Europa League: Roma through against RB Salzburg, Bayer Leverkusen need penalties against Monaco

Bayer Leverkusen knocked Monaco out of the Europa League on penalties after winning 3-2 on Thursday night in the principality, while Roma knocked out Salzburg.

Florian Wirtz put Xabi Alonso’s men in front as they chased a 3-2 deficit in Monaco.

Wissam Ben Yeddar scored from the spot on 19 minutes to level things, before Exequiel Palacios hit back two minutes later.

Leverkusen then took the lead in the tie overall on 58 minutes, before Swiss striker Breel Emolo levelled on aggregate on 84 minutes to take it to 5-5.

Neither side scored in extra time, forcing the match to penalties, with Moussa Didaby scoring the final spot-kick in a 5-3 win.

Roma overcame a 1-0 deficit as to win at the Stadio Olimpico, a 2-0 win taking them into the next round.

Manchester United came from behind to send Barcelona out of the tournament, winning 2-1 on the night,

Xavi Hernandez’s side went ahead from the spot through Robert Lewandowski after 18 minutes, with Fred levelling just two minutes after the second half restart, and Antony’s neat finish in 77 minutes proving the winner.

Andrea Belotti scored on 33 minutes to level things on aggregate, before fellow summer signing, the reinvigorated Paulo Dybala, scored the winner seven minutes later.

Goals from Robin Knoche, Josip Juranovic and Danilho Doekhi for hte home side gave Union Berlin a 3-1 win over Ajax, who scored through Mohammed Kudus, and had Edson Alvarez sent off after 97 minutes.

Sporting Lisbon made light work of their second leg against Danish side Midtjylland.

Sporting won 4-0 after taking a 1-0 lead with them from the first leg, as Sebastian Coates opened the scoring, Pedro Goncalves notched twice, and Stefan Gartenmann put through his own net let on, with the Danes having Paulinho sent off on 38 minutes.

PSV fell just short against Sevilla, with the Spanish side 3-0 up after the first leg. The Dutch team scored their first on 77 minutes through former Sevilla player Luuk de Jong, and Fabio Silva added another in injury time before PSV’s Mauro Junior saw red on 97 minutes.

In the Europa Conference League, Ukrainian side Dnipro were hosted at Slovakia’s Kosicka Futbalova Arena as a result of the Russian invasion, with AEK Larnaca holding onto a 0-0 draw to go through 1-0 on aggregate, despite the nominally home side dominating possession.

Fiorentina knocked out Braga. The Italians were 4-0 up from the first leg but goals from Rolando Mandragora, Riccardo Saponara and Arthur Cabral gave them a 3-2 win. The Portuguese side scored twice, through Andre Castro and Alvaro Djalo, briefly leading 2-0 before Mandragora’s 37th minute goal.

Lech Poznan’s 1-0 win over Bodo/Glimt featured the only goal of the tie, while Basel overcame a 1-0 deficit with a 2-0 win against Turkish side Tabzonspor.

Sheriff went through to the last 16 with a 3-2 win over the course of both ties against Partizan. They won the second leg 3-1 after Partizan went ahead through Queensy Menig on 13 minutes, only for Cedric Badolo’s penalty and a brace from Mouhamed Diop, just before and just after half-time, made the difference.

Lazio went through 1-0 on aggregate after a goalless draw in Romania against Cluj, who had Karlo Muhar sent off on 77 minutes.

Anderlecht beat Ludogorets 3-0 on penalties after a 2-1 win in Belgium.