Galatasaray reached the knockout stages of the Europa League with a 4-2 home win. Marseille on Thursday, knocking the Ligue 1 side out of the race for European second place.
Cheered by the enthusiastic home crowd, Galatasaray took the lead after 12 minutes as Alexandru Cicaldau Rifled in a shot from 15 yards ago Duje Caleta-Car turned the Romanian’s low cross into his own net.
Sofiane Feghouli made it 3-0 with a pre-tap Arkadiusz Milik pulled one back when he scored after Mulsera saved the Polish striker’s penalty.
Ryan Babel scoring Galatasaray’s fourth with a fine finish and Milik’s late header was no small consolation for Marseille.
Lazio joined the Turkish team from Group E after two Ciro Immobile The penalties gave the Italians a 3-0 win at Lokomotiv Moscow, while Bayer Leverkusen rose from Group G after a 3-2 home win over Celtic, who were knocked out of the competition.
In other places, Leicester City beat Legia Warsaw 3-1 on Thursday to jump from bottom to top of Group C and raise hopes of reaching the knockout stages.
The Premier League side have eight points from five games, one more than Spartak Moscow and Napoli and two against Legia, with all four teams still vying to advance ahead of the final round.
Patson Daka gave Leicester the lead in the 10th minute with a shot from close range and James Maddison made it 2-0 with a superb shot in the first leg before Filip Mladenovic equalized one for Legia.
Mladenovic sweeps in a recovery after Kasper Schmeichel saved Mahir Emreli’s penalty but Wilfred Ndidi, who was awarded a penalty kick, made amends with a high header from Maddison’s corner in the 33rd minute.
Rangers advance to the knockout round from Group A with one final match Alfredo Morelos scored twice to secure a 2-0 home win over Sparta Prague, as they joined leaders Lyon in advancing.
The Colombian striker opened the scoring in the 15th minute and added a second in the 49th minute with a header into an empty net when he blocked a poor pass from Sparta defender Filip Panak inside the box.
Lyon top after two goals from Rayan Cherki and other by Islam Slimani helped them win 3-1 over Brondby of Denmark.
Monaco advance from Group B with a 2-1 home win Real Sociedad as target from Kevin Volland and Youssouf Fofana cancel Alexander Isakvisitors’ efforts.
