| Borisov’s Aleksandar Filipovic in action with Arsenal’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan |
Arsenal cruised into the last 16 of the Europa League as they comfortably turned around a first-leg deficit to beat BATE Borisov 3-1 on aggregate at the Emirates Stadium.
BATE’s 1-0 lead from the first leg lasted just four minutes before Zakhar Volkov turned the ball into his own net, and headers in either half from defenders Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis Papastathopoulos had Arsenal on course for the next round.
Italian big guns Napoli also advanced with a 2-0 win over Zurich giving them a 5-1 aggregate win.
Adam Ounas set up Simone Verdi to volley in the opener just before the break before scoring himself in the 75th minute.
Celtic’s campaign came to an end as they were beaten 1-0 on the night for a 3-0 aggregate loss to Valencia, playing most of the night with 10 men.
Already up against it facing a 2-0 deficit, Celtic were down to 10 when Jeremy Toljan collected his second yellow with eight minutes of the first half left.
They held out until the 70th minute when Kevin Gameiro fired in for Valencia moments after coming off the bench.
Pablo Fornals’ late goal sent Villarreal through as a 1-1 draw with Sporting Lisbon was enough for a 2-1 aggregate win.
Sporting were on the back foot for almost the entire first half but Bruno Fernandes fired them ahead with a superb solo effort in time added on.
But after Jefferson was sent off five minutes into the second half they were in for a struggle and Fornals struck in the 80th minute for Villarreal.
Dinamo Zagreb cruised to a 3-0 home win over Viktoria Plzen, turning their tie around to advance 4-2.
Mislav Orsic finished a fine move 15 minutes in and Emir Dilaver had them on top on aggregate 11 minutes before the break, with Bruno Petkovic adding a flourish in the second half.
Salzburg thrashed Club Brugge 4-0 to advance 5-2, with Patson Daka’s brace following Xaver Schlager’s opener, and Munas Dabbur making up for an early missed penalty by adding a fourth in stoppage time.
Zenit St Petersburg are through after winning an engaging match with Fenerbahce 3-1 to advance 3-2, the decisive goal coming from Sardar Azmoun with 14 minutes left.
Eintracht Frankfurt beat Shakhtar Donetsk 4-1 for a 6-3 aggregate win.