By Adeboye Amosu
Nigeria forward, Steven Odey, bagged the winning goal in FC Zurich 3-2 home win against German club, Bayern Leverkusen in their Europa League clash on Thursday night, reports Completesportsnigeria. com.
Antonio Marchesano put the home team ahead a minute before half time but Karim Bellarabi equalised for the visitors four minutes after the break.
Bellarabi put Leverkusen ahead for the first time in the game in the 53rd minute but Toni Domgjoni levelled scores for the hosts six minutes later.
Odey netted the winner 12 minutes from time to send the home fans into wild jubilation. It was his ninth goal in all competitions for FC Zurich this season.
At the Estádio José Alvalade, Alex Iwobi played four minutes as Arsenal recorded 1-0 away win against Sporting Lisbon.
Iwobi came in for Gabonese forward, Pierre- Emerick Aubameyang in the game.
England forward, Danny Welbeck scored the decisive goal for the Gunners in the 77th minute.
Unai Emery’s men are now unbeaten in 11 games in all competitions.
Samuel Kalu was on for 90 minutes in his French club, Girondis Bordeaux 2-1 away loss to Russian outfit, Zenit St Petersburg.
Jimmy Briad gave Bordeaux the lead in the 26th minute, while Artem Dzyuba equalised for the hosts five minutes before the break.
Daler Kuzyaev scored the winning goal for Zenit five minutes from time.
Nigeria forward, Peter Olayinka was benched for the entire 90 minutes in Czech Republic side, Slavia Prague 1-0 away win FC Copenhagen of Denmark.
FULL RESULTS
Zürich 3 – 2 Bayer Leverkusen
AEK Larnaca 1 – 1 Ludogorets
Salzburg 3 – 0 Rosenborg
RB Leipzig 2 – 0 Celtic
Zenit 2 – 1 Bordeaux
København 0 – 1 Slavia Praha
Anderlecht 2 – 2 Fenerbahçe
Spartak Trnava 1 – 2 Dinamo Zagreb
Qarabağ 0 – 1 Vorskla
Sporting CP 0 – 1 Arsenal
Milan 1 – 2 Real Betis
F91 Dudelange 0 – 2 Olympiakos Piraeus