Wrapup 1: Soccer-Man United win, Spurs draw with Roma, Lazio held

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28/11/2024 22:42

ROME, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Manchester United came from
behind to beat Bodo/Glimt 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday,
Spurs conceded late to draw 2-2 with AS Roma and leaders Lazio
were held to a scoreless draw by Ludogorets.
    Athletic Bilbao enjoyed an easy win over Elfsborg and
Eintracht Frankfurt beat Midtjylland to draw level on 13 points
with Lazio as Galatasaray and Anderlecht were held to draws.
    United, in manager Ruben Amorim's first game at Old
Trafford, had the perfect start thanks to a howler from the Bodo
goalkeeper in the first minute which allowed Alejandro Garnacho
in for an easy goal.
    The Norwegian side went ahead through Hakon Evjen's superb
strike in the 19th minute and a goal from Philip Zinckernagel
four minutes later, but United levelled just before the break
through Rasmus Hojlund.
    The Danish striker scored again five minutes after the break
and United's second successive win moved them up to 12th in the
standings on nine points.
    Spurs also took an early lead at home, with Son Heung-min
converting a penalty in the fifth minute but Roma drew level
through Evan N'Dicka before Brennan Johnson put the home side
back in front before halftime.
    A dominant Spurs failed to put Roma away, however, and Mats
Hummels' added-time goal meant the English side slipped to ninth
on 10 points, with Roma 21st on six.
    Lazio, who had won all four previous games, were held to a
frustrating scoreless draw by a Bulgarian side who came to
defend.
    
    BILBAO CRUISE    
    Bilbao eased to a 3-0 win over Swedish side Elfsborg thanks
to goals from Adama Boiro, Benat Prados Diaz and Gorka Guruzeta
while Frankfurt beat Midtjylland 2-1, with Hugo Larsson putting
them ahead early on and Omar Marmoush's penalty sealing the win.
    Anderlecht were denied the chance to move level with Lazio
by a 2-2 home draw with Porto, the Belgians twice coming from
behind and Francis Amuzu netting four minutes from time to
salvage a draw.
    Galatasaray are also on 11 points after they were held to a
1-1 home draw by AZ Alkmaar. The Turkish side went ahead after
two minutes through Sven Mijnans but a Peer Koopmeiners own goal
denied them the win.
    Ajax Amsterdam remained on 10 points and are sixth in the
standings after a 2-0 defeat at Real Sociedad, moving the
Spanish side up to 16th on seven points.
    Rangers moved into the top eight on 10 points with a 4-1
victory in France over Nice, with Hamza Igamane netting twice
after Vaclav Cerny and Mohammed Diomande put the Scottish side
two goals up. Nice are second from bottom on two points.
    Lyon ran out 4-1 winners in Azerbaijan against Qarabag, 
Georges Mikautdze opening and closing the scoring and they are
also on 10 points in seventh place.
    Maccabi Tel Aviv earned their first victory of the
competition with a 3-1 win at Turkish side Besiktas, in a game
played in Debrecen, Hungary for security reasons.
    At 2-1 down Besiktas had a chance to level but Ciro
Immobile's penalty was saved and Weslley Patati put the Israeli
side out of sight 10 minutes from time.

 (Reporting by Trevor Stynes, editing by Ed Osmond)
 ((Trevor.Stynes@thomsonreuters.com;))