter against Brighton in an embarrassing 2-1 home defeat. There’s a lot of work to be done but on account of the attacking fluidity seen at the London Stadium on Monday night, there’s no reason to believe Arsenal can’t get the job done against Standard Liege. Confidence levels should be back on the up too. A tricky, hard-fought 90 minutes await, but I’m backing Arsenal to edge it.

Standard Liege 1-2 Arsenal

Odds

Standard Liege: 5/2

Draw: 14/5

Arsenal: 19/20

Key Points

• Liege XI: Bodart; Fai, Vanheusden, Laifis, Gavory; Carcela, Bastien, Amallah, Cimirot, Mpoku; Emond
• Arsenal XI: Martinez, Sokratris, Luiz, Mavropanos, Maitland-Niles, Willock, Guendouzi, Saka, Nelson, Lacazette, Smith-Rowe 

[12 December 2019 21:42 · Michael Jones]

Man Utd 4 - 0 AZ Alkmaar

84 mins: Man Utd break quickly with Chong who storms forward with the ball. Koopmeiners does his best to keep up with him but knows he's not got the pace and so brings him down. He goes in the book.

[12 December 2019 21:45 · Michael Jones]

Man Utd 4 - 0 AZ Alkmaar

87 mins: It's as easy as you like for Man Utd now. The fight has, understandably, gone out of AZ Almaar. United have all the possession with Chong running it into the box, there are red shirts in the area but Chong loses the ball before he can pick any of them out. 

[12 December 2019 21:48 · Michael Jones]

Man Utd 4 - 0 AZ Alkmaar

90 mins: Two added minutes at the end of the 90. Man Utd will want to hold on to the clean sheet for the perfect night.

[12 December 2019 21:51 · Michael Jones]

Man Utd 4 - 0 AZ Alkmaar

90+2 mins: The full time whistle goes. A blistering second half gives Man Utd a brilliant win. They top Group L and will go into the round of 32 draw seeded. 

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men continue their good run of form.

[12 December 2019 21:56 · Michael Jones]

It didn't look likely at half time but Manchester United swatted aside AZ Alkmaar in impressive fashion to close out their Europa League group stage with a victory. Teenager Mason Greenwood was the undoubted star of the show, scoring two superbly taken goals: