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Leicester and Arsenal clinched a place in the knockout stages, while Carlos Vinicius scored twice in an easy win for Spurs

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Thu 26 Nov 2020 17.07 ESTFirst published on Thu 26 Nov 2020 11.49 EST
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Napoli players observe a minute of silence prior to kick off in memory of Diego Maradona. Photograph: Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images
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These are the final scores in the 8pm games

  • Group A CFR Cluj 0-2 Roma
  • Group B Dundalk 1-3 Rapid Vienna
  • Group C Leverkusen 4-1 HB Sheva, Nice 1-3 Slavia Prague
  • Group D Rangers 2-2 Benfica, Standard Liege 2-1 Lech Poznan
  • Group E Granada 2-1 Omonia Nicosia, PSV 3-2 PAOK
  • Group F AZ Alkmaar 0-0 Real Sociedad, Napoli 2-0 Rijeka
  • Group J Tottenham 4-0 Ludogorets
  • View the Europa League tables

Full time: Rangers 2-2 Benfica

Peep peep! Another cracking, high-scoring draw between Rangers and Benfica. Rangers were 2-0 up thanks to Scott Arfield and a belter from Kemar Roofe, but Benfica scored twice in the space of five minutes to grab a deserved point. Both have a five-point cushion and should go through to the knockout stages.

Full time: Tottenham 4-0 Ludogorets

Peep peep! An easy win for Spurs. Carlos Vinicius scored twice in the first half, his first goals for the club; Harry Winks added a third with a mishit cross from 56 yards and Lucas Moura finished the job. It could easily have been six or seven.

Rangers 2-2 Benfica Rangers would take a point now. Benfica are putting them under plenty of pressure, and Gabriel has just wafted an excellent long-range volley that brushed the roof of the net.

GOAL! Rangers 2-2 Benfica (Pizzi 81)

Benfica are level! The substitute Pizzi danced onto a loose ball in the area and leathered it past McGregor. Benfica have come from two down to equalise, just as they did in the return fixture.

Rangers 2-1 Benfica Alfredo Morelos has hit the bar for Rangers! A fierce shot was pushed up in the air by Helton Leite, who might have done better, and the ball dropped onto the bar.

GOAL! Rangers 2-1 Benfica (Tavernier og 77)

Benfica are back in it! Allan McGregor made a fine save from the substitute Goncalo Ramos, but the ball hit James Tavernier and rebounded into the net.

Rangers 2-0 Benfica It’s still 1-1 in Belgium, but a winner for Standard Liege - who are down to 10 men - would put Rangers into the knockout stages with two games to spare.

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GOAL! Tottenham 4-0 Ludogorets (Lucas Moura 73)

Lucas Moura gets a fourth for Spurs, sweeping insouciantly into the net after being set up by Carlos Vinicius.

Tottenham Hotspur’s Lucas Moura scores their fourth goal. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
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After a fine team move, Roofe cut inside from the left and smashed a rising drive into the net from 20 yards. Pick that out!

Rangers 1-0 Benfica Rangers are unlucky not to get a penalty when Roofe’s cross hits the raised arm of Vertonghen just inside the area. VAR is not in use for the group stages.

GOAL! Dundalk 1-3 Rapid Vienna (Shields 63 pen)

A penalty from Chris Shields has given Dundalk a soupcon of hope in Dublin.

GOAL! Tottenham 3-0 Ludogorets (Winks 63)

Harry Winks scores an extraordinary goal. He was 50 yards out on the left wing when he drove the ball over Iliev and into the net off the underside of the bar. I’m pretty sure it was an overhit cross - Winks was laughing afterwards - but he’ll not mind. It’s his first goal since January 2019.

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Rangers 1-0 Benfica Every time I look at this game, Benfica are on the attack. They haven’t created many chances, but it still feels slightly ominous for Rangers.

GOAL! Dundalk 0-3 Rapid Vienna (Kara 58)

A second goal from Ercan Kera has sealed victory for Rapid Vienna in Dublin.

Rangers 1-0 Benfica Rangers can qualify for the knockout stages tonight, but only if they win and Standard Liege beat Lech Poznan in Belgium. That match is currently 0-0. And I wouldn’t be entirely confident about Rangers beating an increasingly dominant Benfica.

Peep peep! It’s half-time in all the 8pm kick-offs. If you don’t want to know the scores, log off now.

  • Group A CFR Cluj 0-0 Roma
  • Group B Dundalk 0-2 Rapid Vienna
  • Group C Leverkusen 1-0 HB Sheva, Nice 0-1 Slavia Prague
  • Group D Rangers 1-0 Benfica, S Liege 0-0 Lech Poznan
  • Group E Granada 1-0 Omonia Nicosia, PSV 1-2 PAOK
  • Group F AZ Alkmaar 0-0 Real Sociedad, Napoli 1-0 Rijeka
  • Group J Tottenham 2-0 Ludogorets
  • View the Europa League tables

Rangers 1-0 Benfica Leon Balogun makes an outstanding tackle to deny Rafa Silva, who looked set to equalise for Benfica. Rangers are under a fair bit of pressure and need half-time.

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“Evening Rob,” says Tom Hopkins. “Oh, the Czechs in 2004, just a lovely team. Possibly second only to Romania 1994 in my affections. Thanks for the reminder.”

As good as Greece were, I still can’t really get my head round that result in the semi-finals. I should watch the game back some time; I don’t remember much about it.

Tottenham 2-0 Ludogorets So far this has been a perfect night for Jose Mourinho. Carlos Vinicius has scored his first goals for Spurs, Dele Alli looks more like his old self, and Harry Kane and Son should be able to spend the entire evening on the bench.

GOAL! Tottenham 2-0 Ludogorets (Vinicius 34)

Carlos Vinicius gets his second, but that goal was a little triumph for Dele Alli. Ndombele’s shot was pushed out by Iliev to Alli, six yards from goal. He dummied to shoot and then squared the ball to give Vinicius an open goal. Lovely play by Alli, both in its selflessness and execution. It was very similiar to Karel Poborsky’s nerveless assist in that classic match between the Netherlands and the Czech Republic at Euro 2004.

Carlos Vinicius thanks Dele Alli for the assist. Photograph: Chloe Knott/Getty Images
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Tottenham 1-0 Ludogorets A second Spurs goal is in the post. They almost scored it a moment ago when Dele Alli floated a nice pass over the defence to find Ben Davies, who hammered the bouncing ball against the outside of the near post.

Rangers 1-0 Benfica Rangers are still ahead in what has been a pretty even game at Ibrox. Whatever the final score, the fact Rangers can compete pretty much as equals with Benfica shows how far they have come under Steven Gerrard.

Tottenham 1-0 Ludogorets Spurs are in complete control of this game. Bale almost makes it 2-0 with a nice curler from 20 yards that drops onto the roof of the net.

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