Arsenal, Atletico cruise
Mesut Ozil scored as Arsenal eased to a 3-0 victory at Swedish minnows Ostersunds in the first leg of their Europa League, last-32 tie on Thursday, while Michy Batshuayi snatched Borussia Dortmund a dramatic win over Atalanta.
Left-back Nacho Monreal put Arsenal into an early lead, tapping in after goalkeeper Aly Keita inexplicably let the ball slip from his grasp.
The visitors were also gifted the second goal in the 24th minute as Ostersunds tried to play out of their own area, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan latching onto the loose ball and seeing a low cross diverted into his own net by defender Sotirios Papagiannopoulos.
And Arsenal all but ended the tie before the hour mark as Mkhitaryan played in Ozil, who saw his shot burst through the hands of the hapless Keita and into the net.
Elsewhere, Atletico Madrid recovered from falling behind early on at FC Copenhagen to cruise to a 4-1 victory.
Saul, Kevin Gameiro and Antoine Griezmann all got on the scoresheet.
Batshuayi continued his good form with a late brace as Dortmund fought back to beat Atalanta 3-2 at Signal Iduna Park.
Dortmund forged ahead on the half-hour mark through Andre Schurrle, but Josip Ilicic's quickfire double after half-time put Atalanta ahead.
Dortmund hit back midway through the second period, though, as Batshuayi slammed in his fourth goal in three games for the club since joining on loan from Chelsea in January.
And the Belgian striker pounced in the first minute of added time to give the two-time runners-up a precious lead in the tie.
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