Published 11:14 IST, October 23rd 2020

Europa League results & highlights: Arsenal survive Rapid Wein scare, Milan see off Celtic

Matchday 1 of the Europa League brought many interesting matchups and lots of goals. Here is a roundup of the Europa League results from this week.

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After Champions League, it was turn of Europa League to provide some entertaining games of football. A total of 73 goals were scored across 24 games on Matchday 1 of Europa League. While most Premier League sides won comfortably, AZ Alkmaar recorded a surprise away victory over Napoli. Here's a roundup of Europa League results from this week and a look at Europa League highlights.

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Europa League results: Tottenham vs LASK

Tottenham enjoyed a comfortable home victory against Austrian side LASK as y began ir Europa League campaign with a 3-0 victory. Lucas Moura put his side ahead in 18th minute, finishing off debutant Carlos Vinicius’ square pass. Spurs doubled ir lead soon when Gareth Bale’s cross was inadvertently turned into own net by Andres Andrade for an unfortunate own-goal. Son Heung-min wrapped up proceedings six minutes from time, with South Korean finding back of net as Vinicius registered his second assist of night.

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Europa League highlights: Celtic vs AC Milan

AC Milan emerged victorious in a game of few chances as y registered a crucial 3-1 victory away at Celtic. tably, four out of five shots on target in Celtic vs AC Milan game ended in back of net. It was Rade Krunic who headed AC Milan into lead with his debut goal, while Brahim Diaz made it 2-0 minutes before break. Mohamed Elyouussi’s goal late in second half threatened a comeback but a Jens Petter Hauge strike in injury time sealed win for AC Milan.

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Europa League fixtures: Arsenal vs Rapid Wien 

Gunners survived a major scare in Arsenal vs Rapid Wien game, with Mikel Arteta’s side coming from behind to start ir Europa League campaign on a winning te. Rapid Wien started game strongly, forcing goalkeeper Bernd Le into a couple of saves in first half. Austrian side looked on course for a famous victory after Taxiarchis Fountas kicked ball into an empty net after Bernd Le’s howler.

However, a David Luiz header in 70th minute and a strike from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang four minutes after handed rth London side a 2-1 victory. 

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Complete Europa League results summary

  • BSC Young Boys 1-2 Roma
  • CSKA Sofia 0-2 CFR Cluj
  • Dundalk 1-2 Molde
  • Rapid Wien 1-2 Arsenal
  • Bayer Leverkusen 6-2 Nice
  • Hapoel Be’er Sheva 3-1 Slavia Praha
  • Lech Poznan 2-4 Benfica
  • Standard 0-2 Rangers
  • PAOK 1-1 Omonia Nicosia
  • PSV 1-2 Granada
  • Rijeka 0-1 Real Sociedad
  • Napoli 0-1 AZ Alkmaar
  • Leicester City 3-0 Zorya
  • Sporting Braga 3-0 AEK Ans
  • Celtic 1-3 AC Milan
  • Sparta Praha 1-4 Lille
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Qarabag
  • Villarreal 5-3 Sivasspor
  • Ludogorets 1-2 Antwerp
  • Tottenham 3-0 LASK
  • Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 Feyeord
  • Wolfsberger AC 1-1 CSKA Moscow
  • Slovan Liberec 1-0 Gent
  • Hoffenheim 2-0 Red Star Belgrade

Im Credits: Europa League Twitter

11:14 IST, October 23rd 2020