Manchester United will be keen to make a strong start to their UEFA Europa League campaign on Thursday after losing 2-1 at home to city neighbours Manchester City on an action-packed weekend for the group sides.

José Mourinho finished second best to old rival Josep Guardiola as City caught the eye in a dazzling first half at Old Trafford on Saturday, Kevin De Bruyne scoring one goal and setting up another before Zlatan Ibrahimović responded. United will now be looking to bounce back quickly away to Feyenoord, who dispatched ADO Den Haag 3-1 in the Eredivisie.

In contrast, there was much to be pleased about for Roma and Francesco Totti as the veteran forward buried a last-minute penalty to hand the Giallorossi a 3-2 success against Sampdoria – just over two weeks before his 40th birthday.

There was late drama in Nice too, where Mario Balotelli marked his debut for Les Aiglons with two goals and Wylan Cyprien sealed a 3-2 defeat of Marseille. Elsewhere, Shakhtar drew 1-1 with eternal rivals Dynamo Kyiv to stay three points clear in Ukraine, while Qäbälä slotted eight unanswered goals past Neftci in Azerbaijan.

Group A
Fenerbahçe 0-1 Bursaspor
Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City
Feyenoord 3-1 ADO Den Haag
Zorya Luhansk 2-2 Stal

Group B
Olympiacos 6–1 Veria
Nea Salamis 0-4 APOEL
Young Boys 2-1 Luzern
Astana 1–4 Kairat Almaty

Group C
Anderlecht 3-2 Charleroi
Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 St-Étienne
Mainz 4-4 Hoffenheim
Neftci 0-8 Qäbälä 

Group D
Arsenal Tula 0-5 Zenit
AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Willem II
Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-2 Beitar Jerusalem
UCD 0-1 Dundalk (FAI Cup quarter-final)

Group E
Slovan Liberec 1-2 Viktoria Plzeň
Roma 3-2 Sampdoria
Austria Wien 4-1 Wolfsberg
Steaua Bucureşti 1-0 Astra Giurgiu

Group F
Deportivo La Coruña 0-1 Athletic Club
Standard Liège 1–0 Genk
Juventus 3-1 Sassuolo
Sturm Graz 1-1 Rapid Wien

Group G
Ajax 1-0 Vitesse
Standard Liège 2-0 Genk
Celta Vigo 0-4 Atlético Madrid
Levadiakos 0-3 Panathinaikos

Group H
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 Dynamo Kyiv
Braga 3-0 Boavista
Gent 3-0 Lokeren
Antalyaspor 1-3 Konyaspor

Group I
Schalke 0-2 Bayern München
Admira 0-4 Salzburg
Ufa 0-0 Krasnodar
Nice 3-2 Marseille

Group J
Genoa a-a Fiorentina (match abandoned)
PAOK 2-1 Panetolikos
Slovan Liberec 1-2 Viktoria Plzeň
Qarabağ 6-0 Olimpik-Şüvälan

Group K
Pescara 1-2 Internazionale Milano
Sparta Praha 2-2 Mlada Boleslav
Arsenal 2-1 Southampton
Hapoel Beer-Sheva 3-0 Bnei Sakhnin

Group L
Málaga 0-2 Villarreal
Steaua Bucureşti 1-0 Astra Giurgiu
Zürich 1-0 Chiasso (Challenge league)
Trabzonspor 0-2 Osmanlıspor


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