A late penalty kick converted by Romelu Lukaku gave Everton a 2-1 advantage over Dynamo Kiev in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 clash.
Everton came from behind to defeat Dynamo Kiev 2-1 in the in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 clash on Thursday.
Oleg Gusev lashed home a corner at the near post to give the Ukrainian team the lead, but Steven Naismith found himself behind the vistiors’ defence and scored the equaliser five minutes before half-time.
Romelu Lukaku scored the winner from a penalty in the 82nd minute after Danilo Silva was whistled for handling while sliding to block a shot.
Kevin De Bruyne’s double helped Wolfsburg come back from a deficit at home to secure a solid 3-1 victory over Europa League rivals Inter Milan.
Kevin De Bruyne scored twice and Wolfsburg rallied to take a 3-1 advantage over Inter Milan.
Rodrigo Palacio opened the scoring for Inter away from home in just the sixth minute, but Naldo equalised in the 28th minute for the hosts.
The game belonged to De Bruyne in the second half with goals in the 63rd and 76th minutes — the second from a curling free kick — gave Wolfsburg a big boost ahead of their return leg in Italy.
The Belgian also missed wide on a chance to secure his hat trick in stoppage time.
Dinamo Moscow got off to a good start, but it was Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain who stole the show with a hat trick.
Gonzalo Higuain recorded a hat trick to help Napoli defeat Dinamo Moscow 3-1.
Kevin Kuranyi provided the Russian visitors a suprise opener in the second minute, only for Higuain to score twice before the break, the second coming from the penalty spot.
Dinamo Moscow’s Roman Zobnin was sent off for a second yellow one minute into the second half, and Higuain completed his treble in the 55th minute.
Sevilla FC midfielder Vitolo stunned the Madrigal crowd after scoring the fastest goal in Europa League history, as his side went on to beat Villarreal 3-1 in the round of 16 first leg.
Vitolo scored the fastest goal in Europa League history by finding the net 13.21 seconds into Sevilla‘s 3-1 win at Villarreal.
The ball was punted upfield straight from kickoff at El Madrigal with Kevin Gameiro controlling it and placing it at the feet of Vitolo to apply the finish and break the previous record of 15.19 seconds.
Stephane M’Bia doubled the advantage in the 26 minute, and although Luciano Vietto got one back for the hosts after half-time, Kevin Gameiro responded for Sevilla two minutes later to secure the victory.
Seydou Keita’s header secured a 1-1 draw for Roma playing away against Europa League rivals Fiorentina.
Serie A rivals Fiorentina and Roma played out the only draw of the day, 1-1 in Florence.
Josip Ilicic scored for the hosts on 17 minutes, and Roma could not find an equaliser until Seydou Keita’s strike in the 77th minute.
Adem Ljajic missed a penalty that could have drawn them level earlier in the second half.
Goals from Axel Witsel and Domenico Criscito were more than enough to best 10-man Torino.
Zenit St Petersburg took a big step towards the quarterfinals with a 2-0 win over 10-man Torino.
Axel Witsel opened the scoring in the 38th minute for the Russians and Domenico Criscito doubled the advantage eight minutes after the break.
Torino were facing an uphill battle once Marco Benassi picked up his second yellow card only 27 minutes in. Benassi was booked in the 12th minute for a foul on Hulk and then saw red following an ugly challenge on Witsel.
The Belgian side was able to come from behind to beat Besiktas 2-1 and now heads into Turkey with a one-goal lead.
Club Brugge fought back from a goal down to defeat Besiktas 2-1.
Gokhan Tore scored for the visitors with the first action of the second half, but the Belgian hosts were able to equalise through Tom de Sutter in the 62nd minute.
Lior Refaelov scored the winner from the penalty spot in the 77 minute after Serdar Kurtulus fouled Felipe Gedoz in the area.
Roman Zozulya scored the only goal of the match, giving Dnipro a 1-nil lead over Ajax on aggregate.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk surprised Ajax with a 1-0 win thanks to Roman Zozulya’s first-half goal.
The game was played over 400 kilometres from Dnipro’s home because of the unrest in eastern Ukraine.