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Arsenal, Leicester and Rangers win for the second time in two Europa League games, beating Dundalk, AEK Athens and Lech Poznan respectively, but Celtic toss a two-goal lead in Lille and Spurs lose in Antwerp
Thu 29 Oct 2020 18.02 EDT
First published on Thu 29 Oct 2020 13.00 EDT- Results from the earlier games
- Tonight's results
- Full-time: Arsenal 3-0 Dundalk
- Full-time: Rangers 1-0 Lech Poznan
- GOAL! Rangers 1-0 Lech Poznan (Morelos 68)
- WHAT A GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 Dundalk (Pepe 46)
- Half-time scores
- GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Dundalk (Willock 44)
- GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Dundalk (Nketiah 42)
- Further team news...
- Team news....
- Results of the 5.55pm kick-offs
- FULL TIME: AEK 1-2 Leicester City
- FULL TIME: Lille 2-2 Celtic
- FULL TIME: Antwerp 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
- GOAL! Lille 2-2 Celtic (Ikone 77)
- GOAL! Lille 1-2 Celtic (Zeki Celik 67)
- GOAL! AEK Athens 1-2 Leicester (Tankovic 49)
- The half-times in the early kick-offs
- GOAL! AEK Athens 0 Leicester 2 (Choudhury 39)
- GOAL! Lille 0-2 Celtic (Elyounoussi 32)
- GOAL! Antwerp 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur (Refaelov 29)
- GOAL! Lille 0-1 Celtic (Elyounoussi 28)
- GOAL! AEK 0-1 Leicester City (Vardy 19 pen)
- Preamble
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- Results from the earlier games
- Tonight's results
- Full-time: Arsenal 3-0 Dundalk
- Full-time: Rangers 1-0 Lech Poznan
- GOAL! Rangers 1-0 Lech Poznan (Morelos 68)
- WHAT A GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 Dundalk (Pepe 46)
- Half-time scores
- GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Dundalk (Willock 44)
- GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Dundalk (Nketiah 42)
- Further team news...
- Team news....
- Results of the 5.55pm kick-offs
- FULL TIME: AEK 1-2 Leicester City
- FULL TIME: Lille 2-2 Celtic
- FULL TIME: Antwerp 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
- GOAL! Lille 2-2 Celtic (Ikone 77)
- GOAL! Lille 1-2 Celtic (Zeki Celik 67)
- GOAL! AEK Athens 1-2 Leicester (Tankovic 49)
- The half-times in the early kick-offs
- GOAL! AEK Athens 0 Leicester 2 (Choudhury 39)
- GOAL! Lille 0-2 Celtic (Elyounoussi 32)
- GOAL! Antwerp 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur (Refaelov 29)
- GOAL! Lille 0-1 Celtic (Elyounoussi 28)
- GOAL! AEK 0-1 Leicester City (Vardy 19 pen)
- Preamble
But Celtic are not.
Leicester, meanwhile, are doing alright.
It appears that Spurs are still Spurs.
Here’s our Arsenal report....
Results from the earlier games
- G: AEK Athens 1-2 Leicester City; Zorya Luhansk 1-2 Sporting Braga
- H: Lille 2-2 Celtic; Milan 3-0 Sparta Prague
- I: Qarabag 1-3 Villarreal; Sivasspor 1-2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
- J: LASK 4-3 Ludogorets; Antwerp 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
- K: CSKA Moscow 0-0 Dinamo Zagreb; Feyenoord 1-4 RZ Pellets
- L: Red Star Belgrade 5-1 Slovan Liberec; Gent 1-4 Hoffenheim
Tonight's results
- A: Cluj 1-1 Young Boys; Roma 0-0 Sofia
- B: Arsenal 3-0 Dundalk; Molde 1-0 Rapid Vienna
- C: Nice 1-0 Hapoel Be’er Sheva; Slavia Prague 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen
- D: Benfica 3-0 Standard Liege; Rangers 1-0 Lech Poznan
- E: Granada 0-0 PAOK Salonika; Omonia Nicosia 1-2 PSV Eindhoven
- F: AZ Alkmaar 2-0 HNK Rijeka; Real Sociedad 0-1 Napoli
Full-time: Arsenal 3-0 Dundalk
Arsenal move to the top of Group B with two wins from two; Molde have done likewise, but with a less good goal difference.
Full-time: Rangers 1-0 Lech Poznan
That’s a good result for the Bears. They sit second in Group D behind Benfica, who have also won both games, but with a better goal difference.
