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Liverpool, Manchester City, Aston Villa in Europa League live
Follow all the action as Liverpool, Manchester City and Aston Villa all look to take their slender advantages in to the second-leg of their play-off ties. Celtic, Kilmarnock, Dundee United and Total Network Solutions are also in action as seven British clubs bid to make the Europa League group-stage, fire away your thoughts on tonight's games at dan.ripley@dailymail.co.uk[LNB] Europa League scoresTrabzonspor 1-2 Liverpool FT(Liverpool win 3-1 on aggregate)[LNB]AEK 1-1 Dundee United FT(AEK win 2-1 on aggregate)[LNB]FC Utrecht 4-0 Celtic (7.30pm)(4-2 aggregate)[LNB]TNS 2-1 CSKA Sofia (7.35pm)(2-4 aggregate)[LNB]Man City 2-0 Timisoara (7.45pm)(3-0 aggregate)[LNB]Aston Villa 1-1 Rapid Vienna (7.45pm)(2-2 aggregate)[LNB]Motherwell 0-1 Odense (7.45pm)(1-3 aggregate)[LNB]21.12: Meanwhile time is running out for Celtic who have just over five minutes to stage a miracle come back and grab two goals.[LNB]21.08: GOAL! Manchester City 2-0 Timisoara[LNB]Dedryck Boyata increases City's lead at Eastlands and they are heading for the Europa League group stages.[LNB]21.02: He did not know much about it but it is a golden chance. Emile Heskey powers down the right with pace (just like his Leicester City days) before sending in a quick low cross which deflects off a Rapid defender and hits Nigel Reo-Coker before going just wide of the post.[LNB]20.58: GOAL! TNS 2-1 CSKA Sofia[LNB]The good news, skipper Steve Evans has put the Welsh side in front on the night.[LNB]The bad news, the first goalscorer Matthew Williams has been sent off.[LNB]20.55: GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Rapid Vienna[LNB]Habib Beye go find yourself the biggest pile of sand you can find and bury your head in it.[LNB]The Villa defender should just clear his lines but he tries to do too much work that is not needed before losing out to Veli Kavlak who fires an instant cross for Atdhe Nuhiu to power home a header. All square at Villa Park.[LNB]20.52: GOAL! FC Utrecht 4-0 Celtic[LNB]The biggest hopes for tonight have completely fallen apart. Barry Maguire has gave the Dutch side a comfortable lead, and the Scottish side now need two goals to advance.[LNB]20.50: They gave it a go did United piling forward in the dying stages, but in the context of the tie they turned it on far too late and paid the price.[LNB]20.46: Full-time: AEK1-1 Dundee United(AEK win 2-1 on aggregate)[LNB]20.39: GOAL! FC Utrecht 3-0 Celtic[LNB]I mocked him at the start but he has turned this tie on its head, Ricky van Wolfswinkel has put Utrecht in front for the first time in this tie immediately after the start of the second-half.[LNB] Goal bound: Shaun Wright-Phillips strike finds the net for Manchester City[LNB]20.37: GOAL! Manchester City 1-0 Timisoara[LNB]Get set for exhibition football in the second half at Eastlands, as Shaun Wright-Phillips puts Roberto Mancini's side in front just on the stroke of half-time to give themselves a cushion.[LNB]20.35: Half-time at St Andrews where its Birmingham City 1-1 Rochdale.[LNB]A James McFadden penalty equalised just two minutes after Gary Jones had put Rochdale in front after 25 minutes.[LNB]20.34: GOAL! AEK 1-1 Dundee United[LNB]Do or die time for United now! Jonathan Daly has scored they have ten minutes to grab a second which would send them through on away goals.[LNB] In control:Gabriel Agbonlahor gives Villa some breathing space after scoring against Rapid Vienna[LNB]20.25: There I go again then making outlandish predictions, I can promise you that Liverpool game was going no where until Glen Johnson intervened.