The first leg of matches for the Europa league round of 32 has seen some teams stake claim on a round of 16 ticket very early. There no major upset in all the games played on Thursday night across Europe, as most teams made easy work of their slightly lower opponents.

Arsenal, AC Milan and Marseille settled nerves as they prepare for the second leg encounter after they each defeated their opponents 3 nil. Despite the win against Ludogorets AC Milan boss Gennaro Gattuso admitted to being angry with his team despite a 3-0 road win against Ludogorets.

Atletico Madrid and Dortmund pulled an amazing comeback to win the game with the scoreline 1 - 4 and 3 - 2 respectively. Dortmund's new loan capture from Chelsea, Batshuayi continued his impressive goal scoring form since joining the German side with a brace, including the game's winning goal.

Italian side Napoli lost 1 - 3 to German side RB Leipzig, Lyon defeated Villarreal 3 - 1 while Brendan Rodger's Celtic defeated Roberto Mancini's Zenit St Petersburg.

The full result of Thursday action:




Action continues in a week time: