Theo Walcott was on target twice as Arsenal returned from Belarus with a well-earned win in the Europa League. Meanwhile, the pressure mounts on Everton as the Toffees failed to beat Apollon Limassol when the Cypriots defied the betting odds at Goodison Park.
And it was a mixed night for La Liga and Serie A teams in an entertaining series of Euro football games.
BATE Borisov 2-4 Arsenal
There hasn’t been much talk of Theo Walcott among Premier League betting fans so far this season, as his uninspiring start has seen him drop down the pecking order at the Emirates, but he did himself no harm last night, hitting an early double to stamp his authority all over BATE Borisov. Rob Holding and Olivier Giroud also scored for the Gunners, while Mirko Ivanic pulled one back and Mikhail Gordeichuk grabbed a consolation.
Everton 2-2 Apollon Limassol
Ronald Koeman wanted his team to show fight after they were thumped by Atalanta, but on this evidence, they couldn’t punch their way out of a paper bag! Wayne Rooney and Nikola Vlasic looked to be steering the hosts to a 2-1 win over the 10-men of Cyprus until Hector Yuste headed a late equaliser.
Elsewhere, it took a 94th-minute Patrick Cutrone strike for AC Milan to beat Rijeka 3-2 after the battling visitors fought back from a two-goal deficit. Ciro Immobile was on target again as Lazio saw off Waregem 2-0. Atalanta couldn’t make it three from three for the Italian teams sharing the points in a 1-1 draw in Lyon.
The badly out of sorts Real Sociedad had another setback, this time in Russia, where a two-goal strike from Aleksandr Kokorin inspired Zenit St Petersburg to a 3-1 win. Maccabi Tel Aviv and Villarreal played out a goalless draw.
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