{"id":17079,"date":"2020-10-01T17:35:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T21:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17079"},"modified":"2020-10-03T11:17:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T15:17:52","slug":"spurs-celtic-rangers-and-dundalk-all-through-to-uel-group-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17079","title":{"rendered":"Spurs, Celtic, Rangers And Dundalk All Through To UEL Group Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dundalk reached the Europa League group stages for the second time in four years, courtesy of a 3-1 home win over KI Klaksvik.<\/p>\n

Sean Murray, Daniel Cleary and Daniel Kelly hit the net for the hosts, who were never overly troubled by their Faroe Islands foes.<\/p>\n

Ole Erik Midtskogen found the net for Klaksvik but Dundalk eased through the qualifying rounds.<\/p>\n

Harry Kane\u2019s hat-trick fired Tottenham into the Europa League group stages with a 7-2 win over Maccabi Haifa in north London.<\/p>\n

Giovani Lo Celso bagged two goals in three minutes as Jose Mourinho\u2019s Spurs overwhelmed their Israeli visitors at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n

Lucas Moura was on target too, before Dele Alli converted a penalty in added time.<\/p>\n

Tjaronn Chery and Nikita Rukavytsya hit back for Maccabi, but the travelling team were overwhelmed by Mourinho\u2019s men.<\/p>\n

The win puts Spurs into the hat for Friday\u2019s group stage draw, which takes place at UEFA\u2019s Nyon headquarters in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Odsonne Edouard prodded home midway through the second half to hand Celtic safe passage to the group stage shake-up, as Neil Lennon\u2019s men won 1-0 at FK Sarajevo.<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Vladan Kovacevic spilled Ryan Christie\u2019s shot, allowing Edouard the opening to notch the winner.<\/p>\n

Full-back James Tavernier fired his seventh goal in as many games as Rangers overcame Galatasaray 2-1 at Ibrox.<\/p>\n

Steven Gerrard\u2019s men reached the last 16 of Europe\u2019s second-tier tournament last term, and were in no mood not to reach the competition-proper this time around.<\/p>\n

Scott Arfield found the net just three minutes after the opener as Rangers took control just ahead of the hour, with Tavernier again influential in neat build-up also involving Alfredo Morelos and Ianis Hagi.<\/p>\n

Marcao\u2019s late header put the jitters into the hosts, but Gerrard\u2019s men held on.<\/p>\n

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