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Giroud earns Arsenal win while Lazio deny Nice
Olivier Giroud struck a late winner against Red Star Belgrade to preserve Arsenal’s unblemished start to their Europa League Group H campaign.Giroud pounced with a brilliant overhead kick in the 87th minute after Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott combined to set up the chance in Belgrade.Aleksei Rios scored as BATE Borisov beat Cologne 1-0 in the other game in the group.? UEFA Europa League results! ?Which team produced the best performance on MD3?#UEL pic.twitter.com/BTUcypMFou— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) October 19, 2017Mario Balotelli gave Nice an early lead but it was not enough to prevent Lazio from emerging convincing 3-1 winners at the Stade de Nice in Group K.Felipe Caicedo equalised almost immediately before Sergej Milinkovic-Savic was on target twice to clinch victory and keep Lazio at the summit of the table ahead of their rivals from France. Zulte-Waregem and Vitesse Arnhem drew 1-1.Inaki Williams stepped off the bench to secure Athletic Bilbao a 2-2 draw with Ostersund at the Jamtkraft Arena, the Spanish club’s first point of their Group J program. Ostersund, under English coach Graham Potter, remain top despite the deadlock.#UEL teams with a 100% record ????Arsenal ??FCSB ??Lazio ??Zenit ?? pic.twitter.com/FOrawPClNZ— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) October 19, 2017Ukraine’s Zorya Luhansk overcame Hertha Berlin 2-1 in Lviv, while Real Sociedad inflicted a record 6-0 home defeat on Macedonia’s Vardar with Willian Jose notching four successive goals in Skopje.Zenit St Petersburg remain at the top of Group L, however, after Emiliano Rigoni scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 victory over Rosenborg.Lucas Ocampos and Maxime Lopez were on target as Marseille got their Group I campaign back on track with a 2-1 victory over Vitoria at the Stade Velodrome.WOW. That strike by Giroud ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Have you seen a better goal this season?#UEL pic.twitter.com/L6CyY3ODdF— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) October 19, 2017Salzburg’s 2-0 win against Konyaspor in Konya keeps them top of the pool and stretched their unbeaten Europa League run to seven games.Steaua Bucharest continue to control Group G after dispatching Hapoel Be’er Sheva 2-1 at the Turner Stadium through two goals from substitute Harlem Gnohere, Lugano staying in second place after edging Viktoria Plzen 3-2.Patrick Twumasi and Junior Kabananga struck two goals each to help Astana to a comfortable 4-0 victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv at the Astana Arena in Group A.TFW you score the winner for your home-town club…Maxime Lopez = Marseille hero ?????? #UEL pic.twitter.com/YnwzEd8ntk— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) October 19, 2017(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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