Manchester United are halfway through to a Europa League final showdown with (presumably) Tottenham Hotspur after an unexpected 3-0 victory away to 10-man Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of the semifinals on Thursday.

Athletic Bilbao and Man Utd will go head-to-head in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final clash at San Mames on Thursday night.

SAN MAMES — Bilbao’s famous Guggenheim museum houses some of the more bizarre contemporary art you can feast your eyes on. Nothing Jackson Pollock could create was as curious as what Manchester United painted just down the Nervion River on a European night as great anything in this storied football club’s recent history.