Everton conceded a late equaliser to a header by defender Hector Yuste from a free kick as they suffered an embarrassing 2-2 home draw with Cypriot club Apollon Limassol a fortnight after a 3-0 thumping at Atalanta in their opening Group E game.Congratulations @_OlivierGiroud_ - we're all so proud of you ? #100livier pic.twitter.com/s9VS4n9bQu
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) September 28, 2017
Atalanta forced a 1-1 draw at Olympique Lyonnais. The referee had to stop play after an hour of Milan’s match against HNK Rijeka as fireworks rained down from the high stands at San Siro and there was more drama when the Italian giants won 3-2 with almost the last kick of the Group D clash. Milan were cruising after goals from Andre Silva and Mateo Musacchio but they allowed the Croats to pull level with two late goals before snatching victory with a stoppage time winner from Patrick Cutrone.Everton boss Ronald Koeman says his team were 'afraid to play football' against Apollon Limassol. ➡ https://t.co/wBD6maOwK0 #Europaleague pic.twitter.com/Q4TyJpREJv
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) September 28, 2017
A first half penalty from Iraqi international Brwa Nouri handed Ostersund a gutsy 1-0 home win over Bundesliga outfit Hertha Berlin as they continued a fairytale first campaign in Europe two years after being promoted to the Swedish top flight. Lazio made heavy work of beating Belgium's Zulte Waregem 2-0 with Felipe Caicedo netting after 18 minutes but had to wait until Ciro Immobile scored in stoppage time for their second.André Silva has now scored 4 goals in 2 #UEL group games for AC Milan. ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ #UEL pic.twitter.com/zIG7HD61Bq
— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) September 28, 2017
They were joined at the top of their section by Nice, who beat Vitesse Arnhem 3-0 after floodlight failure caused a 15-minute delay in the second half. They were already 2-0 up by then with their second goal on the stroke of halftime from forward Allan Saint-Maximin, who picked off a stray pass in his own half and burst downfield to score. Alassane Plea added his second goal after the delay. Zenit went three points clear in Group L with a 3-1 home win over Real Sociedad, while European Cup winners Steaua came from a goal behind to win 2-1 at Lugano in Switzerland in Group G.Ciro Immobile has scored in 7 out of 9 games across all competitions this season: ⚽️⚽️ ❌ ⚽️ ⚽️⚽️⚽️ ⚽️ ⚽️⚽️ ❌ ⚽️⚽️ ⚽️ 12 goals in total. ? pic.twitter.com/idk0ThTs8q
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) September 28, 2017
Dynamo Kiev's Brazilian forward Junior Moraes came on at halftime to score twice as they came back from 2-0 down at the break to win 3-2 at Partizan Belgrade and top Group B. Braga head Group C after another Brazilian, Fransergio, snatched their late winner at home to Turkish side Basaksehir. Upset victories saw Zorya of the Ukraine win 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao while Cologne were beaten by the same scoreline at home to Red Star Belgrade, with Ghana's Richmond Boakye scoring in the first half. The Serbian club are two points behind Arsenal.Aleksandr Kokorin has been involved in 5 goals in 2 #UEL group games for Zenit this season (4 goals, 1 assist). ??? pic.twitter.com/VI9YTra1jr
— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) September 28, 2017
There was more German ignominy as Hoffenheim, second in the Bundesliga, suffered a surprise 2-1 defeat by Ludogorets Razgrad in Bulgaria, giving up a second minute lead to go down after a stunning late winner from Jody Lukoki. Olympique Marseille also lost with Salzburg's Munas Dabbur taking advantage of a cut-back to slide the ball home for the hosts, who take over at the top of Group I with four points.The Europa League is back, and so are Koln’s fans ? pic.twitter.com/1P4puIT4FN
— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 28, 2017
RESULTSAstana 1 (Tomasov 42) Slavia Prague 1 (Ngadeu-Ngadjui 18)Maccabi Tel-Aviv 0 Villarreal 0Skenderbeu 1 (Sowe 65) Young Boys 1 (Assale 72)Partizan Belgrade 2 (Ozegovic 34, Tawamba 42) Dynamo Kiev 3 (Junior Moraes 54-pen, 84, Buyalskiy 68)Braga 2 (Ahmed Hassan 26, Fransérgio 89) Istanbul Basaksehir 1 (Emre Belozoglu 28)Ludogorets 2 (Dyakov 46, Lukoki 72) Hoffenheim 1 (Kaderábek 2)AC Milan 3 (Andre Silva 14, Musacchio 53, Cutrone 90+4) Rijeka 2 (Acosty 84, Elez 90-pen)AEK Athens 2 (Livaja 28, 90) Austria Vienna 2 (Monschein 43, Tajouri-Shradi 49)Everton 2 (Rooney 21, Vlasic 66) Apollon Limassol 2 (Adrián Sardinero 12, Yuste 88)Lyon 1 (Traore 45) Atalanta 1 (Gomez 57)Sheriff Tiraspol 0 FC Copenhagen 0Lokomotiv Moscow 3 (Manuel Fernandes 2-pen, 6, 17) Zlin 0Lugano 1 (Bottani 14) FCSB 2 (Budescu 58, Junior Morais 64)Viktoria Plzen 3 (Petrzela 29, Kopic 76, Bakos 89) Hapoel Beer-Sheva 1 (Nwakaeme 69)BATE Borisov 2 (Ivanic 28, Gordeichuk 67) Arsenal 4 (Walcott 9, 22, Holding 25, Giroud 49-pen)Cologne 0 Red Star Belgrade 1 (Boakye 30)Konyaspor 2 (Araz 24, Milosevic 48) Vitoria Guimaraes 1 (Hurtado 74)Salzburg 1 (Dabbur 73) Marseille 0Ostersund 1 (Nouri 22-pen) Hertha Berlin 0Athletic Bilbao 0 Zorya Luhansk 1 (Kharatin 26)Lazio 2 (Caicedo 18, Immobile 90) Zulte Waregem 0Nice 3 (Plea 16, 82, Saint-Maximin 45) Vitesse Arnhem 0Zenit St Petersburg 3 (Rigoni 5, Kokorin 24, 60) Real Sociedad 1 (Llorente 41)Rosenborg 3 (Bendtner 25-pen, Konradsen 56, Hedenstad 68) Vardar 1 (Juan Felipe 90+1)#UEL Player of the Week... ?⚽️ Silva Kokorin Fernandes Livaja Walcott Moraes Emre Budescu ? VOTE ???https://t.co/d2KJjiagn5
— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) September 29, 2017
