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Big night ahead
Manchester United will be looking to keep their season alive when they face Real Sociedad in the second leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie tonight.
The tie is finely poised at 1-1 after last week's first leg in San Sebastián, meaning everything is to play for.
United took the lead through Joshua Zirkzee in last week's game but were later pegged back by a Mikel Oyarzabal penalty.
Ruben Amorim has insisted that while winning the Europa League would not "change a lot", it would give the team more energy.
He said: "It is also important; it will give us more energy to continue the season."
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