Europa: Giroud hits milestone in Arsenal win; Everton, Lyon draw

Olivier Giroud reached a century of goals for Arsenal after striking once in the Europa League clash with BATE Borisov on Thursday night.

The France international converted a penalty for his 100th goal for the club, making it 4-1 in the second half of the match that ended 4-2 in Arsenal’s favour.

Theo Walcott scored twice in the game and Arsenal’s other goal was scored by Rob Holding – his first goal for the club.

The win meant Arsene Wengers men maintained a 100% start to the Europa League, having won their first group game against Bundesliga side, Cologne.

At Goodison Park, Premier League side, Everton, blew a 2-1 lead with two minutes to go as 10-man Apollon Limassol drew level and escaped with a point.

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Goals by Wayne Rooney and Nikola Vlasic were not enough to hand the English side their first Europa League win this season, as they had fallen 3-0 to Atalanta in their first outing.

In the group’s other game, Olympique Lyon drew 1-1 with Atalanta in France.

Europa League matchday 2 results:

Everton 2-2 Apollon Limassol

Lyon 1-1 Atalanta

Lugano 1-2 FC FCSB

Viktoria Plzen 3-1 Hapoel Beer Sheva

Bate Borisov 2-4 Arsenal

FC Cologne 0-1 Red Star Belgrade

Konyaspor 2-1 Vitoria de Guimaraes

RB Salzburg 1-0 Marseille

Athletico Bilbao 0-1 Zorya

Oestersunds 1-0 Hertha Berlin

Lazio 2-0 Zulte-Waregem

Nice 3-0 Vitesse

Rosenborg 3-1 FK Vardar Skopje

St, Petersburg 3-1 Real Sociedad

AEK Athens 2-2 Astria Vienna

AC Milan 3-2 HNK Rijeka

Ludogorets Razgrad 2-1 1899 Hoffenheim

Sporting Braga 2-1 Istanbul Basaksehir

 

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