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[caption id="attachment_42303" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Rashford's 107th minute goal gave Manchester United a crucial victory on Thursday. Image Source: MUFC twitter[/caption] Internet Desk: Jose Mourinho's Manchester United remains the only team to keep alive the English challenge on Europe but no-one is deluded. It’s almost ten years since the Red Devils recorded that emphatic 7-1 victory against Totti's Roma in the UEFA Champions League which Sir Alex described as “the greatest night” he’d ever experienced in the place and left Corriere della Sera reflecting that “no technical explanation holds.” That all seems a distant universe now. But the way United earned the place to play the Europa League Semi final last night, deserved respect for their never-say-attitude. A left-footed finish from the special kid Marcus Rashford from a Marouane Fellaini knock-down in the game’s 107th minute proved to be the ddecisive factor, yet Jose Mourinho’s quest for Champions League football through the Europa League door was a terribly tense one. It has been the week when the football of Atletico Madrid has graced these shores. You shudder to think what damage they may have wreaked, had United been on the stage they aspire. They discover on Friday whether they will face Ajax, Celta Vigo or Lyon in the semi-final, and there is some encouragement to be taken from the matchwinner’s performance. It was not a perfect display from Marcus Rashford but the quality of the finish – a drag-back and low, fractionally deflected shot – capped a night on which he showed more attacking  ambition than any other player in red. There may be more chances, given that Zlatan Ibrahimovic looked to have damaged ligaments after hyper-extending his leg after landing from an aerial challenge in the last knockings of normal time. Mourinho did not deny on Thursday night that the Swede’s season may be over. The first half was United’s season in microcosm – flashing moments of great promise, none less than Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s 10th minute opener – with no developing sense that their challengers would be swept aside. The Armenian’s finish was clinical enough - the end product of a sweeping move down the Dutch left set in train by Paul Pogba’s 30-yard ball of vision and perfect weight into it. United conceded a soft goal in the 32nd minute, as Sofiane Hanni brought Anderlecht back into the contest. In the second half United created chances after chances, but Zlatan missed a number of chances to push the tension in the extra time.