[LNB]One British side through, six to go, though only Villa and City holding their side of the bargain so far.[LNB]20.23: Full-time: Trabzonspor 1-2 Liverpool(Liverpool win 3-1 on aggregate)[LNB]20.19: GOAL! Motherwell 0-1 Odense[LNB]Half an hour gone and Peter Utaka has scored a priceless goal for the Danish side, Motherwell need two now just to stay in that one.[LNB]20.16: GOAL! Trabzonspor 1-2 Liverpool[LNB]Turkish fans pouring out the ground now, after Dirk Kuyt reacts first to Onur Kivrak's fumble to poke the ball home and seal the tie for the Reds.[LNB] Pivotal: Glen Johnson's cross led to Trabzonspor scoring a crucial own goal[LNB]20.12: GOAL! Trabzonspor 1-1 Liverpool[LNB]This is all Glen Johnson, the full-back dances in to the Trabzonspor box and after laying a ball across goal Giray Kacar slides the ball in to his own net under pressure from David Ngog, home fans stunned in to silence.[LNB]20.11: GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Rapid Vienna[LNB]Great start from Villa, coming up to the halfway point in the first half and Gabriel Agbonlahor has put the Premier League side in the lead.[LNB]20.07: Just over ten minutes left for Liverpool to grab an away goal and probably with it the winning goal in this tie. [LNB]The Trabzanspor fans are heavily booing Liverpool every time they get the ball and to their credit they must have been like the twelfth man for the home side tonight.[LNB]20.04: One thing I will say in Liverpool's defence is the pitch is starting to get in to a terrible state, it's cutting up so much in the centre to the point that it makes the infamous Wembley turf look nigh on perfect.[LNB] Small gap: Manchester City's Shaun Wright-Phillips fires through a crowd of players[LNB]20.00: A bad night for the British clubs so far, only TNS have found the net and they are all but already out.[LNB]The rain has eased off in Turkey and with it the Trabzonspor pressure as Liverpool start to turn the screw, this one though has penalties written all over it.[LNB]19.55: Oh, and Manchester City, Aston Villa and Motherwell are also up and running.[LNB]19.52: GOAL! FC Utrecht 2-0 Celtic[LNB]Unbelievable, a second penalty for the Dutch side, and a second Ricky van Wolfswinkel strike and all of a sudden Celtic's advantage has vanished. [LNB]19.49: GOAL! TNS 1-1 CSKA Sofia[LNB]That I wasn't expecting, Matthew Williams hits back just two minutes later for the Welsh side.[LNB]19.47: GOAL! TNS 0-1 CSKA Sofia[LNB]Game over for definite now. Just a minute gone and Giuseppe Aquaro has put the Bulgarian side in front.[LNB]19.46: GOAL! FC Utrecht 1-0 Celtic[LNB]Bad start for Celtic Ricky van Wolfswinkel (I'm not making that up) has struck a penalty about fifteen minuets in.[LNB]19.40: Trabzonspor started the brighter of the two teams this half but we are still stalemate as far as aggregate scores go.[LNB]19.36: Games are underway for Celtic and TNS, one side pretty much through, one side pretty much out, I'll let you judge for yourselves which is which.[LNB] Danger man: Tarbzonspor limited the supply to Joe Cole in the first half[LNB]19.34: Line ups for TNS, where Sofia are so confident they have only named six subs.