Friday 2 October 2015 08:25, UK
Napoli made it three wins out of three for Italian sides in the Europa League on Thursday night with a 2-0 victory at Legia Warsaw.
Napoli and FC Midtjylland are both sitting pretty on six points at the top of Group D after making it two wins in two matches, Dries Mertens and Gonzalo Higuain scoring for Napoli, while Midtjylland were comfortable 3-1 victors at Club Brugge.
After Liverpool drew 1-1 at home to FC Sion, the other game in Group B also finished all square as Rubin Kazan and Bordeaux contested a goalless stalemate in Russia.
Both matches in Group A also saw the points shared as Molde and Ajax drew 1-1 while substitute Fernandao scored either side of half-time as Fenerbahce fought back from a two-goal deficit to draw at Celtic, who had looked in control following quick-fire goals from Leigh Griffiths and Kris Commons.
Competition favourites Borussia Dortmund again had to come from behind as they too drew 1-1 in Greece with PAOK thanks to a strike from Gonzalo Castro. Also in that group, Krasnodar defeated Qabala 2-1.
Sporting Braga and Rapid Vienna also have 100 per cent records after 1-0 successes - Braga at home to FC Groningen and Vienna away at Dinamo Minsk.
After Tottenham drew 1-1 at Monaco, the other game in Group J threw up a surprise as FK Qarabag defeated Anderlecht 1-0.
Villarreal got their first points on the board with a 1-0 home win against Viktoria Plzen, who had Vaclav Prochazka sent off 10 minutes from time, and Slovan Liberec did likewise by recording a surprise 1-0 victory in Marseille thanks to Vladimir Coufal's late goal.
Schalke made it two wins from two matches in Group K as Franco Di Santo scored a first-half hat-trick in a 4-0 victory against Asteras Tripoli. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar completed the rout in the 84th minute.
Basle, Partizan Belgrade and Lokomotiv Moscow are also on six points after victories on Thursday evening.
Basle and Lokomotiv were both 2-0 winners, against Lech Poznan and Skenderbeu Korce respectively, while Partizan beat Augsburg 3-1 in Germany despite having Aleksandar Subic sent off just after the hour mark.
Fiorentina beat Belenenses 4-0 in Portugal, while there were five goals at the Olympic Stadium in Rome as Lazio edged a 3-2 win against St Etienne, who had Robert Beric and Moustapha Bayal Sall sent off.
Dnipro joined Lazio on four points in Group G as they won 1-0 at Rosenborg.
Sparta Prague overcame Apoel Nicosia 2-0 and there was also a home win for AZ Alkmaar as they defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-1. Besiktas and Sporting Lisbon drew 1-1 in the Turkish capital.
