OGC Nice’s exit from the UEFA Europa League has been confirmed after a 1-0 defeat to IF Elfsborg in Sweden on Thursday night. Nice had looked on course for an early exit from the competition

Bruno Fernandes struck late to give Manchester United victory against Rangers and Heung-Min Son was Tottenham Hotspur's hero on UEFA Europa League Matchday 7.

UEFA Europa League standings after Thursday's matches, the penultimate round of group games (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Manchester United and Tottenham recorded much-needed victories in the UEFA Europa League as they inched closer to the round of 16. While United beat Scottish side Rangers 2-1, Tottenham edged German outfit Hoffenheim 3-2.

Former Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wins his first match in charge of Besiktas as they beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 in the Europa League.

Ajax suffered an incredibly embarrassing loss to Latvian side RFS Riga on Thursday. The Amsterdammers lost 1-0 to a goal from Adam Markhiev, who gave the Latvian team their first-ever win in European competition.

Hoffenheim (GER) 2 (Stach 68, Mokwa 88) Tottenham (ENG) 3 (Maddison 3, Son Heung-min 22, 77) Malmo (SWE) 2 (Berg Johnsen 32, Christiansen 79) Twente (NED) 3 (Steijn 28-pen, Van Wolfswinkel 61-pen, Lagerbielke 64)

Lazio dispatched Real Sociedad 3-1 to go top of the Europa League table while Eintracht Frankfurt move to second with their 2-0 Ferencvaros victory.

Bruno Fernandes struck late to give Manchester United victory against Rangers and Heung-Min Son was Tottenham's hero on UEFA Europa League Matchday 7.

Tottenham striker Dominic Solanke is likely to be out for around six weeks because of a knee injury, Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou said Thursday. Solanke sustained the injury in training last week and missed the Premier League game against Everton on Sunday and Thursday's Europa League win against Hoffenheim.