LONDON (Reuters) – West Ham United moved nearer to the Europa League knockout stage as targets from Craig Dawson, Issa Diop and Jarrod Bowen secured a 3-0 house win over Belgium’s Genk on Thursday and continued their excellent begin in Group H.
West Ham prime the standings on 9 factors forward of Dinamo Zagreb, Fast Vienna and Genk who’ve three every, after the London facet stored a 3rd successive clear sheet in Europe’s second-tier competitors.
Dawson fired West Ham forward with a looping header on the stroke of halftime and Diop made it 2-0 from a second help by Aaron Cresswell earlier than Bowen added the third with a deflected shot on the hour.
Napoli stored alive their hopes of advancing from Group C after Lorenzo Insigne, Victor Osimhen and Matteo Politano secured a 3-0 house win over Legia Warsaw.
Legia stayed prime with six factors from three video games whereas Napoli and Leicester Metropolis, who loved a rollercoaster 4-3 win at Spartak Moscow on Wednesday, have 4 every. Fourth-placed Spartak have three factors.
Insigne fired Napoli forward within the seventy fifth minute with an outstanding first-time shot earlier than in-form Osimhen netted his ninth purpose of the season in all competitions and Politano sealed the win with a long-range strike.
Olympique Lyonnais maintained their excellent begin in Group A as they overturned a two-goal deficit for a 4-3 win at Sparta Prague, who took a 2-0 lead because of a first-half brace from Lukas Haraslin.
Lyon hit again as Karl Toko Ekambi scored twice whereas Houssem Aouar and Lucas Paqueta added one every earlier than Ladislav Krejci pulled one again in stoppage time.
Lyon stayed prime on 9 factors forward of Sparta on 4 and Rangers, who’ve three after beating Brondby 2-0 at house because of first-half targets from Leon Balgoun and Kemar Roofe.
In Group D, Eintracht Frankfurt leapt into pole place on seven factors, one forward of Olympiakos after a 3-1 house win over the Greek facet.
Each groups are well-placed to progress as third-placed Fenerbahce have two factors and Royal Antwerp one after their 2-2 draw.
Monaco went prime of Group B on seven factors from three video games with a 2-1 win at PSV Eindhoven and Actual Sociedad are two factors behind after a 1-0 victory at Sturm Graz.
(Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic; Modifying by Ed Osmond)
