Leander Dendoncker's late, late equalizer denied United the win after Henrikh Mkhitaryan ha put them ahead in the 36th minute. Jose Mourinho's men will though carry an away goal in the second leg next week. Other matches saw Ajax beat Schalke 2-0, Celta Vigo were 3- 2 winners over Genk, while Lyon beat Besiktas 2-1.
Meanwhile, Arsenal have made a sensational move to break the contract stalemate with Alexis Sanchez by offering to make him the highest paid player in Premier League history on 300,000 pounds a week.
This comes after the 28-year-old Chilean was linked with a move to English sides Manchester City, Chelsea and French champions PSG. The current English Premier League earner is Manchester United’s Paul Pogba who gets on 290,000 pounds a week.
Arsenal is set to demand 50 million pounds should they fail to reach an agreement with him.
Staying in football, Chinese investors Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux have completed the 628M pounds takeover of AC Milan, promising "significant capital increases.
The Serie A club has been owned by former Italy prime minister Silvio Berlusconi since 1986. In that time they won eight league titles and five European Cups.
However, the seven-time European champions have not won a Serie A title since 2011 and finished seventh, 10th and eighth in the last three seasons.
They are currently sixth in the league, 20 points behind leaders Juventus.