Lille end Milan’s unbeaten run
Lille's Yusuf Yazici brought AC Milan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic right down to earth with a bump on Thursday with all three goals in a 3-0 Europa League make an impression on the seven-time European champions.
The 39-year-old Ibrahimovic had been among the stories of the early portion of the season after firing seven goals in four league games to take the Italian giants top of Serie A, but it was Yazici, who is yet to start out in Ligue 1 this season, who stole the show along with his hat-trick at the San Siro.
Yazici's goals put Lille, who are unbeaten in all competitions this year, one point before Milan who lost for the first time since football returned from the first coronavirus lockdown.
England captain Harry Kane celebrates his historic 200th goal for Tottenham Hotspur during their 3-1 win away to Ludogorets. PHOTO: TWITTER/REUTERS
Celtic are bottom of Group H after being hammered 4-1 in the home by Sparta Prague.
"I thought we're able to become more dangerous, but against such an easy team once we went 2-0 behind the game got complicated. They punished us for each and every mistake," said Milan coach Stefano Pioli after his side's 24-match unbeaten run came to an end."
Incredibly it had been Yazici's second Europa League hat-trick of the growing season following his treble in Lille's 4-1 win over Sparta Prague in the opening round of fixtures, taking his European tally to six.
Kane's double century
Kelechi Iheanacho was the star for Leicester City because they made it three wins from three with their 4-0 thumping of Portuguese side Braga in a match that was never in doubt as soon as the Nigerian opened the scoring in the 21st minute.
Fellow Premier League side Arsenal also maintained their 100 percent record with a 4-1 make an impression on Molde of Norway.
Earlier Harry Kane scored his 200th goal for Tottenham Hotspur as he helped fire Spurs top of Group J -- level on six points with Royal Antwerp and LASK -- with a 3-1 win at Ludogorets.
Kane opened the scoring for Jose Mourinho's side with just 12 minutes on the clock when he headed home Lucas Moura's corner to bring up his double century of Tottenham goals in his 300th match for the club. "I'm delighted with that and I probably could have scored a couple more for the reason that 45 minutes," said Kane.
"It's a great milestone to attain and hopefully here are a few more to come."
Benfica bounce back
Rangers were poised to make it three wins from three in Group D if they were 3-1 ahead at Benfica with 14 minutes remaining.
But despite losing Nicolas Otamendi to a straight red card with significantly less than 20 minutes gone, two-time European champions Benfica fought back and in added time levelled. Roma took control of Group A with a thumping 5-0 make an impression on Cluj that put the leaders three points free from the Romanians and Young Boys.
Fellow Italians Napoli also won, 2-1 at HNK Rijeka, to move level on six points with Group F leaders AZ Alkmaar and Real Sociedad. La Liga leaders Sociedad beat Alkmaar 1-0, leaving the group on a knife edge with three matches remaining.
