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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

GROUP E

LYON 3-0 EVERTON

TRAORE ON TOP

Former Chelsea player Bertrand Traore opened the scoring in the 68th minute when he outpaced the Everton backline and slotted past Jordan Pickford.
Their second came 14 minutes from time when substitute Houssem Aouar threaded his shot past the reach of the England goalkeeper, who was already spread out on the turf having saved from Mariano Diaz in the build-up.
It went from bad to worse for the visitors when they were reduced to 10 men after Morgan Schneiderlin received a second yellow for a foul on Maxwel Cornet.
And with two minutes remaining former Manchester United midfielder Memphis Depay, who set up the strike for Aouar, applied the final blow when he headed in the third from six yards.

MY OPINION
Everton seem to be on a downward spiral at the moment and there seems to be very little that can be done to sort thaqt out. Lyon look good and might be a difficult opponent to meet in the knockout stages.
APPOLIN LIMOSOL 1-1 ATALANTA

ZELAYA SAVES DAY FOR LIMOSOL


Penalty Atalanta. Josip Ilicic draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Alef (Apollon Limassol) after a foul in the penalty area
Giorgos Vasiliou (Apollon Limassol) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Apollon Limassol 0, Atalanta 1. Josip Ilicic (Atalanta) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal! Apollon Limassol 1, Atalanta 1. Emilio Jose Zelaya (Apollon Limassol) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Pedro.

MY OPINION

This win keeps things interesting between Atlanta and Lyon in this group but the bad results for the smaller teams are cutting them off and both sides know that a win will put them through to the last 32. Lyon should be better than this.
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GROUP H

KOLN 5-2 BATE

GREAT GUIRASSY


Koln made the perfect start when Simon Zoller raced clear to finish with aplomb past Denis Scherbitski. Bate turned the game on its head with two goals in two minutes. Nemanja Milunkovic equalised after a well worked set-piece routine, before Mikalay Signevich found the bottom corner with a stunning overhead kick.
Yuya Osako, on as a substitute for Christian Clemens, scored a lovely equaliser, before Sehrou Guirassy curled in a free-kick to put Cologne back into the lead.
Milos Jojic, to put the gloss on a fine evening's work by heading in Osako's cross.

MY OPINION

This was definitely a disappointment for BATE as they should not be allowed to concede that many goals in a match and if they conceded that many goals they would have some serious problems in the long run
ARSENAL 0-0 RED STAR

DRAW KEEPS ARSENAL IN CONTROL

The game's best chance fell to midfielder Jack Wilshere, but his shot from close range was cleared off the line.
Serbian side Red Star had opportunities themselves, but striker Richmond Boakye could not hit the target with efforts in each half.

MY OPINION

A good win draw for Arsenal keeps them in control of their own fate and it makes it so no one else should be able to catch them but nothing is sealed yet. A problem here is that some teams might see them as beatable in the knockout stages with this draw. 

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