Cavani's euphoria at scoring was clear as he roared in celebration at the empty north London stadium after what would have been an opener was ruled out for Son Heung-min falling after being caught by Scott McTominay in the buildup.
Arsenal paid the price for a lack of concentration after failing to defend Nicolas Pépé’s 86th-minute opener.
The Portuguese midfielder, who saw the ball coming at his chest height and going away from him, made a terrific manoeuvre to raise his feet high to receive the ball
The team normally plays its Women’s Super League home matches at Leigh Sports Village but switched to Old Trafford during the international break in the men's game.
Iheanacho's brace on the night shows the exit door to Manchester United from this season's FA Cup.
Man United, which also won the Europa League in 2017, was drawn to travel to Spain for the first leg on April 8.
Paul Pogba scored the only goal of the match as Manchester United beat AC Milan 2-1 on aggregate to reach the Europa League quarterfinals.
United, which is 14 points behind leader Manchester City in second, beat fifth-place West Ham 1-0. Leicester remains a point behind United after routing Sheffield United 5-0.
The divergence in fortunes of City and United over the past five weeks — they were separated by just a point at the top of the standings on Jan. 27 — has been dramatic.
There were worrying signs in United's third straight 0-0 draw, this time in the fog at Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
Bale scored twice in the club’s 4-0 win over Burnley; Chelsea kept its unbeaten record under manager Thomas Tuchel in a 0-0 draw with Man United.
Friday's draw sends Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic back to the English club where he played for two years.
Manchester United drew 0-0 with Real Sociedad for a 4-0 aggregate win, and Milan progressed on away goals, 3-3 on aggregate, after drawing 1-1 at home with Red Star Belgrade.
Second-half goals from Daniel James and Bruno Fernandes pushed the Red Devils to an important win after Newcastle winger Saint-Maximin had cancelled out Marcus Rashford opener at Old Trafford.
Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Manchester United took a big step toward the last 16 of the Europa League with a 4-0 “away” win over Real Sociedad.
United is back in the Europa League for the third time in five seasons, a sign of the times for a club once regarded as one of the continental heavyweights.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s comeback kings fell short on the road and, having been top just 19 days ago, second-place United now trails Manchester City by seven points.
UEFA said the home stadium of Juventus in Turin will stage the first leg of the round of 32 on Feb. 18.
The France international was forced off near the end of the first half of United’s 3-3 draw against Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.
In the last play of the game, a free-kick from Lucas Digne was glanced on and Dominic Calvert-Lewin controlled the ball before prodding it past David De Gea.
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