[LNB]TNS v CSKA SofiaTNS: Paul Harrison, Danny Holmes, Phillip Baker, Steve Evans, Tommy Holmes, Scott Ruscoe, Barry Hogan, Chris Sharp, Matthew Williams, Christian Seargeant, Craig Jones, Subs: Simon Williams, Craig Williams, Connell Rawlinson, John McKenna, Jamie Wood, Alex Darlington, Matthew BerkeleyCSKA Sofia: Ivan Karadzhov, Pavel VidanovTodor Yanchev, Giuseppe Aquaro ,Rumen Trifonov, Dimitar Iliev,Christian Tiboni, Kosta Yanev, Alexandar Tonev, Cillian Sheridan, Gregory Nelson, Subs: Zdravko Chavdarov, Tomi Kostadinov, Spas Delev, Dormushali Saidhodzha, Martin Vasilev, MarquinhosReferee: Tony Assumaa (Finand)[LNB]19.32: Liverpool back under way, we need a goal or penalties will rear their ugly (yet at times attractive) head again.[LNB]19.30: Team news from Villa Park.[LNB]Aston Villa v Rapid ViennaAston Villa: Guzan, Davies, Collins, Cuellar, Beye, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Ireland, Ashley Young, Agbonlahor, Heskey. Subs: Friedel, Albrighton, Delfouneso, Lichaj, Bannan, Clark, Hogg.Rapid Vienna: Hedl, Dober, Sonnleitner, Soma, Katzer, Heikkinen, Pehlivan, Kavlak, Hoffmann, Saurer, Nuhiu. Subs: Payer, Patocka, Kulovits, Salihi, Gartler, Hinum, Trimmel.Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Holland)[LNB]19.26: GOAL! AEK 1-0 Dundee United[LNB]Papa Bouba Diop, remember him? United fans will for a long time now, as his strike leaves the Scottish side needing two goals to progress.[LNB]19.19: Half-time has arrived for Liverpool and considering the conditions it's fair to say Liverpool weathered the early storm, and the game has provided a rather dull outlook, with temperatures set to increase in the second-half....sorry.[LNB]19.17: Team news from Fir Park.[LNB]Motherwell v Odense BKMotherwell: Randolph, Saunders, Craigan, Reynolds, Hammell, Hateley, Lasley, Blackman, Humphrey, Murphy, Sutton. Subs: Hollis, McHugh, Fitzpatrick, Forbes, Hutchinson, Page, Smith.Odense BK: Carroll, Ruud, Haland, Christensen, Sorensen, Traore, Andreasen, Djemba-Djemba, Gislason, Utaka, Toft. Subs: Alexander Lund Hansen, Henrik Hansen, Johansson, Caca, Demba-Nyren, Kadrii, Feldballe.Referee: Michail Koukoulakis (Greece)[LNB]19.13: The rain is still in full flow in Turkey, and the scoreline is still 1-0 in what has been a very average game so far.[LNB]Team news from St Andrews for the Carling Cup tie between Birmingham and Rochdale and also from Eastlands for Manchester City's Europa League play-off.[LNB]Birmingham v RochdaleBirmingham: Taylor, Fahey, Johnson, Dann, Murphy, Valles, Bowyer, Michel, McFadden, O'Connor, Derbyshire. Subs: Foster, Larsson, Gardner, Jerome, Ferguson, Zigic, Redmond.Rochdale: Lillis, Wiseman, Dawson, Holness, Widdowson, Jones, Kennedy, Barry-Murphy, O'Grady, Elding, Tutte. Subs: Edwards, Redshaw, Done, Goodall, Akpa Akpro, Andre, Josh Thompson.Referee: Mick Russell (Hertfordshire)[LNB]Man City v FC TimisoaraMan City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Boyata, Zabaleta, Wright-Phillips, De Jong, Vieira, Silva, Adebayor, Jo. Subs: Given, Cunningham, Lescott, Toure Yaya, Barry, Tevez, Adam Johnson.FC Timisoara: Pantilimon, Burca, Luchin, Mera, Sepsi, Contra, Bourceanu, Alexa, Curtean, Axente, Magera. Subs: Taborda, Poparadu, Scutaru, Tames, Chiacu, Goga, Zicu.Referee: Manuel de Sousa (Portugal)[LNB] Track back: Carragher wins possession for Liverpool[LNB]19.05: Glen Johnson has the ball in the net for Liverpool after a neat run in to the box and cool finish across the keeper.[LNB]However he is given offside but judging alone by the reactions of Trabzonspor manager Senol Gunes to his back four, it was very marginal.[LNB]19.03: Team news from the Netherlands, where Celtic look to consolidate their first-leg advantage.