After the drama of the Champions League’s return this week, it’s the Europa League’s turn to provide some midweek action.
16 matches were played on Thursday, with Besiktas winning 4-1 over Athletic Bilbao in preparation for Wednesday evening.
The two English clubs were competing, with Manchester United hosting Rangers and Tottenham traveling to Hoffenheim.
Ruben Amorim’s Red Devils scored a late winner to defeat Rangers, meanwhile, Ange Postecoglou’s Lillywhites almost squandered a comfortable lead in Germany but managed to hold on for a big three points.
Elsewhere, Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce faced Lyon, but were unable to find a way to overcome their French rival, drawing 0-0 at home.
Porto hosted the Portuguese Olympiacos, but failed to qualify and lost 1-0 thanks to a goal in the 79th minute scored by Ayoub El Kaabi.
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Roma headed to AZ Alkmaar and like many others were at the end of the match with a surprise result. The Italians lost 1-0 thanks to former Tottenham player Troy Parrott who scored the only goal of the match.
Lazio clashed with Real Sociedad in a contentious match. The hosts won 3-1 and Sociedad had Aihen Munoz sent off in the first half, making the tie difficult from that moment on.
Ajax were on the end of a shock result, losing 1-0 away to RFS.
That was not the end of the game, as dozens more goals were scored around the pitch on an excellent night of European football.
Read on to see full results from each match.
Results of the seventh round of the European League
Alkmaar 1-0 Roma
Bodo/Glimt 3-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Porto 0-1 Olympiacos
Fenerbahce 0-0 Lyon
Hoffenheim 2-3 Tottenham
Malmo 2-3 Twente
Karabakh 2-3 FCSB
Viktoria Plzeň 2-0 Anderlecht
Frankfurt 2-0 Ferencvaros
Elfsborg 1-0 Nice
Lazio 3-1 Real Sociedad
Ludogorets 0-2 Midtjylland
Manchester United 2-1 Rangers
PAOK 2-0 Slavia Prague
RFS 1-0 Ajax
Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Braga
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