Europa League roundup: Ten-man Celtic blow lead against Salzburg
Red Bull Salzburg proved too good for Celtic as they came back from an early deficit to beat Brendan Rodgers’s side 3-1 in Group B. James Forrest was sent off in the second half and in the process presented Salzburg with a penalty to seal the win.
The French striker Odsonne Édouard gave Celtic the lead at the Red Bull Arena after less than two minutes when he used his strength before firing in from 12 yards.
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The Austrian champions, semi-finalists last season, drew level in the 55th minute when Hannes Wolf collected a Takumi Minamino flick and cut the ball back for the Israel international Munas Dabbur to squeeze his shot past Craig Gordon from six yards.
Just after the hour, Andreas Ulmer’s cutback was tucked away by Minamino at the second attempt, before Forrest bundled over Ulmer inside the box after being caught in possession. He was sent off for denying a clear scoring opportunity and Dabbur took care of the spot-kick.
Victory for Salzburg put them top of Group B. Celtic’s next game is at RB Leipzig on 25 October. The German side beat Rosenborg 3-1 in the group’s other game.
Alfredo Morelos’s late goal sealed a 3-1 home win for Rangers against Rapid Vienna. Villarreal drew 3-3 with Rangers’ next opponents Spartak Moscow in the group’s other match in Moscow.
Loris Karius, on loan from Liverpool, had another European night to forget for Besiktas at Malmö in Group I. Andreas Vindheim’s cross deflected off Caner Erkin and arced over the German goalkeeper’s outstretched hand into the net. The Swedish side went on to win 2-0.
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In Group F, Milan hit back after trailing early to beat Olympiakos 3-1 at the San Siro. Miguel Guerrero grabbed a shock lead only for Milan to hit back through a Patrick Cutrone double and one from Gonzalo Higuaín. In the group’s other game, Antonio Sanabria, Giovani Lo Celso and Cristian Tello propelled Real Betis to a 3-0 win against the Luxembourg minnows Dudelange.
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Bayer Leverkusen fought back from a goal down to seal a 4-2 Group A win against AEK Larnaca at the BayArena. The club belied their poor Bundesliga form to overhaul Ivan Trickovski’s opener through strikes by Kai Havertz, two from Lucas Alario and one from Julian Brandt, while Dimitris Raspas brought up the second for the Cypriot side. Arsenal’s Group E rivals Sporting Lisbon snatched a 2-1 win at Vorskla Poltava as Fredy Montero and Jovane Cabral scored in injury time in response to Vladyslav Kulach’s early effort for the hosts.
In Group D, Dinamo Zagreb won 2-0 at 10-man Anderlecht and Fenerbahce beat Spartak Trnava 2-0 thanks to a double from Islam Slimani, on loan from Leicester.