UEFA Europa League
March 9, 2017
APOEL 0-1 Anderlecht
Nicolae Stanciu 29’
Anderlecht started their Round of 16 match on the right foot; a win and an away goal.
Rostov 1-1 Manchester United
Aleksandr Bukharov 53’ Henrik Mkhitaryan 35’
Manchester United got an away goal to take back to Old Trafford. Rostov came from a goal behind to to avoid a home defeat against Manchester United.
Copenhagen 2-1 Ajax
Rasmus Falk 1’ Kasper Dolberg 32’
Andreas Cornelius 60’
Andreas Cornelius goal in the second half gave Copenhagen a home victory. However Ajax got an important away goal to give them a good chance of overturning this fixture.
Celta Vigo 2-1 Krasnodar
Daniel Wass 50’ Viktor Claesson 56’
Claudio Beauvue 90’
Krasnodar will have an away goal to depend on to help them get into the quarterfinals after Celta Vigo got a late goal to seal the victory in the first leg.
Schalke 04 1-1 Borussia Monchengladbach
Guido Burgstaller 25’ Jonas Hofmann 15’
The two German sides couldn’t separate themselves on the scoreboard. The away goal give Monchengladbach an advantage in the second leg.
Lyon 4-2 Roma
Mouctar Diakhaby 8’ Mohamed Salah 20’
Corentin Tolisso 47’ Federico Fazio 33’
Nabil Fekir 74’
Alexandre Lacazette 90’+2’
Lyon secured home victory after coming from a goal down and scoring three goals in the second half.
Olympiacos 1-1 Besiktas
Esteban Cambiasso 36’ Vincent Aboubakar 53’
A goal in each half shared evenly. All to play for in the second leg.
Gent 2-5 Genk
Samuel Kalu 27’ Ruslan Malinovsky 21’
Kalifa Coulibaly 61’ Omar Colley 33’
Mbwana Samata 41’ 72’
Jere Uronen 45’+2’
It was a disaster a first-half disaster for Gent, as they headed into the dressing room at the wrong end of a ‘4-1’ score line.
Genk got 5 away goals against Gent when the Belgian sides met for the first leg of their Europa League Round of 16 match.
