Europa League: Porto shrug off dismissals to grab victory in Turkey

Porto survived the dismissal of a player in either half to register an impressive 3-1 away win against Besiktas in Europa League Group L.

Falcao opened the scoring for the visitors to Istanbul shortly before the half-hour while Hulk's brace sealed an emphatic win in the second half. Bobo pulled one back at the death for the Turkish hosts but by then the writing was on the wall.

Rapid Vienna kept alive their hopes of progressing in the Europa League by recording their first victory in Group L at CSKA Sofia. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Steffen Hofmann scored in the space of five minutes either side of the half-hour mark to earn Rapid the 2-0 win.

PSV Eindhoven claimed sole leadership of Europa League Group I with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Debrecen at the Ferenc Puskas Stadion in Hungary.

Jonathan Reis netted the winner for PSV in the 66th minute after Holland midfielder Orlando Engelaar had cancelled out Mirsad Mijadinoski's opener for the point-less hosts.

Elsewhere in Group I, Brazilian midfielder Cleiton Xavier scored the winner as 10-man Metalist Kharkiv turned in a gutsy performance to beat Sampdoria 2-1 at home. In Group K, Utrecht and Steaua Bucharest drew 1-1, the Romanians levelling thanks to an own goal by Alje Schut.

Clement Chantome's late equaliser snatched a point for Paris St Germain against Borussia Dortmund to keep them out in front at the top of Europa League Group J.

Nuri Sahin's penalty early in the second half looked like winning an end-to-end game, but PSG launched a late assault and took their reward when Chantome scored with three minutes remaining. Sevilla were 1-0 winners at Karpaty Lviv thanks to Frederic Kanoute's first-half header. Zenit St Petersburg moved six points clear at the top of Group G with a comfortable win over Hajduk Split at the Petrovsky Stadium.

Luciano Spalletti's side were rarely troubled by their Croatian visitors as a goal in either half from Alexander Bukharov and Danny saw them ease to victory.Also in Group G, Anderlecht steamrollered AEK Athens 3-0 at home.

Ciprian Marica's goal earned Stuttgart a 1-0 win over Spaniards Getafe in Germany, while Young Boys beat Odense 4-2 in Group H.

LAST NIGHT

UEFA Europa League

Group A Man City 3 Lech Poznan 1; SV Red Bull Salzburg 1 Juventus 1.

Group B Aris Salonika 0 Bayer Leverkusen 0; Atletico Madrid 3 Rosenborg 0.

Group C Lille 1 Levski Sofia 0; Sporting 5 AA Gent 1.

Group D Dinamo Zagreb 1 Club Brugge 0; Villarreal 1 PAOK Salonika 0.

Group E AZ 1 Dynamo Kiev 2; FC Sheriff 0 BATE 1.

Group F Palermo 0 CSKA Moscow 3; Sparta Prague 3 Lausanne Sports 3.

Group G Anderlecht 3 AEK Athens 0; Zenit St Petersburg 2 Hajduk Split 0.

Group H VfB Stuttgart 1 Getafe 0; Young Boys 4 Odense BK 2.

Group I Debrecen 1 PSV 2; FC Metalist Kharkiv 2 Sampdoria 1.

Group J Borussia Dortmund 1 PSG 1; Karpaty Lviv 0 Sevilla 1.

Group K FC Utrecht 1 Steaua Bucuresti 1; Napoli 0 Liverpool 0.

Group L Besiktas 1 FC Porto 3; CSKA Sofia 0 Rapid Vienna 2.