Neil Lennon: Omonia Nicosia face a big ask against Manchester United

Neil Lennon is hoping to give Manchester United another scare as the former Celtic boss leads Omonia Nicosia at Old Trafford searching for a historic Europa League win.

Last week the Cypriot side stunned Erik ten Hag's Red Devils by taking a first-half lead at the rocking GSP Stadium as Karim Ansarifard struck a dream opener.

But Omonia would not celebrate a famous win as Marcus Rashford’s brace and a strike from Anthony Martial set up a comeback victory that ended 3-2 thanks to Nikolas Panayiotou’s late goal.

Around 4,500 fans are making the trip to Old Trafford for a Group E encounter that sees the visitors priced by some bookmakers at 40-1 to win.

"A bit steep," Lennon said with a smile when those odds were to put him.

"Everyone is going to have to play brilliantly, at the top of their game. We’re going to have to keep the ball better than we did in the first 30 minutes of the game.

"We only really started to look like ourselves when we scored and then Manchester United looked a little bit rattled.

"The introduction of Martial and Rashford gave them fresh impetus and there’s nothing you can do about that, really.

"Look, we are going to have to hang in there for periods, we are going to have to suffer.

"Our goalkeeper (Fabiano) who played very well last week is not playing tomorrow because of injury but hopefully our goalkeeper tomorrow has an inspired game.

"That’s what you have to do. You have to be disciplined, you have to be concentrated, you have to take risks at times on the ball.

"You have to have good set plays because that’s always an avenue to score. It’s a big ask but it’s not insurmountable."