Europa League round-up: Napoli, Rapid Vienna and Braga keep 100% records
In-form Napoli continued their 100% record in Group D, Manolo Gabbiadini (two), José María Callejón and Gonzalo Higuaín scoring in a 4-1 success over FC Midtjylland.
Group E leaders Rapid Vienna and Group F pace-setters Braga have also won all three of their matches after both edged five-goal thrillers.
The Austrians came out on top of Viktoria Plzen, while Alan grabbed an 89th-minute winner for Braga against Marseille.
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Villarreal nestle second behind Rapid, Cedric Bakambu’s brace setting up a 4-0 defeat of Dinamo Minsk.
Fenerbahce got their first victory, Fernandao scoring in the 89th minute against Ajax.
Lacina Traoré’s goal was enough for Monaco to edge past FK Qarabag and leapfrog Tottenham at the Group J summit.
Lazio took a three-point lead in Group G after defying an early red card to beat Rosenborg 3-1 at Stadio Olimpico.
Mauricio was dismissed after only six minutes but Alessandro Matri, Felipe and Antonio Candreva netted for the Serie A side in a match in which penalties were missed at both ends.
Dnipro had been level on points with Lazio but lost 1-0 at home to St Etienne, with Romain Hamouma on target.
Schalke remain atop Group K after a 2-2 draw with second-placed Sparta Prague, while APOEL Nicosia beat Asteras Tripolis 2-1.
Sporting were the evening’s big scorers in Group H, despatching the Albanian side Skenderbeu 5-1, with all six goals coming after Hamdi Salihi’s first-half sending off.
Top two Lokomotiv Moscow and Besiktas shared a draw, with goals from Maicon and Mario Gómez.
There were two unexpected away wins in Group I.
Lech Poznan celebrated a 2-1 success at Fiorentina, Dawid Kownacki and Maciej Gajos negating Giuseppe Rossi’s late consolation, with Portugal’s Os Belenenses surprising Basel by the same scoreline.
In Group L Augsburg got off the mark in style, Piotr Trochowski’s goal enough to defeat AZ Alkmaar at home.
Athletic Bilbao ended Partizan Belgrade’s 100% record as Raúl García and Benat Etxebarria secured a 2-0 win for the visitors.
Legia Warsaw against Club Brugge and Liberec versus Groningen both ended 1-1.
FC Sion took a four-point lead at the top of Group B after Liverpool and Rubin Kazan played out their 1-1 draw, having won 1-0 at 10-man Bordeaux.
Jürgen Klopp’s former charges Borussia Dortmund sit three points to the good on top of Group C, Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang securing a 3-1 win with a hat-trick, while PAOK and Krasnodar went goalless.