Paul Pogba returned from injury to score the winner as Manchester United beat AC Milan 1-0 on Thursday to reach the Europa League quarterfinals, while Mislav Oršic netted a hat trick as Dinamo Zagreb stunned Tottenham 3-0 to eliminate the London team. Pogba was brought on at halftime and had an immediate impact as he scored two minutes later to help United secure a 2-1 aggregate victory.

“Paul looked like he’d been out for six weeks. He’s been working really hard but playing football is a different matter and you can see that he needs more time,” United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said. “He couldn’t play for more than 45 minutes and he’ll get better and better which is fantastic for us for the rest of the season … He’s going to give us a big boost.”

Arsenal, Roma, Ajax and Villarreal all went through as well.

In Milan, former Manchester United forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic also made his comeback from injury as a substitute but saw his best effort saved as his powerful header was clawed away by goalkeeper Dean Henderson.

“There’s so much disappointment, we played two matches well, today we just missed a goal,” Ibrahimovic said. “We made an error at the back but that’s football and if you don’t take your chances it’s more difficult to go through.

“But now I’ll be back to help the team. … We didn’t deserve to go out tonight, but you also learn from negative moments to grow and we’ll move forward.”

Ibrahimovic played for United from 2016-18, helping it win the Europa League in 2017. That was the English side’s last trophy.

After conceding a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, United started positively at San Siro but Milan slowly got into the match and had the best chance with the last kick of the first half as Rade Krunic volleyed wide of the left post.