Obertan 73

                                                                                                                                Bebe 77

Manchester United have nearly guaranteed qualification from Champions League Group C after this ultimately convincing win in Turkey, although they had to wait until the second-half for their superiority to show on the scoreboard.

There were first United goals for both Gabriel Obertan and Bebe to add to Darren Fletcher’s strike just after the interval, as an understrength United completed their fourth group win, keeping their fourth clean sheet.

The hosts should have had a penalty early on when Paul Scholes bundled over Sercan Yildrim in the area, though Scholes’ luck ran out when his 39^th-minute goal was ruled out for handball.

Tungay Bahadir fired Bursaspor’s best chance at keeper Edwin van der Sar on 23 minutes. And they were made to pay three minutes after half-time when Darren Fletcher drilled the ball home right-footed from Michael Carrick’s volleyed pass.

Frenchman Gabriel Obertan opened his United account on 71 minutes, cutting inside his marker on the edge of the box and driving the ball right-footed past Bursaspor’s Bulgarian keeper Dimitar Ivankov.

And two minutes later, substitute Bebe squeezed the ball into the net from 12 yards via defender Ali Tandagon’s ankle after picking up a wonderfully disguised pass from Scholes.