Manchester United ended their winless run in Europe and Osimhen scored two goals as Galatasaray beat Tottenham

MANCHESTER – Manchester United claimed their first European win in more than a year by beating PAOK 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday.

Two second-half goals from Amad Diallo sealed victory at Old Trafford and boosted United’s hopes of progressing in the tournament, while Tottenham’s 100% start ended with a 3-2 defeat at Galatasaray.

United’s last win in Europe was against FC Copenhagen in the Champions League on October 24 last year.

“We discussed it in the dressing room and it was time to change it, which is what we did,” United interim coach Ruud van Nistelrooy said.

In the 50th minute, Diallo headed a shot over PAOK goalkeeper Dominik Kotarski, and in the 77th minute he sent a deflected shot from outside the box that nestled in the bottom corner.

It’s two wins in three games for United under van Nistelrooy, who has one more game – against Leicester on Sunday – before handing the ball over to Ruben Amorim.

It is unclear whether the Dutchman will have any role after his interim reign, but he is doing everything he can to ensure United are in the best possible position by the time Amorim takes over.

Erik ten Hag was fired last week after a poor start to the campaign, he left the team in 14th place in the Premier League and without a win in Europe’s minor competition, the Europa League.

Amorim was quickly replaced in his place, but Van Nistelrooy had to fill the gap while the Portuguese served his sentence at Sporting Lisbon.

He achieved victories in the English League Cup and Europa League either side of a league draw with Chelsea.

Osimhen double

Earlier, Victor Osimhen scored twice in eight minutes to help Galatasaray beat Tottenham 3-2 in Turkey.

Osimhen scored his first European goal for Galatasaray since joining from Napoli with a low shot inside the right post to give the hosts a 2-1 lead in the 31st minute, before adding his second goal eight minutes later when he headed home goal after a twisted cross from the field. on the right is Dries Mertens.

This was Tottenham’s first defeat in the tournament after three victories. Galatasaray remains unbeaten with three wins and a draw.

Each game on Thursday was preceded by a moment of silence in honor of the victims. devastating flood in Spain.

In Istanbul, Yunus Akgün gave Galatasary the lead in the sixth minute when Spurs failed to properly deal with Mertens’ free-kick and the midfielder fired a shot from outside the area past goalkeeper Fraser Forster.

Tottenham equalized in the 19th minute through Will Lankshear, who was making just his second senior appearance for the London club, scoring from close range from Brennan Johnson’s cross. However, Lankshear was later sent off for a second yellow card on the hour mark.

Substitute Dominic Solanke pulled a goal back for Tottenham with a backheel in the 69th.

Lazio is perfect

Lazio are the only team to maintain an unblemished record of four wins after Pedro Rodriguez scored in stoppage time to secure a 2-1 win over Porto.

Ajax had five different scorers in their 5-0 demolition of Maccabi Tel Aviv, while three substitutes scored for Alkmaar in their 3-1 win over Fenerbahce, their first defeat of the tournament for Jose Mourinho’s team.

Latvian RFS salvaged a 1-1 draw with Anderlecht with a stoppage-time equalizer as the Belgian side dropped points for the first time.

Earlier, Eintracht Frankfurt beat Slavia Prague 1-0 thanks to a second-half goal from Omar Marmouche, while Roma drew 1-1 with Union Saint-Gilloise in another disappointing result after losing to Hellas Verona 3-2 in Serie A at the weekend.

In Greece, Rangers defeated last year’s Conference League champion Olympiacos with a score of 1:1.

Athletic Bilbao beat Ludogorets 2-1 to remain unbeaten with three wins and a draw, while Qarabag beat Bodo/Glimt in Norway 3-1 to earn their first points.

Nice drew 2–2 with Twente, with both teams finishing the game reduced to 10 men.

League Conference

Chelsea defeated the Armenian club Noah with a score of 8:0 and set a record for the biggest victory in the third division conference league.

Chelsea led 6-0 in the first half thanks to two goals from Joao Felix and one each from Tosin Adarabioyo, Marc Giu, Axel Disasi and Mikhail Mudrik. Christopher Nkunku added two more in the second half, the second from the penalty spot.

The previous record belonged to Nordsjælland, who defeated Ludogorets 7–1 last season.

Chelsea are one of six teams with three wins after three games.

Vitoria beat Mlada Boleslav 2-1, Jagiellonia beat Molde 3-0 and Heidenheim beat Hearts 2-0.

Earlier, Legia Warsaw defeated Dynamo Minsk with a score of 4:0, and Rapid defeated Petrokub with a score of 3:0.

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Karel Janicek from Prague contributed.

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