“As a Dundalk fan I know that it’s a really one-sided game at this stage,” emails Eoin Keenan, “but believe me, this is a superb performance by Dundalk given all the circumstances. I was at Anfield with my father in 1969 when Dundalk were beaten 10-0 in the old Inter-City Fairs Cup. It was Ray Clemence’s first European game replacing Tommy Lawrence. Over subsequent years Dundalk have had great performances against Spurs, Celtic, PSV, to name just a few. Well done tonight the Town!”
Great stuff. We’re a bit late for this, but what’s the biggest kicking you’ve seen your team take? I watched Man United lose 4-0 to MK Dons.
Ey up, yer da’s discovered the internet.
Good work from Ryan Jack inside his own box, insinuating himself into a challenge just as space looked to be opening up for Poznan.
At Ibrox, Rangers are expending time pretty comfortably.
I’ve been handed some hospital balls in my professional life, but BT’s commentators have been told to peddle Wolves v Palace and Burnley v Chelsea for 15 sheets apiece.
They’ve had an hour against 10 men, but Slavia Prague have finally taken the lead against Leverkusen, Peter Olayinka with the goal.
Arsenal have slowed down now. Dundalk are still struggling to get out of their own half, but they don’t look especially like conceding again.
At Ibrox, Poznan are starting to press a little bit.
Nice from Nelson, driving through the middle of the pitch with stepovers and sways. When I first saw him, I thought he might be first-team material, and I still think that he’s a squad player at worst. But I wonder if Arsenal will end up selling him to generate funds.
Sandro Kulenovic has hauled Rijeka back into things at AZ. They now trail 4-1.
Nice from Willock, absolutely diddling his man with a feet and bodyswerve combo - he’s been excellent tonight. But Nketiah can’t convert his cut-back and then Arteta makes two changes, introducing Tierney and Balogun for Xhaka and Nketiah.
OH MY DAYS!
Ohi Omoijuanfo has put Molde 1-0 up against Rapid Wien.
Two goal in seven minutes in Romania, where Mario Rondon put Cluj ahead, only for Christian Fassnacht to equalise for Young Boys.
When I pondered Arsenal earlier today, I hoped to see Emile Smith-Rowe play. I’m not sure why he isn’t – surely his team could absorb any bad game he might have?
Luca Waldschmidt has scored a penalty to put Benfica 2-0 up against Standard Liege.
GOAL! Rangers 1-0 Lech Poznan (Morelos 68)
Barisic earns himself a yard, with a bum touch I think, and swings over another belter of a cross upon which Morelos sticks the absolute nut. That’s 21 European goals for him, same as Ally McCoist.
And what of Willian. I know he was free, but even so I was surprised Arsenal bought him. By the time they’re properly good again, Willian is even further past his best, and he’s always been inconsistent, which is the last thing they need.
Arsenal’s back three: Elneny, Xhaka, Kolasinac. Absolutely incredible scenes.
Elneny has taken Mustafi’s place in Arsenal’s back three.
Albert Gudmundsson has scored his second of the night and AZ now lead Rijeka 4-0.
Meanwhile at Ibrox, Morelos has replaced Roofe.
Arsenal bring Ceballos and Willian on for Mustafi and Pepe. Is Mustafi being saved for Old Trafford on Sunday?
Loan watch: Diogo Dalot scored Milan’s crucial third goal in their 3-0 win over Sparta Prague earlier this evening. He’s got a fair bit of ability and would be a decent buy for them.
Matteo Politano has put Napoli ahead away to Real Sociedad.
Arsenal are looking for more goals and moving the ball quicker. If they score again in the next 10 minutes, this could get seriously messy.
Rangers are struggling away against Poznan, and I’d expect to see attacking changes pretty soon.
Jesper Karlsson has put AZ 3-0 up against Rijeka. That will surely be that.
“The ‘only pros in the technical area’ rule is utter rubbish,” fumes Peter Oh. “I’m certain that Giovagnoli’s skills at playing invisible accordions, pointing in all directions, shouting cliches and clapping in the enthusiastic manner are up to professional standards.”
Maybe his gum-chewing needs work.
I know that this is mainly Arsenal reserves, but they could really use a comfortable win tonight. The Artetish feelgood factor has dissipated in recent weeks because his team are struggling to create so struggling to entertain, and when results aren’t going well, that doesn’t make for a good mix.
A penalty from Pizzi has put Benfica in front against Standard Liege.
“Who’s in charge of VAR for European games?” wonders Malc Shuttleworth. “Is it neutral officers or that usual shower who have been messing things up all year? Just wondering.....”
It depends what you mean. I’m sure Uefa are involved in inflicting the whole nonsense upon us, but in terms of whose administering the minutiae of things, I assume it’s their officials rather the Premeer League’s.