Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard were all on the scoresheet as an impressive Manchester United recorded a 4-0 win over Feyenoord in the Europa League on Thursday night.
The victory has moved the Red Devils into second position in Group A and left them only needing one point from their final group match against Zorya Luhansk early next month to qualify for the last-16 stage.
In Czech Republic, Costa Nhamoinesu was the hero as Sparta Prague became the fist team to beat English oppposiion after 16 failed attempt.
Nhamoinesu scored the only goal that sank Southampton.
Sparta, will definitely progress into the knockout stages as group winners courtesy of a sixth consecutive home victory, while they have also kept five successive clean sheets across all competitions for the first time since September 2008.
The Czech outfit, who have beaten English opposition for the first time in their last 16 attempts dating back to 1983, will face Inter Milan at San Siro in their final group game, with the fate of both teams already decided.
EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS
Astana 2-1 APOEL
Fenerbahce 2-0 Luhansk
Gabala 1-3 Anderlecht
Zenit 2-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Ajax 2-0 Panathinaikos
Celta Vigo 1-1 Standard Liege
Fiorentina 2-3 PAOK
Gent 2-2 Braga
Be’er Sheva 3-2 Inter Milan
Krasnodar 1-1 Salzburg
FC Zurich 1-1 Villarreal
Slovan Liberec 3-0 Qarabag FK
Schalke 2-0 Nice
Shakhtar 4-0 Konyaspor
Sparta Prague 1-0 Southampton
Bucuresti 2-1 Osmanlispor
Roma 4-1 Viktoria Plzen
Athletic Bilbao 3-2 Sassuolo
Austria Vienna 1-2 Astra
Dundalk 0-1 AZ
Genk 1-0 Rapid Vienna
Man Utd 4-0 Feyenoord
Olympiacos 1-1 Young Boys
St Etienne 0-0 Mainz 05