English Premier League sides Manchester United and Chelsea both secured huge victories in their European fixtures respectively on Thursday night.
While the Red Devils sealed a 2-0 win over PAOK in Europa League, the Blues thrashed FC Noah 8-0 in the Europa Conference League.
Tottenham had been beaten 3-2 by Galatasaray earlier in the day in the Europa League.
With the first half finishing goalless, Manchester United continued to push to break the deadlock and succeeded in the 50th minute when Amad Diallo opened scoring.
Diallo netted his second of the night in the 77th minute to seal the victory.
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At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea recorded their biggest Europa Conference League victory as they hammered FC Noah 8-0.
The Blues led 6-0 at halftime, with Tosin Adarabioyo, Marc Guiu, Mykhailo Mudryk, and Axel Disasi all scoring alongside a brace by João Félix.
Christopher Nkunku scored the remaining two goals in the second half, his first coming in the 69th minute while the second was a penalty he converted 10 minutes after.
Chelsea are the first team to score 16 goals in their first three Conference League games of a season.
In a few other games in Europe on Thursday, Lazio defeated Porto 2-0 in Europa League; AZ Alkmaar thrashed Fenerbahce 3-1; while Ajax thrashed Maccabi 5-0.
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