Ben Gibson sees red as Burnley beaten by Olympiakos, RB Leipzig held by Zorya Luhansk

ByPA Sport

Updated 23/08/2018 at 22:31 GMT

Burnley had Ben Gibson sent off as they suffered a 3-1 loss at Olympiakos in the first leg of their Europa League qualifying play-off.

Olympiacos players applaud fans after the match

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After Chris Wood’s 33rd-minute penalty cancelled out a free-kick from the hosts’ captain Kostas Fortounis, Olympiakos regained the lead through an Andreas Bouchalakis header in the 49th minute.

And Fortounis then converted a penalty of his own on the hour mark to extend the Greek side’s advantage.

That spot-kick had been given for a handball by Gibson, who was shown a second yellow card – having also been booked for giving away the free-kick that led to Bouchalakis’ goal.

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The second leg at Turf Moor is next Thursday.

Elsewhere, RB Leipzig were surprisingly held to a scoreless draw by Ukrainian outfit FC Zorya Luhansk.

FC Zorya, who finished fourth in Ukrainian Premier League last season, played the majority of the tie with 10 men after Bogdan Lednev was dismissed for a stamp on Marcelo Saracchi with just 15 minutes gone.

However, the hosts managed to keep their Bundesliga opponents at bay, despite Die Bullen monopolising possession.

Ralf Rangnick’s side had 70% of the ball and fashioned 29 shots – of which only four were on target.

While managerless Bordeaux held KAA Gent to a scoreless draw by at Ghelamco Arena.