Fenerbahce manager, Jose Mourinho has surprisingly insisted that his side’s 3-1 home defeat to Rangers on the UEFA Europa League on Thursday night was a good result for his team. Cyriel Dessers gave Rangers the lead after just six minutes before Alexander Djiku equalized for the hosts.

Rangers stun Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce with a superb first-leg win in Istanbul, which gives the Scottish Premiership side an excellent chance of reaching the Europa League quarter-finals.

AS Roma goes into the second leg with much enthusiasm thanks to Eldor Shomurodov’s stoppage-time winner in their 2-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao in Rome. Lazio topped the league phase and showed its class in a 2-1 victory at Viktoria Plzen despite being reduced to nine men.