Anderlecht hot, Udinese sinks Atletico
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October 22, 2011, Saturday
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ANDERLECHT kept up its 100 percent record in the Europa League with a 2-0 win at Sturm Graz while Udinese struck late to sink Atletico Madrid by the same score in Thursday's top match.
Anderlecht sprung to life midway through the second half when Guillaume Gillet's opening goal was quickly followed by a red card for Sturm's Thomas Burgstaller.
Matias Suarez then grabbed his fifth goal of the competition to keep the twice European Cup Winners' Cup holder and once UEFA Cup winner top of Group L with nine points from three games.
Group C leader PSV Eindhoven, which won 1-0 at Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Group D leader Sporting Lisbon, which beat Vaslui 2-0, are the only other sides with maximum points after three games.
Mehdi Benatia gave Udinese an 89th-minute lead against Atletico despite mis-hitting his close-range shot and Floro Flores fired in from Emmanuel Badu's pass in the fourth minute of added time to take the Italian side top of Group I.
As in Serie A, Udinese is unbeaten in the group.
Former European champion Steaua Bucharest had two players sent off as it lost 0-5 at Maccabi Haifa in Group J with leader Schalke 04 winning by the same score at AEK Larnaca.
Group G leader Metalist Kharkiv won 4-1 at Malmo despite playing more than half the game with 10 men. Argentine Jonathan Cristaldo was hero and villain for the Ukrainians as he scored their first goal but was sent off five minutes later.
Fernando Llorente converted two penalties in six minutes to give Athletic Bilbao a 2-2 home draw with Salzburg after the Group F leader had trailed 0-2.
Twice UEFA Cup winner Tottenham Hotspur beat visiting Rubin Kazan 1-0 thanks to a sizzling free-kick from its Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko to take control of Group A, two points clear of PAOK Salonika.
The Greek side dislodged Rubin from second place with a 2-1 victory over newcomer Shamrock Rovers.
Anderlecht sprung to life midway through the second half when Guillaume Gillet's opening goal was quickly followed by a red card for Sturm's Thomas Burgstaller.
Matias Suarez then grabbed his fifth goal of the competition to keep the twice European Cup Winners' Cup holder and once UEFA Cup winner top of Group L with nine points from three games.
Group C leader PSV Eindhoven, which won 1-0 at Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Group D leader Sporting Lisbon, which beat Vaslui 2-0, are the only other sides with maximum points after three games.
Mehdi Benatia gave Udinese an 89th-minute lead against Atletico despite mis-hitting his close-range shot and Floro Flores fired in from Emmanuel Badu's pass in the fourth minute of added time to take the Italian side top of Group I.
As in Serie A, Udinese is unbeaten in the group.
Former European champion Steaua Bucharest had two players sent off as it lost 0-5 at Maccabi Haifa in Group J with leader Schalke 04 winning by the same score at AEK Larnaca.
Group G leader Metalist Kharkiv won 4-1 at Malmo despite playing more than half the game with 10 men. Argentine Jonathan Cristaldo was hero and villain for the Ukrainians as he scored their first goal but was sent off five minutes later.
Fernando Llorente converted two penalties in six minutes to give Athletic Bilbao a 2-2 home draw with Salzburg after the Group F leader had trailed 0-2.
Twice UEFA Cup winner Tottenham Hotspur beat visiting Rubin Kazan 1-0 thanks to a sizzling free-kick from its Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko to take control of Group A, two points clear of PAOK Salonika.
The Greek side dislodged Rubin from second place with a 2-1 victory over newcomer Shamrock Rovers.
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