Last night witnessed Europa league last-16 first leg ties across Europe.
Manchester United took an important away goal back to Old Trafford, after settling for 1-1 draw with Russian side FC Rostov at Olimp 2 Stadium.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan broke the deadlock in the 21st minute but few minutes into the second half a goal from Rostov’s forward Aleksandar Bukharov put the game into level terms; the hosts held onto that until the 90th minute.
In another game, Lyon rallied a goal down to register an impressive 4-2 home win over Italian outfit Roma.
Here are all results:
APOEL Nicosia 0 Anderlecht 1
FC Kobenhavn 2 Ajax 1
FC Rostov 1 Manchester United 1
Celta Vigo 2 FC Krasnodar 1
Gent 2 Genk 5
Lyon 4 Roma 2
Olympiacos 1 Besiktas 1
Shalke 04 1 Borussia M’Gladbach 1
The second leg of these fixture will be played in a weeks’ time.
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