BESIKTAS BEAT SECOND STRING STOKE

Stoke City lost for the first time in the Europa League and were forced to settle for second place in Group E.

FULHAM RAMPANT AT THE COTTAGE

Fulham gave their best performance of the season to beat Wisla Krakow 4-1 at Craven Cottage in the Europa League on Thursday night.

STOKES DOUBLE HELPS CELTIC TO WIN

Celtic remain in contention for a place in the knockout stages of the Europa League, after they soundly beat Rennes 3-1 at Parkhead.

ROUTINE VICTORY FOR STOKE

Goals from Dean Whitehead and Peter Crouch gave Stoke a 2-1 win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv.

SECOND RATE TOTTENHAM BEATEN IN RUSSIA

Tottenham's second string were no match for Rubin Kazan in Russia on Thursday evening, Carlo Cudicini's heroics keeping the home side to a 1-0 victory.