Europa League round-up: Tottenham and Liverpool advance, Celtic out

Sport360 staff 09:48 27/11/2015
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  • Tottenham sealed their progress through to the next round of the competition.

    Tottenham booked their place in the Europa League knock-out stage with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Qarabag in Azerbaijan.

    In-form Harry Kane’s 77th-minute header from a Christian Eriksen corner guaranteed Spurs a top-two spot in Group J with one round of games remaining.

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    Anderlecht, who started the day bottom of the pool, moved into pole position to join them thanks to a 2-0 win at Monaco, which lifted the Belgian club a point ahead of their opponents, three behind Tottenham.

    The goals came from Guillaume Gillet in the 45th minute and substitute Frank Acheampong in the 78th.

    Basle sealed qualification and top spot in Group I after coming from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw at home to 10-man Fiorentina.

    The visitors led 2-0 thanks to goals from Federico Bernarderschi, either side of the 27th-minute red card for defender Facundo Roncaglia.

    But Marek Suchy pulled one back five minutes before the break and Mohamed El-Nenny equalised 16 minutes from time to put Basle three points ahead of the Italians in second, but with a better head-to-head record.

    Fiorentina still need a point to secure progression, though, as they are only two ahead of Lech Poznan and Belenenses, who drew 0-0 in Portugal, Tiago Silva missing a first-half penalty for the hosts.

    Schalke and Sparta Prague secured qualification from Group K thanks to 1-0 home wins.

    Schalke saw off APOEL Nicosia thanks to an 87th-minute winner from Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting. Dennis Aogo missed a penalty two minutes later for the Germans.

    Sparta’s goal came rather earlier, Jakub Brabec scoring in the 33rd minute, but the Czechs had to play the last eight minutes with 10 men after the sending off of Ladislav Krejci.

    The win left Schalke top with Sparta two points further back.

    A late brace from Aritz Aduriz earned Athletic Bilbao a 3-2 win at Augsburg which earned the Spaniard top spot in Group L.

    Bilbao trailed going into the closing stages after Markel Susaeta’s opener was cancelled out by strikes from Piotr Trochowski and Raul Bobadilla.

    But Aduriz headed the equaliser in the 84th minute and snatched the winner two minutes later to leave their opponents on the brink of elimination.

    Partizan Belgrade scored an 89th-minute winner through Andrija Zivkovic to win 2-1 at AZ Alkmaar and sit second, three points ahead of Augsburg, whom they face at home in their final game.

    Dabney dos Santos had put AZ ahead, with Aboubakar Oumarou levelling.

    St Etienne sealed second place in Group G, despite only earning a 1-1 draw at Rosenborg.

    Alexander Soderlund put the Norwegians ahead, with Nolan Roux equalising with an 80th-minute penalty.

    Lazio, already guaranteed top spot, beat Dnipro to end the Ukrainian side’s hopes of progression.

    Antonio Candreva, Marco Parolo and Filip Djordjevic were on target for the Italians, with Bruno Gama briefly levelling.

    Besiktas moved into pole position to qualify from a very tight Group H thanks to a 2-0 win over Skenderbeu.

    Lokomotiv’s 4-2 home defeat to Sporting Lisbon left them in danger of being caught by the Portuguese side, with two points separating the top three.

    Besiktas’ goals both came from Cenk Tosun.

    Sporting came from a goal down, having conceded to Maicon, to race into a 4-1 lead thanks to efforts from Freddy Montero, Bryan Ruiz, Gelson Martins and Matheus Pereira.

    Aleksey Miranchuk got a late second for the Russians, but it was too little too late.

    Sion missed the chance to qualify from Group B as they lost 2-0 at Rubin Kazan. The Swiss outfit had Birama Ndoye in the 34th minute and second-half goals from Blagoy Georgiev and Marko Devic condemned them to defeat and kept the Russians’ hopes alive.

    In Group C Krasnodar beat Borussia Dortmund 1-0 thanks to Pavel Mamaev’s second-minute penalty, but both sides were already through.

    In Group E Dinamo Minsk picked up their first points in the group with a 1-0 success over Viktoria Plzen, also already eliminated.

    Nenad Adamovic followed up to score after his injury-time penalty was saved, moments after Oleg Veretilo had been sent off for the Belarusians.

    Jurgen Klopp's fine start as Liverpool manager continued at Anfield.

    Liverpool booked their spot in the last 32, but had to come from behind to do so with a 2-1 home win over Bordeaux, who are now out.

    James Milner’s 38th-minute penalty cancelled out Henri Saivet’s opener four minutes earlier and Christian Benteke got the winner on the stroke of half-time to lift the Reds a point ahead of Sion at the top of Group B.

    Fenerbahce moved into pole position to take second place in Group A thanks to a 2-0 win at Molde, who are already through.

    Jose Fernandao and Ozan Tufan scored after the break, with the hosts finishing with 10 men following a red card for Knut Olav Rindaroy.

    Scottish giants Celtic are out of the Europa League.

    Ajax remained two points behind the Turks with a 2-1 win at Celtic, whose hopes of progression are over.

    Callum McGregor put the Scots ahead early on, but goals from Arkadiusz Milik and Vaclav Cerny turned the match on its head.

    Napoli made it five wins from five at the top of Group D with a 1-0 win at Club Brugge in a match played behind closed doors.

    Vlad Chiriches scored the winner in the 41st minute, but the three other team in the pool are still all in with a shout of qualification.

    Midtjylland have a two-point cushion in second, despite losing 1-0 at Legia Warsaw, Aleksandar Prijovic with the goal.

    Braga established a two-point lead at the top of Group F with a 2-1 win at home to Slovan Liberec, who are second.

    Dmitri Efremov put the visitors in front, but goals from Alan and, in the last minute, substitute Crislan secured a home win.

    Third-placed Marseille moved a point behind Liberec thanks to a 2-1 home win over Groningen.

    Michy Batshuayi got the 88th-minute winner after Georges Nkoudou’s opener had been cancelled out by Hedwiges Maduro.

    In Group E, Villarreal moved top thanks to 1-0 win, earned by Bruno Soriano’s goal, over fellow qualifiers Rapid Vienna. The two sides are level on points.

    The match between PAOK Salonika and Gabala in Group C finished 0-0.

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