ARSENAL AND CELTIC LEAVE IT LATE AS UNITED AND WOLVES WIN AWAY

ARSENAL AND CELTIC LEAVE IT LATE AS UNITED AND WOLVES WIN AWAY

Nicolas Pepe scored his first Arsenal goals to help them fight back and win 3-2 at home to Vitoria Guimares in the Europa League.

Tottenham academy graduate Marcus Edwards, who departed Spurs in September, had silenced the Emirates in the eighth minute after he showed great composure to score.

Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli equalised with 32 on the clock, but Bruno Duarte put Vitoria in front again four minutes later and it looked like it would finish 2-1 to the Portuguese outfit.

Yet Unai Emery introduced Pepe off the bench with quarter of an hour left and he scored a fine free kick five minutes later before scoring a second in stoppage time to complete a remarkable turnaround.

Arsenal top Group F with nine points whilst Eintracht Frankfurt are second after a 2-1 home win over Standard Liege.

Manchester United secured a first away win in all competitions since March with a 1-0 triumph at Partizan Belgrade in Group L.

Anthony Martial opened the scoring two minutes before half-time from the penalty spot and it was enough to give a youthful side all three points.

The Red Devils' had failed to win any of their previous 11 away games; a run stretching back to a 3-1 Champions League success over Paris St Germain.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team are top of the group with AZ Alkmaar second after a 6-0 victory at home to Astana.

Wolves claimed an excellent 2-1 win away to Slovan Bratislava with a strong second-half performance in Slovakia, despite Diogo Jota being sent off late on for a second yellow card.

Andraz Sporar put the hosts ahead after 11 minutes, but Romain Saiss equalised from distance for the Premier League outfit in the 58th minute.

Six minutes later Wolves were awarded a penalty, which Raul Jimenez dispatched to move Nuno Espirito Santo's men up to second in Group K behind Sporting Braga, who won 2-1 away to Besiktas.

Rangers are second in Group G and in with a good chance of qualifying for the knock-out phase after a hard-fought 1-1 draw away to Porto.

Alfredo Morelos' 44th-minute equaliser earned them a point and although Young Boys beat Feyenoord 2-0 to sit first, Steven Gerrard's team are in a healthy position with two of their three remaining group games at Ibrox.

Christopher Jullien scored a minute from time to earn Celtic a memorable 2-1 success over Lazio in Group E.

Ryan Christie had equalised in the 67th minute before he assisted Jullien to keep them top with CFR Cluj second after a 1-0 win at Rennes, who finished the game with nine men and also missed a first-half penalty.

It proved to be a poor night for Serie A clubs with Roma conceding late on to only draw 1-1 at home to Borussia Monchengladbach in Group J, although it keeps them top ahead of Istanbul Basaksehir, who beat RZ Pellets WAC.

Sevilla keep up their 100 per cent record in Group A with a 3-0 victory at home to F91 Dudelange, but fellow Spanish side Getafe lost in Madrid to FC Basel in Group C.

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