United's Europa League group place now secure

MANCHESTER

Teenage striker Marcus Rashford celebrated his England call-up with a goal as Manchester United ended their Premier League campaign by beating Bournemouth 3-1 in Tuesday's re-arranged Old Trafford fixture.

In a game carried over from Sunday following a postponement caused by the discovery of a fake bomb accidentally left behind during a terror training exercise, United needed a 19-goal victory in order to steal past Manchester City into the fourth and final Champions League qualifying berth.

Goals from Wayne Rooney, 18-year-old Rashford, named in England's provisional Euro 2016 squad a day earlier, and substitute Ashley Young secured the three points, but it was only enough to lift Louis van Gaal's side above Southampton into fifth place.

It means that a Europa League group place is now secure, while Saturday's FA Cup final against Crystal Palace may yet yield a piece of silverware, but it was a tame end to the season, at a two-thirds full stadium, which laid bare United's stagnation under Van Gaal.

His Bournemouth counterpart, Eddie Howe, has enjoyed a much more encouraging season.

The south-coast club, who replied courtesy of a stoppage-time Chris Smalling own goal, finished their first ever top-flight campaign in 16th place.

Fans arriving at Old Trafford spoke of their anger and frustration over Sunday's cancellation, which left visiting supporters facing two 500-mile (800-kilometre) round trips in three days.

The atmosphere inside and outside the stadium was subdued and there were visible signs of dissent against the unpopular Van Gaal.
One banner read held up by fans read: "TIME TO GO LOUIS! NOT GOOD ENOUGH!"

HULL CITY SURVIVED

Meanwhile, Hull City survived to reach the Championship play-off final on Tuesday despite losing 2-0 at home to Derby County in their semi-final second leg.

Hull's 3-0 win in the first leg at the weekend left Derby with too much to do in the return at the KC Stadium as Steve Bruce's side set up a final against Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley later this month.

Derby were attempting to turn the tie around against all the odds and the evening started well as they went in front in the seventh minute.

Cyrus Christie did brilliantly down the right and his cross eventually came to former Dundee United striker Johnny Russell, who stabbed home at the second attempt after his initial effort was blocked.

The nerves were jangling among the home fans as Derby went further in front nine minutes before the interval, Andy Robertson poking the ball into his own net after Curtis Davies had deflected a Marcus Olsson cross.

However, Craig Bryson squandered a great chance to square the tie on aggregate at the start of the second half when he failed to turn in an Andreas Weimann cross and Hull held on.

The Tigers, looking to make an immediate return to the Premier League after their relegation last season, will face Wednesday in the final after the Owls beat Brighton and Hove Albion 3-1 on aggregate in the first semi-final.