David De Gea brilliance helps Manchester United claim goalless Champions League draw in Sevilla

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Full-time

Shahktar Donetsk 2-1 AS Roma

Second-half strikes from Ferreyra and Fred cancel out Under's opener and give Ukrainian champions Shakhtar a lead to protect in Rome next month.

Full-time

Sevilla 0-0 Manchester United

Job half-done as far as limited United are concerned. Mourinho's cautious tactics pay off in a poor contest as they keep a clean sheet away from home.

Sevilla's profligacy meant that the visitors were mostly untroubled, aside from a great double save produced by De Gea at the end of the first half.

The Red Devils will be big favourites to take care of business at Old Trafford on 13 March.

Two minutes of added time signalled by the fourth official.

Rashford wins a free-kick off Lenglet and dusts himself down before firing wide from some distance.

Pizarro replaces Banega.

A late flurry of action at both ends.

Sandro is denied a first Sevilla goal by a block from Smalling and Navas appeals in vain for a penalty after going down theatrically over Pogba's outstretched leg. That looked like a clear dive at first glance.

Rashford then shoots wide.

Sevilla's first substitution of the night comes with just six minutes left on the clock.

Montella initially looks to replace Vazquez with Everton loanee Sandro before appearing to change his mind and hauling off the profligate Muriel in a straight swap up top.

Lukaku fires through the legs of Rico but the goal will not stand as he clearly controlled the ball with his arm.

Mourinho's final change sees Martial replace Mata.

Muriel's well-hit shot from a difficult angle is easy enough for De Gea to handle.

Less than 10 minutes plus stoppage time remaining in Andalusia.

Manchester City target Fred beats Alisson with a superb free-kick after fellow Brazilian Marlos is fouled by Kevin Strootman.

Shakhtar have come from behind to lead Roma.

Goal: Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 AS Roma (Fred)

Correa plays a neat one-two with Vazquez and is rightly flagged for offside as he bends an effort wide of the far post.

Sanchez is the man to make way for Rashford. I think we might see Martial sooner rather than later also.

Sarabia heads Muriel's cross over the bar at the back post. Sevilla have been so wasteful tonight.

Rashford preparing to come on for United.

Pogba fires well wide for United before Muriel is unable to apply the finishing touch to an inviting low ball played across the six-yard box.

Former Newcastle loanee Ferreyra's 12th goal in his last 13 appearances has Shakhtar level in Ukraine.

Goal: Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 AS Roma (Facundo Ferreyra)

Banega floats a free-kick straight into the grateful arms of De Gea from an excellent position after Mata brings down Escudero.

United's latest corner comes to nothing as Smalling is whistled for climbing on N'Zonzi.

Two more Sevilla chances go begging as Lenglet's header from a free-kick is held by De Gea and the lively Correa ends a jinking run by firing into the stands.

Sevilla are furious after the referee refuses to blow the whistle for a block on Vazquez by McTominay.

Muriel wipes out Sanchez and Lukaku fires the free-kick straight into the wall from a long way out.

Still goalless as we enter the final 30 minutes at the Ramon Sanchez-Pijuan.

Muriel is certainly adopting a shoot-on-sight policy this evening, but he rarely seems to lift his eyes off the deck.

The Colombian's latest strike is left to drift harmlessly wide of the post by De Gea.

Lindelof cynically tugs at Vazquez's shirt right in front of the referee and somehow manages to avoid a caution.

Strong defensive play from young McTominay to win a free-kick off Escudero.

A robust tackle from Young leads to another Sevilla corner and a powerful strike from Vazquez is inadvertently blocked by his own teammate in Mercado.

The attack breaks down when Vazquez is penalised for a sliding challenge on Sanchez.

Another shot from Muriel deflects wide off Smalling for Sevilla's 11th corner of the match already.

Banega's latest delivery is easily gathered by De Gea.

Sanchez and Lindelof, distracted by Navas, get themselves in a muddle down the United left, allowing Vazquez to cut inside and curl a shot wide of the far post.

Muriel demonstrates a lovely first touch to take down Banega's pass before slicing a left-footed half-volley hopelessly high and wide.

Escudero concedes a corner at the other end and Lenglet clears a cross from Mata.

The two sets of players have re-emerged from the tunnel and the second half is underway.

No further changes from either manager at the break, with Mourinho spending some of his time chatting to Correa and former Real Madrid youngster Sarabia.

