MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester United qualified for the 32nd round of the Europa League on Thursday after beating hosts Partizan Belgrade of Serbia 3-0 in the fourth round of Group B.

The Red Devils triumphed Mason Greenwood, Anthony Marcial and Marcus Rashford in the 22nd, 33rd and 49th minutes respectively.

Earlier on Thursday, in the same group, Alkmaar swept away their Kazakh host FC Astana 5-0.

With this result, Manchester United lead the group with 10 points and qualified for the second round, while Alkmaar came second with 8 points, Partizan third with 4 points, and Astana in fourth and last place with no points.

Man United are in a Premier League failure with four defeats in 11 games so far, slipping to 10th place with 13 points.