Arsenal’s academy products helped the team cruise into to the knockout stage of the Europa League while Leicester needed a late equalizer from Jamie Vardy to advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arsenal’s record signing Nicolas P p showed his better side after he was sent off in a 0-0 draw at Leeds in the Premier League on Sunday, scoring the opening goal in a 3-0 away victory at Norway’s Molde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The homegrown talents did the rest as Reiss Nelson doubled the lead and Folarin Balogun less than a minute after coming on as a substitute netted the third with his first goal for the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoffenheim and Leicester also progressed into the round of 32 with two matches to spare. The Premier League club equalized three times in a 3-3 draw at Braga, with Vardy grabbing the final goal in injury time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carlos Vin cius scored his first two goals for Tottenham while Harry Winks netted a spectacular one from 56 yards as a dominant Spurs side beat Bulgarian team Ludogorets 4-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AC Milan failed to win for the second straight game as the Italian powerhouse was held to a 1-1 draw at Lille, while Rangers was held 2-2 by Benfica after giving up a two-goal lead against the Portuguese side for the second game in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A minute of silence was observed before all the matches to honor Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday at the age of 60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maradona’s former club Napoli paid special tribute to the Argentine before a 2-0 win over Rijeka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ARSENAL ADVANCES<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arsenal used a second-half scoring burst to maintain a perfect record with four wins from four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just a minute after hitting the crossbar, P p curled a ball into a top corner of the net five minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P p has struggled to establish himself in the team for Premier League games after moving to Arsenal from French club Lille last summer in a deal worth a reported 80 million euros ( 89 million) but he’s leading the charge in the Europa League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has scored three goals in the competition this season and set up another two for Arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five minutes later, Joe Willock another academy product provided a fine cross for Nelson to tap in the second. Balogun finished it off from close range seven minutes from time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arsenal tops Group B with 12 points, six more than Molde. Rapid Vienna faced Dundalk later Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
VARDY’S LAST-GASP EQUALIZER<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vardy equalized five minutes into stoppage time to put Europa League newcomer Leicester into the next stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frans rgio had put the hosts 3-2 up four minutes earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the previous round, Leicester beat Braga 4-0 at home. This time, it was 1-0 down after Al Musrati scored four minutes into the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harvey Barnes canceled that out five minutes later with an angled shot high into the net, but Paulinho restored the host’s one-goal advantage in the 24th from close range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luke Thomas netted Leicester’s second equalizer in the 79th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leicester leads Group G with 10 points, with Braga on seven. Zorya Luhansk won 3-0 at AEK Athens, putting both teams on three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WINKS LET’S FLY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vin cius gave Tottenham the lead 16 minutes into the game after he met a deflected pass from Dele Alli to beat Ludogorets goalkeeper Plamen Iliev on-on-one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Brazilian added his second in the 34th. Tanguy Ndomb l started the move with a run up the field before unleashing a low shot that was parried by Iliev, with Dele crossing for the forward to net again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harry Winks made it 3-0 in the second half from near the halfway line on the left, lobbying a spectacular shot over the keeper and into the net. It was his third goal for Spurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vin cius set up Lucas Moura in the box to finish the rout with his third goal in four Europa League games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With nine points, Tottenham is tied atop Group J with Royal Antwerp, which won 2-0 at LASK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OTHER GROUPS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matteo Politano and Hirving Lozano scored for Napoli against Rijeka as the hosts paid tribute to Maradona, who led them to its only two Serie A titles in 1987 and 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoffenheim took the lead through Christoph Baumgartner in the 77th and substitute Andrej Kramaric added a penalty in the 89th as the German team advanced from Group L.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bundesliga club has 12 points, three more than Red Star Belgrade, which won 2-0 at Gent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Lille stunned AC Milan 3-0 at the San Siro in the previous round, it drew 1-1 with the Italian powerhouse at home to stay top of Group H with eight points. Milan is second, a point behind. Sparta Prague is another point back after beating<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Celtic 4-1 at home. Celtic has just one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Group I, Villarreal leads with 10 points after a 1-1 away draw at 10-man Maccabi Tel-Aviv, which is second with seven. Sivasspor is on six after winning 3-2 against Qarabag.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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