Milan draws another blank, Everton goes out
Troubled AC Milan was held to a goalless draw by AEK Athens for the second time in a fortnight in the Europa League on Thursday and Everton was dumped out by Olympique Lyonnais after a 3-0 defeat in France.
By : migrator
Update: 2017-11-03 17:31 GMT
Arsenal qualified despite dropping its first points in Group H as it was held 0-0 at home by Red Star Belgrade while Lazio, Dynamo Kiev and FCSB, formerly Steaua Bucharest, joined it in the round of 32.
There was an extraordinary start at Vitoria Guimaraes where visitor Olympique Marseille had substitute Patrice Evra sent off before kick-off after players became involved in a brawl with fans of its own team.
An Olympique player identified by the media as Evra was seen aiming a karate-style kick at supporters who had invaded the area behind the goal. Vitoria completed Olympique’s misery by winning 1-0 with a late goal and the French side had Boubacar Kamara sent off for a second yellow card offence.
Olympique Lyon scored three times in the last 25 minutes to leave Everton bottom of Group E with one point and end its hopes of progressing with two games left. Bertrand Traore put Lyon ahead in the 68th minute as he sped past Ashley Williams and steered the ball past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
Houssem Aouar turned in the second from Memphis Depay’s pass and Depay headed the third in the 90th minute. To add to the indignity, Everton had Morgan Schneiderlin sent off for a second bookable offence 10 minutes from the end.
Lyon joined Atalanta on eight points at the top of the group after the Serie A side conceded a last-minute goal and was held 1-1 at Apollon in Cyprus. Milan stayed top of Group D with 8 points, two ahead of its Greek rivals, although it really needed a win to lift the pressure on coach Vincenzo Montella. Riccardo Montolivo hit the post for the Italians early in the second half and that was as close as they got.
Dinamo Kiev went through with a 1-0 win at Young Boys as Vitaliy Buyalskiy scored the winner in its Group B match. Lazio is the only team with 12 points from its four games after a stoppage-time own goal by Maximie Le Marchand, who turned a corner into his own net.
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