WHAT HAPPENED We booked our place in the knockout stages of the Europa League with a hard-fought draw against Sporting – but the night was marred by what appears to be a serious injury to Danny Welbeck. The England international had been handed a start in his preferred position up front but - after going close with an effort that was cleared off the line – he went down in obvious distress in the 26th minute and was stretchered off. It was a desperately sad end to Welbeck’s evening, and the rest of the first half struggled to regain any real sense of rhythm. But we upped the ante after the interval and almost immediately went close as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - on for Welbeck - hit...
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