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Sporting ............. 2

Arsenal ............... 2

ISBON – Arsenal and Sporting Lisbon could not be divided in an entertaining 2-2 draw in their Europa League last 16 first leg clash in Lisbon last night.

Hidemasa Morita’s own goal sent the Premier League leaders back to London with honours even, after Goncalo Inacio and Paulinho’s goals helped Sporting recover from William Saliba’s opener.

Elsewhere, Jose Mourinho’s Roma earned a comfortable 2-0 win at home against Real Sociedad to put one foot into the quarter-finals.

Mikel Arteta handed Reiss Nelson a start on the left of the attack after his showstopping strike salvaged Arsenal a dramatic comeback victory over Bournemouth last weekend to keep them top of the Premier League.

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The Arsenal coach also gave Polish defender Jakub Kiwior his debut after his January arrival from Spezia. It was his centre-back partner William Saliba who headed home from Fabio Vieira’s corner to put Arsenal ahead after 22 minutes at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon.

Mourinho’s Roma were good value for their victory against Real Sociedad with Stephan El Shaarawy sending the hosts ahead in the Italian capital from close range after a fine run and cross by Tammy Abraham. Roma struck again towards the end as Albanian defender Marash Kumbulla powered home a header from Paulo Dybala’s inswinging corner

Bundesliga surprise package Union Berlin snatched a 3-3 draw against Belgian side Royale Union SG, while Bayer Leverkusen beat Ferencvaros 2-0 at home. In the UEFA Conference League, Michael Antonio hit two first half goals to earn West Ham a 2-0 win at EK Larnaca, while Villarreal shared a 1-1 draw with Anderlect. Manu Trigueros put the Spanish visitors in front but Anders Dreyer levelled early in the second half.