Jose Mourinho’s Roma took control of their Europa League match with a 2-0 first-leg win over Real Sociedad.
Stephan El Shaarawy saved a cross from Tammy Abraham for the opener, but Roma let it slip to double their lead, with Marash Kumbulla adding a moment just 3 minutes from general time.
Angel Di Maria scored the goal of the match to give Juventus a slight 1-0 win in their clash against Freiburg.
Manchester United showed their character by bounced back from annihilation at Anfield with a 4-1 home win over Real Betis in the first leg of the Europa League 16.
Arsenal came from behind to draw 2-2 with Sporting Lisbon.
Sven Michel equalised late as Union Berlin came from behind three times to earn a 3-3 draw against Union Saint-Gilloise in the snow.
Victor Boniface opened the scoring for the Belgians in the 28th minute, but the score came at half-time after Josip Juranovic’s equaliser.
Yorbe Vertessen regained the visitors’ lead and Robin Knoche made it 2-2.
Boniface scored his moment of the match in the 72nd minute, but Michel equalized in the 89th minute to ensure the tie remained slightly balanced.
Bayer Leverkusen boosted their chances of reaching the last 16 with a 2-0 win over Ferencvaros. Kerem Demirbay and Edmond Tapsoba scored, while Joan Jordan and Erik Lamela scored as Sevilla beat Fenerbahce by the same scoreline.
Ezequiel Bullaude equalized in the 88th minute for Feyenoord in a 1-1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk, who had taken the lead thanks to Yaroslav Rakitskyi’s opener in the 79th minute.
Michail Antonio scored twice in the first half against West Ham and AEK Larnaca 2-0 in Cyprus.
Despite a difficult season in the Premier League, the Hammers are navigating the festival of Europe’s third division with a very good record.
Manu Trigueros gave last season’s Champions League semi-finalists Villarreal the lead in the first half before Anders Dreyer scored to make it 1-1 in the second half for Anderlecht in the draw in Brussels.
Fiorentina beat Turkey’s Sivasspor 1-0 and Nice beat Moldova’s Sheriff 1-0. Lech Poznan beat Swedish club Djurgarden 2-0.
There were draws in the remaining matches: Basel and Slovan Bratislava drew 2-2, while Gent and Istanbul Basaksehir drew 1-1.
Lazio were stunned 2-1 at home to AZ Alkmaar in Tuesday’s first leg at the Stadio Olimpico against Roma’s Europa League match.