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Chukwueze’s Villarreal, Aribo’s Rangers claim victory in UEL fixtures

Samuel Chukwueze’s Villarreal look good to make the quarters of the Europa League thanks to a 2-0 win at Dynamo Kiev on Thursday night.

A Pau Torres tap-in on the half-hour mark and Raul Albiol’s strike six minutes after the break gave La Liga outfit Villarreal a comfortable lead going into next week’s second leg in Spain.

Meanwhile,  Joe Aribo’s Rangers are well placed to make the quarter-finals after a 1-1 draw away to Sparta Prague.

Filip Helander’s tap-in makes Rangers favourites to reach the Europa League quarter-finals

Filip Helander’s close-range finish in the first half left Steve Gerrard’s Rangers in the hunt for a European title with the draw in Prague, days after winning their first Scottish League title in 10 years.

Nicolae Stanciu had rewarded the hosts for their stronger start with the opening strike in the seventh minute that fizzed passed Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor before the Scotsman even knew it had been hit.

However Rangers levelled against the run of play nine minutes before the break when Helander pounced to tap home the easiest of opportunities amid chaos in the Sparta box following Borna Barisic’s free-kick.

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Ondrej Kolar made a super save to stop the away side from getting a second away goal when he stretched out a hand to push away Ryan Kent’s mishit shot that nonetheless was looping towards the top corner.

It was McGregor who pulled off the save of the match however when he somehow saved and held on to Lukas Masopust’s thumping header, which looked destined for the bottom corner.

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