Schalke recover to reach Europa League last eight, Lyon eliminate AS Roma

Schalke 04 hit back from two goals down to draw 2-2 and overcome fellow Germans Borussia Moenchenglach on away goals in their Europa League last 16 tie while Manchester United edged Rostov 1-0 tp progress on Thursday.

Olympique Lyon clung on to eliminate AS Roma 5-4 on aggregate despite a 2-1 defeat, while former European trophy winners Ajax Amsterdam and Anderlecht also went through.

Lyon's Maxime Gonalons, Mouctar Diakhaby and Mathieu Valbuena celebrate after the match with teammates

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Russia's interest in this season's European competitions ended as Krasnodar threw away a promising position at home to Celta and lost 2-0 for a 4-1 aggregate defeat.

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Besiktas hammered Olympiakos 4-1 (5-2 on aggregate) despite having Vincent Aboubakar, scorer of their first goal, sent off six minutes before halftime.

Genk eliminated fellow Belgians Gent 6-3 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw.

Juan Mata's second-half goal gave the English Premier League's only survivors in the competition a 2-1 aggregate win.

RESULTS FROM THE UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE LAST 16 SECOND LEG MATCHES

Besiktas 4 - 1 Olympiacos - Besiktas win 5-2 on aggregate

FC Krasnodar 0 - 2 Celta Vigo - Celta Vigo win 4-1 on aggregate

Genk 1 - 1 Gent - Racing Genk win 6-3 on aggregate

Ajax 2 - 0 FC Koebenhavn - Ajax Amsterdam win 3-2 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 1 - 0 APOEL Nicosia - Anderlecht win 2-0 on aggregate

Borussia Moenchengladbach 2 - 2 Schalke 04 - Schalke 04 win on away goals after 3-3 on aggregate

Manchester United 1 - 0 FC Rostov - Manchester United win 2-1 on aggregate

Roma 2 - 1 Lyon - Olympique Lyon win 5-4 on aggregate

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