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Shayne Lavery was the hero as Northern Ireland\u2019s Linfield secure one of the best results in their history in the first leg of their Europa League play-off against Qarabag.<\/p>\nShayne Lavery was the hero as Northern Ireland\u2019s Linfield secure one of the best results in their history in the first leg of their Europa League play-off against Qarabag.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old scored the second and third goals in a 3-2 victory, becoming the first Linfield player to score in three successive European games since Arthur Thomas 53 years ago.<\/p>\n
Faycal Rherras scored first for the Azerbaijan champions, who faced Arsenal and Sporting in last year\u2019s competition and took two points off Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the Champions League in 2017.<\/p>\n
Mark Stafford\u2019s header changed the momentum five minutes before half-time, with Lavery putting them ahead in added time before adding another midway through the second half.<\/p>\n
Former Everton forward Magaye Gueye\u2019s penalty in the second minute of added time made the return leg slightly more difficult.<\/p>\n
There were also good results for Wolves and Celtic, who won, and with Rangers getting a creditable goalless draw against Legia Warsaw in Poland.<\/p>\n
Wolves scored important away goals in a 3-2 win at Torino with Diogo Jota and Raul Jimenez adding to Brazilian Bremer\u2019s own goal.<\/p>\n
However, Andrea Belotti\u2019s 89th-minute penalty, adding to Lorenzo De Silvestri\u2019s goal, gave the Italians hope.<\/p>\n
Celtic bounced back from their deflating Champions League exit with a 2-0 home win over Swedish side AIK thanks to goals from James Forrest and Odsonne Edouard.<\/p>\n
Former Norwich and Swansea midfielder Leroy Fer scored twice as Feyenoord beat Israeli side Hapoel Beer-Sheva 3-0, with Sam Larsson scoring the other in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n
PSV Eindhoven beat Apollon, from Cyprus, by the same score but fellow Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Royal Antwerp.<\/p>\n
Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge\u2019s new club Trabzonspor won 3-1 away to AEK, with ex-Leeds forward Caleb Ekuban scoring a hat-trick.<\/p>\n
Copenhagen beat Riga by the same scoreline, with former Middlesbrough midfielder Viktor Fischer opening the scoring.<\/p>\n
Espanyol were 3-1 winners at home to Ukranians Zorya Luhansk while former Manchester United winger Zoran Tosic scored in Partizan Belgrade\u2019s 2-1 win against Molde.<\/p>\n