Derby delight for Fenerbahçe and St-Étienne
Sunday, February 5, 2017
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Fenerbahçe and St-Étienne had plenty to celebrate after derby wins against fellow UEFA Europa League sides Beşiktaş and Lyon, while Manchester United sizzled back into form.
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Fenerbahçe and St-Étienne grabbed the spoils on a weekend of high-profile derbies against fellow UEFA Europa League hopefuls, and there were smiles too for a Manchester United team back on track.
The Turkish Cup round of 16 brought a pair of UEFA Europa League sides together in Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe, and it was Fener who got the better of their Istanbul neighbours thanks to Robin van Persie's decider in a 1-0 victory. A place in the last eight proved beyond Osmanlıspor, on the other hand, as they succumbed to Kasımpaşa after extra time.
Over in France, St-Étienne celebrated their fourth victory against Lyon in the last seven Rhone derby fixtures. Kévin Monnet-Paquet and Romain Hamouma found the net to lift Les Verts within a point of fourth-placed OL in the Ligue 1 table – but not before a late red card for the victors and two for their opponents.
Manchester United mustered an even more emphatic win as they piled more pressure on Premier League champions Leicester via a 3-0 away success, while second-placed Tottenham saw off Middlesbrough 1-0. Elsewhere, Schalke secured a point against Bayern and Villarreal held Liga high-fliers Sevilla.
TUESDAY
SUNDAY
Roda 0-2 Ajax
APOEL 1-1 AEK
Celta P-P Real Madrid
Zulte Waregem 1-1 Gent
Leicester 0-3 Manchester United
Olympiacos 3-0 Iraklis
PAOK 3-2 Asteras
St-Étienne 2-0 Lyon
Beşiktaş 0-1 Fenerbahçe (Turkish Cup last 16)
Kasımpaşa 1-0 (aet) Osmanlıspor (Turkish Cup last 16)
Sevilla 0-0 Villarreal
SATURDAY
Barcelona 3-0 Athletic
AZ 2-4 PSV
Genk 1-0 Mouscrom-Péruwelz
Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1-0 Hapoel Beer-Sheva
Mönchengladbach 3-0 Freiburg
Bayern 1-1 Schalke
Tottenham 1-0 Middlesbrough
FRIDAY
Astra 1-0 Târgu Mureş
Lokeren 0-0 Anderlecht
NO GAME
København: the Danish Super League is on winter break until the weekend of 18 February
Krasnodar, Rostov, Zenit: the Russian Premier-Liga is on winter break until the weekend of 4 March
Legia Warszawa: the Polish Ekstraklasa is on winter break until the weekend of 11 February
Ludogorets Razgrad: the Bulgarian A League is on winter break until the weekend of 11 February
Shakhtar Donetsk: the Ukrainian Premier League is on winter break until the weekend of 25 February
Sparta Praha: the Czech First League is on winter break until the weekend of 18 February