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Zlatan Ibrahimovic's hat trick gave Manchester United a
3-0 win against St Etienne in a Europa League round of
32 first-leg clash at Old Trafford on Thursday.
Ibrahimovic opened the scoring in unusual
circumstances after 15 minutes when his free kick struck
the St Etienne wall and deflected towards goal leaving St
Etienne goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier wrong-footed and
stranded before crawling over the line.
He added an important second in the 74th minute as
substitute Marcus Rashford squared from the left-hand
side of the penalty area for an easy close-range finish.
And the former Paris Saint-Germain striker scored his
third of the night and 23rd of the season in all
competitions from the penalty spot in the 88th-minute
after being fouled by Kevin Theophile-Catherine.
A below-par Tottenham Hotspur lost the first leg of their
tie against Gent, 1-0 in Belgium.
Jeremy Perbet scored shortly before the hour mark to
punish a sloppy performance from the Premier League
side, who failed to create many notable openings despite
enjoying the majority of possession.
The closest Spurs came was three minutes into the
second half when Harry Kane struck the outside of the
post from close range.
Mauricio Pochettino's strong side were unable to prevent
defeat when Danijel Milicevic broke down the left before
setting up Perbet to shoot across Hugo Lloris and into
the bottom right-hand corner of the goal.
And on 75 minutes, Lloris turned a Milicevic effort onto
the post to keep Tottenham in the game after Toby
Alderweireld had given away possession close to his
own goal.
Federico Bernardeschi's stunning free kick gave
Fiorentina a 1-0 victory at Borussia Monchengladbach.
Bernardeschi smashed home from 30 yards out after
being fouled by Christoph Kramer with two minutes left
before the half.
Edin Dzeko's hat trick helped Roma run out 4-0 winners
against Villarreal at the Estadio El Madrigal.
Emerson opened the scoring just after the half-hour
mark, robbing a defender of possession before
unleashing a wonderful curling shot past a rooted Sergio
Asenjo from 25 yards out.
Dzeko added Roma's second on 65 minutes -- Serie A's
joint-top scorer rolling underneath Asenjo after collecting
a pull-back Daniele De Rossi in the middle of the box.
The Bosnia international collected his second of the
night and Roma's third 15 minutes later with a powerful
volley after shielding off the last defender just outside
the box. And he completed his treble from close range in
the 86th minute.
Alexandre Lacazatte scored a brace as Lyon stormed to a
commanding 4-1 win at AZ Alkmaar.
Lucas Tousart opened the scoring in the 26th minute,
steering in a Nabil Fekir cross from a corner.
Lacazatte then added his first in first-half stoppage time
after racing behind the Alkmaar back line and rounding
goalkeeper Tim Krul before slotting into an empty net.
The France international bagged his brace 12 minutes
after the break with a similar goal, this time using his
right foot after rounding Krul.
Alireza Jahanbakhsh converted a penalty for the home
side on 68 minutes to earn some consolation, but Jordan
Ferri then added a fourth deep into stoppage time to
give AZ an almost impossible task in Lyon for the
second leg.
Russian club Rostov also put one foot in the next round
by grabbing a 4-0 advantage after their home leg against
10-man Sparta Prague.
Miha Mevlja had already put the hosts in front when
Tiemoko Konate was dismissed for a mistimed stamp on
Timofei Kalachev in the 32nd minute.
Within 10 minutes, goals from Dmitriy Poloz and
Christian Noboa had Rostov 3-0 up, and Sardar Azmoun
added a fourth after half-time.
Athletic Bilbao overcame an early deficit to take control
against APOEL with a 3-2 win at home.
It only took two minutes after Georgios Efrem's opener
for the visitors for Mikel Balenziaga to equalise, and Aritz
Aduriz put Athletic ahead on the hour mark before Inaki
Williams made it a two-goal advantage.
But APOEL put themselves in decent position ahead of
the second leg in Cyprus when Giannis Gianniotas got a
crucial goal back in the 89th minute.
Gustavo Blanco Leschuk's strike in the 26th minute sent
Shakhtar to a 1-0 win away to Celta Vigo.
Schalke secured a 3-0 victory over PAOK in Greece. Guido
Burgstaller sealed the win from a free kick, sweeping
home from close range after goalkeeper Panagiotis
Glykos spilled Naldo's powerful header in the 26th
minute.
Maximilian Meyer then scored from a header off a
Benedikt Howedes cross eight minutes from time. Klaas-
Jan Huntelaar capped the comfortable win moments
before the final whistle.
Racing Genk secured two vital road goals in a 2-2 draw at
Astra Giurgiu.
Timothy Castagne broke through the home defence in
the 25th minute to give Genk an early lead, and
Constantin Budescu struck just before the half to
equalise for Astra.
Leandro Trossard looked to have given Genk the victory
with seven minutes remaining, but Takayuki Seto scored
from a header in the 90th minute to peg the visitors back
once again.
FC Copenhagen led from the start and secured a 2-0 win
away to Ludogorets Razgrad. Anicet Abel's second-
minute own goal put the visitors ahead early.
Youssef Toutouh's goal early in the second half had the
Copenhagen in control, though the hosts were able to
find hope with a late strike from Claudiu Keseru, while
the Danish side had Jan Gregus sent off in stoppage
time.
Frank Acheampong scored twice in the first half to help
Anderlecht open a 2-0 advantage from the home leg
over Zenit St. Petersburg.
Olympiakos saw out a goalless draw at home against
Osmanlispor despite playing the final 15 minutes a man
down following Bruno Viana's dismissal.
Ajax also held on with 10 men to secure a goalless draw
at Legia Warsaw after Kenny Tete was shown a red card
in the 84th minute.
Earlier, Viktor Claesson marked his full debut for
Krasnodar with a diving header in the fourth minute that
secured a 1-0 home win over Fenerbahce.
Besiktas used an own goal to edge past Hapoel Be'er
Sheva 3-1 in Israel.
William Soares handed the visitors their opener in the
42nd minute, and Elianiv Barda equalised two minutes
later. But strikes from Cenk Tosun in the 60th minute
and Canada international Atiba Hutchinson in second-half
stoppage time sealed the win for the Turkish side.