That second save from De Gea to keep out Muriel's close-range header was extraordinary.

All in all a disappointing first-half showing from the visitors, who offered relatively little going forward and relied on their world-class goalkeeper to keep the score level.

Some might describe the first 40 minutes or so as a dour but accomplished away performance on the continent. However, Sevilla had plenty of chances to create danger on the counter.

Half-time scores

Sevilla 0-0 Manchester United

Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 AS Roma

Deadlock broken in Kharkiv, where in-form young Turkish winger Under has beaten Andriy Pyatov after being played in by Edin Dzeko.

Goal: Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 AS Roma (Cengiz Under)

United end the first half under siege.

De Gea makes two crucial, terrific saves to deny N'Zonzi and Muriel. Montella will be wondering how his side did not take the lead just before the interval.

United completely botch a short corner and are reliant on Lindelof to thwart another swift but frustratingly ineffective Sevilla counter-attack.

Plenty of small fouls during this first half and Sanchez joins N'Zonzi in the book for a pull on Navas.

Correa, not for the first time tonight, is afforded far too much space by Valencia and again shoots straight at De Gea.

McTominay forces the first real - comfortable - save from Sergio Rico and Sevilla counter once more, with Smalling unnecessarily diverting Escudero's shot out for a corner.

Matic fouls Vazquez and clears Banega's subsequent free-kick. Lindelof concedes the corner and Lenglet almost gets a sight of goal.

United concede possession sloppily deep inside their own half and a poor pass from Banega forces Franco Vazquez wide, allowing Smalling to make the block.

Back-to-back corners come to nothing.

OK, that was more agricultural from Sevilla as Sanchez is prevented from collecting a long Young pass by the forearm of Mercado.

I think United feel that Lukaku is getting some rough treatment from the Sevilla defence in this opening half an hour, but it's not exactly been a hatchet-job type effort.

Sanchez's appeals for Escudero to be booked fall on deaf ears. And rightly so.

A rather innocuous collision between Lukaku and Lenglet invites a word from the referee. That looks like a potentially intriguing battle to watch.

At the other end, Correa takes on Valencia and fires a shot into De Gea's midriff.

Lukaku signals for Sanchez to loft a pass in his direction and the Belgian peels off the back of Mercado before volleying high into the stands.

A wretched finish from the Belgian, who has scored six goals in his last eight appearances including a brace against Huddersfield on Saturday.

Pogba loses his first one v one battle with Escudero, who then wins Sevilla a corner as his lofted pass towards Sarabia is headed out by Young.

Following the corner, N'Zonzi catches Sanchez on the thigh and receives the first yellow card of the night.

Herrera pulls up holding his left hamstring after an attempted backheel and signals to the bench before removing his boot and hammering the turf in frustration.

The Spaniard, who had only just returned from a groin problem, limps off and Pogba enters the fray.

He will play most of this first leg after all...

More action at both ends.

Lukaku nearly takes advantage of some slack defending from Lenglet and Gabriel Mercado before Escudero makes the block.

United's defenders then back off Navas, allowing him to unleash a low drive that flashes wide of the post.

Brilliant defending from another ex-City man in Jesus Navas, who utilises his enduring speed to get across and stop Sanchez after the latter is put through by Herrera.

Sevilla immediately counter, with Valencia containing the threat of Correa before Banega fizzes a right-footed shot over the crossbar from distance.

United earn their first corner of the evening as the previously anonymous Sanchez's cross is headed behind by Escudero.

Steven N'Zonzi is unchallenged as he firmly heads clear a ball from Mata.

A busy start for Correa as he is fouled by Mata before bumping into United captain Valencia.

Muriel does not give the much-maligned Chris Smalling a chance to settle at the back and Ashley Young makes an excellent sliding challenge on the eager Colombian.

A long-distance strike from Muriel whizzes past Lindelof before being parried by a diving De Gea.

Good save from the Spaniard.

Some early pressure from the hosts, with Victor Lindelof turning Pablo Sarabia's cross behind for a corner.

McTominay competes with Clement Lenglet for Banega's right-wing delivery and United survive.

French referee Clement Turpin gets proceedings underway.

United, decked out in black shirts and shorts with white socks, will kick from left to right in this first half as we look at it.

Can they secure a healthy lead to take back to Old Trafford on 13 March, or will the decision not to start Pogba prove costly?

