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It was another breathless round of UEFA Europa League and Europa Conference League action on Thursday with SSC Napoli, Bayern Leverkusen, and Olympique Lyonnais among the teams to rack up impressive victories. There were also goal-filled thrillers between Olympique de Marseille and SS Lazio as well as KRC Genk and West Ham United.
We look at a few standout results.
Legia 1-4 Napoli
The Serie A leaders hit back from a goal down to dismantle their Polish hosts in the second half with Piotr Zielinksi, Dries Mertens, Hirving Lozano and Adam Ounas all hitting the target after Mahir Emreli’s opener. Back-to-back wins over Warsaw have now boosted Luciano Spalletti’s men up to top of Group C after Leicester City and Spartak Moscow drew to ensure that the Poles remain second despite a 7-1 defeat over two games against Napoli.
Leverkusen 4-0 Betis
Moussa Diaby had a night to remember as he scored two goals and assisted two more to help the Germans to a 4-0 thrashing of their Spanish visitors. The Frenchman was on target either side of half-time before Florian Wirtz and Nadiem Amiri added late efforts at BayArena to move Bayer three points clear of Betis in Group G after their 1-1 draw last time out.
Lyon 3-0 Sparta
The French giants dished out a second half masterclass as Islam Slimani scored twice and Karl Toko Ekambi kept his scoring record going to register an impressive win over Sparta Prague at Groupama Stadium. Slimani scored twice in as many minutes just after the hour before Toko Ekambi notched his sixth of the competition to sit atop the scoring charts and to put OL eight points clear of Sparta and Rangers in Group A.
Marseille 2-2 Lazio
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