Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his return to the Manchester United starting lineup, as they sealed a place in the Europa League knockout rounds with a 3-0 victory over Sheriff Tiraspol at Old Trafford.
Ronaldo, who was left out of the squad to face Chelsea for disciplinary reasons, scored United's third goal after Diogo Dalot and Marcus Rashford had given the home side a comfortable lead.
United are in second place in Group E with 12 points from five matches ahead of their visit to Real Sociedad in their final pool game next week, where victory could see them top the table and book a place straight into the last 16.
Sociedad defeated Omonia 2-0 thanks to goals from Robert Navarro and Brais Mendez, while Earlier, PSV Eindhoven clinched a place in the last 16 with a dominant 2-0 home win over Arsenal.
Already-qualified Arsenal's perfect start in Group A ended as PSV ensured their passage to the knockout phase following Bodo/Glimt's 2-1 defeat by FC Zurich in the other game.
PSV had two first-half efforts chalked off for offside but took a deserved lead through Joey Veerman in the 55th minute when he clipped a left-footed effort past Aaron Ramsdale before substitute Luuk De Jong made it two with a header moments later.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta brought on Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus to try to salvage something from the game but they failed to find a way past a dogged PSV, who trail the Londoners by two points with one game remaining.
The group winners qualify for the last 16 while the eight runners-up will compete in February's playoffs where they face the eight teams coming third in their Champions League groups.
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