Great noise from around the ground as the familiar Champions League anthem is essentially drowned out...

Five minutes remaining until kick-off in Seville. A pre-match light show is ongoing at the Ramon Sanchez-Pijuan before the two teams enter the arena.

How important could his fitness be for Sevilla tonight?

Sanchez has scored once and laid on two assists in five matches since joining United from Arsenal in January.

Montella, who hoped Pogba would not play tonight, came up with a novel way of trying to stop the Chilean at his pre-match press conference...

I remember him really well from his stay in Italy. He has improved his style a lot during his career and I think he can be a really good player in transition. I think they have really good speed in attack.

Well, maybe we can lock him up with a padlock or tie him up with rope.

[quotes via BBC Sport]

A little bit of a testy pre-match exchange between BT Sport's Des Kelly and Mourinho, who was not particularly keen to keep discussing Pogba...

David Soria, Daniel Carrico, Pizarro, Ben Yedder and Nolito are all on the Sevilla bench tonight along with a pair of Premier League loanees in Swansea's Roque Mesa and Everton forward Sandro Ramirez.

Ben Yedder's absence from the starting XI is perhaps even more surprising than Pogba's, with the French forward having netted six of his team's 12 goals during the group stage.

In-form Sevilla, fifth in La Liga and through to the final of the Copa del Rey, are very strong at home - where they have lost just once in 35 games - and memorably rescued a 3-3 draw against Liverpool in November after going in at half-time 3-0 down. They conceded 12 goals in total during the group stage, so United may well fancy their chances of an away goal.

At this time last season, Los Rojiblancos were beaten 3-2 on aggregate by Leicester City despite winning the first leg in Andalusia.

United, currently second in the Premier League but 16 points adrift of leaders Manchester City, topped Group A ahead of FC Basel, CSKA Moscow and Benfica after winning five and losing one of their six matches.

By contrast, five-time Europa League winners Sevilla won only two of their group stage games - the lowest mark of any of the sides left in the competition - and have yet to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals despite making the last 16 four times in their last five appearances, per Opta.

Who to start on the right-hand side was said to have been a dilemma bothering Mourinho up until this afternoon, with Anthony Martial pushing to start ahead of Mata.

Sevilla make three changes to the side that beat Las Palmas 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday, with Layun, Guido Pizarro and top scorer Wissam Ben Yedder replaced by Sergio Escudero, Banega and Luis Muriel.

De Gea and Valencia return at the expense of Sergio Romero and Luke Shaw, the latter of whom is not even named as a substitute.

Herrera replaces Michael Carrick and the front three of Alexis Sanchez, Juan Mata and Romelu Lukaku remains intact.

Pogba and Rashford coming onto the bench means no place in the matchday squad for youngsters Angel Gomes and Ethan Hamilton, who were drafted in at Huddersfield.

Confirmation that Pogba begins the first-leg tie on the United bench. A penny for his thoughts...

Just three members of that United testimonial team are involved in this fixture four-and-a-half years later...

Ever Banega, former Manchester City winger Nolito and Joaquin Correa are all available for Sevilla, with Johannes Geis and the cup-tied Miguel Layun missing out.

Herrera returned to training earlier this week after missing three games with a thigh strain, as did Marcus Rashford (hip) and Antonio Valencia.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has not played since the 2-2 draw with Burnley on Boxing Day, also took part in a session at Carrington but was not named in Mourinho's travelling squad.

Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones, Daley Blind and Marouane Fellaini all remain sidelined, while David De Gea will return in goal having been the only senior played rested at the weekend.

It sounds like Pogba will only make the bench tonight after all, with Nemanja Matic, Ander Herrera and Scott McTominay preferred in a midfield three...

Good evening and welcome to IBTimes UK's live coverage of the final night of 2017-18 Champions League last-16 first-leg ties.

Shakhtar Donetsk and AS Roma meet in the former's adopted home of Kharkiv this evening, but our focus will be fixed on events in Andalusia where Group E runners-up Sevilla and Group A winners Manchester United square off in a competitive fixture for the very first time at the atmospheric Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium.

Paul Pogba has travelled to southern Spain and is expected to return to Jose Mourinho's starting XI after missing the FA Cup fifth-round win over Huddersfield Town on Saturday.

We will have all the latest team news for you as it breaks in addition to live updates from both of tonight's contests after 19.45 GMT. Stay tuned.