[LNB]FC Utrecht v CelticFC Utrecht: Vorm, Cornelisse, Nesu, Schut, Silberbauer, Mertens, Asare, Lensky, Wuytens, Duplan, van Wolfswinkel. Subs: Sinouh, Oar, Van Der Maarel, Maguire, Keller, Nijholt, Sarota.Celtic: Zaluska, Juarez, Majstorovic, Hooiveld, Cha, Samaras, Brown, Ledley, Kayal, Fortune, Forrest. Subs: Cervi, Maloney, Ki, McCourt, Loovens, Murphy, Conroy.Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)[LNB]19.01: Under way in Athens, Dundee United will be desperate to improve on last weeks timid performance, only one goal in it, so there is every chance.[LNB]18.55: As the score stands, we will be heading for extra-time and if no further goals, the drama of penalties.[LNB]18.52: Team news in for Dundee United's must win game in Athens.[LNB]AEK Athens v Dundee UnitedAEK Athens: Sebastian Saja, Manolas, Jahic, Georgeas, Lagos, Diop, Makos, Kafes, Scocco, Leonardo, Djebbour. Subs: Arampatzis, Dadomo, Karabelas, Blanco, Eder Luis, Burns, Gentsoglou.Dundee Utd: Pernis, Dillon, Dixon, Kenneth, Watson, Conway, Scott Robertson, David Robertson, Buaben, Gomis, Cadamarteri. Subs: Banks, Dods, Daly, Swanson, Douglas, Casalinuovo, Goodwillie.Referee: Libor Kovarik (Czech Rep)[LNB]18.50: The referee has made his way to the touchline to have a short discussion with club officials and the police in what has to be about something quite serious.[LNB]Moments later replays show a laser pen shining at Pepe Reina's face...probably that then.[LNB]18.47: Trabzonspor are bossing the play and smart saves from Reina are keeping Liverpool in this tie.[LNB]18.44: One other point is I have not forgot the Carling Cup (yes it is important!) with goal updates coming from the Birmingham - Rochdale game coming later this evening.[LNB]18.40: The only good news I can give you Liverpool fans, is that has been about it so far.[LNB]It's not wave after wave of Turkish attack, but Liverpool look stunned and conditions are not ideal with the rain chucking it down in Turkey.[LNB]18.34: GOAL! Trabzonspor 1-0 Liverpool[LNB]Game on! Teofilo Gutierrez beats the offside to slot home past Pepe Reina the Turkish side in front, the stadium erupts and Roy Hodgson's side are off to the wors epossible start.[LNB]18.30: Despite the transfer speculation, Dirk Kuyt starts for Liverpool where Trabzonspor have a huge support.[LNB]In a dig at Liverpool supporters and the clubs motto one such banner reads 'You're alone now'. Very friendly welcome, we are underway there.[LNB]18.14: Team news from Liverpool's 6.30pm kick-off.[LNB]Trabzonspor v LiverpoolTrabzonspor: Kivrak, Cale, Korkmaz, Kacar, Balci, Colman, Gulselam, Inan, Yilmaz, Gutierrez, Yattara. Subs: Zengin, Baytar, Atas, Alanzinho, Badur, Jaja, Oztorun.Liverpool: Reina, Kelly, Carragher, Kyrgiakos, Johnson, Aurelio, Lucas, Poulsen, Kuyt, Cole, Ngog. Subs: Gulacsi, Pacheco, Babel, Spearing, Shelvey, Skrtel, Eccleston.Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)[LNB]18.10: Seven British teams and not one looks home and hosed as far as their Europa League ties are concerned.[LNB]Celtic have a two goal cushion and avoided conceding an away goal but that's about as comfortable as it looks for our seven representatives.[LNB]At the other end of the scale, TNS have a mammoth task of over turning a three goal deficit, but ANYTHING can happen over 90 minutes of football.[LNB]Team news on the way...[LNB] Costly? Will Joe Cole's penalty miss from the first leg haunt Liverpool?[LNB] Europa League live: Manchester City and Liverpool win by the single strike as Aston Villa grab an away goal in Vienna - as it happened Javier Mascherano pulled out of Liverpool squad as Barcelona make £12m move for unsettled star[LNB]
