Real Sociedad's goalscorer Mikel Oyarzabal Real Sociedad's goalscorer Mikel Oyarzabal

Real Sociedad set up a finely poised second leg of their Europa League last-16 tie as Mikel Oyarzabal's penalty earned a 1-1 home draw against Manchester United. (More Football News)qqbr

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Joshua Zirkzee had broken the deadlock for the visitors, but Bruno Fernandes was penalised for a handball in the box, with the resulting spot-kick restoring parity.

United had the better chances in the first half and arguably should have had a half-time lead. Diogo Dalot picked out Fernandes on the penalty spot, but his first-time effort was blocked on the line, before Alex Remiro denied Zirkzee, who then flicked the rebound wide.

The visitors came out of the blocks quickly in the second half, with Alejandro Garnacho firing into the side-netting, before Zirkzee broke the deadlock. Rasmus Hojlund's run excellently opened up the space, with the Dutchman curling Garnacho's cross in first-time.

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However, against the run of play, La Real were given a lifeline. Fernandes jumped to clear his lines, but the ball struck his raised arm, with a VAR review seeing the spot-kick given.

Oyarzabal coolly stepped up from 12 yards, stuttering his run-up to wrong-foot Andre Onana, before curling his penalty to the left and sending the goalkeeper the wrong way.

La Real searched for a winner late on, with Onana making smart saves to deny Brais Mendez and Orri Oskarsson, who had earlier seen a poked shot fly wide of the post from very close range.

We're held to a draw in San Sebastian but it's all to play for in the second leg #MUFC qqbr