Olympique Lyon take solid lead against Roma
●Genk trounce Gent in Belgian derby ●Gladbach earn good away draw at Schalke
Olympique Lyon registered a great comaback in the second half scoring three goals against Roma to take a 4-2 advantage at the Olimpico next week.
Rome were the better team in the first half, but Lyon forged ahead on eight minutes through Diakhaby.
However Salah and a Fazio header gave Roma a deserved lead by half time.
Two minutes into the second half Tolisso scored the equaliser and on 74 minutes substitute Fakir put Lyon ahead with a low shot.
In stoppage time Lacazette scored a beauty from the edge of the are to give Lyon a two-goal cushion for the return tie.
In the Belgian derby Genk are practicallu through after a 5-2 away win to Gent.
Samata scored a brace for Genk with the other goals coming from Colley, Uronen and Malinovsky.
In another derby Borussia Monchengladbach obtained a good draw away to Schalke.
Monchengladbach took the lead through Hofmann on 15 minutes and Burgstaller obtained the equaliser for Schalke ten minutes later.
Celta obtained a late winner against Krasnodar with all goals in the second half.
Wass put Celta ahead on 50 minutes but five minutes later Krasnodar drew level with a Claesson goal.
On 90 minutes Celta scored the winner when Mallo passed towards Beauvue who fired home.
Manchester United preserved its unbeaten record in Russia but had to settle for 1-1 at Rostov in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie yesterday.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan's away goal gives United, which has never won the Europa League, the advantage ahead of the second leg, particularly with Rostov captain Aleksandr Gatskan and goal-scorer Aleksandr Bukharov ruled out of the second leg due to bookings.
United coach Jose Mourinho complained about the quality of the pitch before the game, but his side had the benefit of a strong wind for the first half.
The visitors largely frustrated Rostov, playing for the first time at this stage of European competition, but failed to create many opportunities as both sides slugged it out in midfield.
Mkhitaryan made the breakthrough with the first real chance 10 minutes before the interval, when Zlatan Ibrahimovic did well to cut the ball back from the byline to set him up.
Rostov improved drastically in the second half, and Bukharov equalized minutes after the restart, taking Timofei Kalachev's long pass on his chest with his first touch and dispatching it past Sergio Romero with his next.
Also, Andreas Cornelius earned FC Copenhagen a 2-1 win over Ajax, which cancelled out Rasmus Falk's first-minute strike through Kasper Dolberg, and Nicolae Stanciu's first-half goal was enough for Belgian side Anderlecht to beat APOEL 1-0 in Nicosia, Cyprus.
In another match Olympiacos and Besiktas figured in a 1-1 draw.
Esteban Cambiasso put Olympiacos in front on 36 minutes with Besiktas scoring the all important equaliser on 53 minutes through Aboubaker.