Europa League: Liverpool and Tottenham both settle for draws

Liverpool settled for a 1-1 draw at Anfield against Swiss side FC Sion in the Europa League on Thursday.

Adam Lallana gave Liverpool the lead just five minutes into the game, side-footing a low cross from Divock Origi into the net from 12 yards.

Sion equalised in the 18th minute, as Ebenezer Assifuah got in behind Nathaniel Clyne on a long ball over the top and slotted it under Simon Mignolet from a narrow angle.

Origi had a pair of chances to score himself in the first half, but that was all the Liverpool attack could manage.

Sion top Group B after two of six matchdays with four points, while Liverpool is second on two points after their second consecutive draw. The Reds are barely ahead of Bordeaux on goals scored after the French side managed a goalless draw at Rubin Kazan.

Lazio rallied past Saint-Etienne 3-2 after the French side were reduced to nine men.

Moustapha Bayal Sall opened the scoring for ASSE following a set piece just six minutes in, but Ogenyi Onazi cancelled it out 15 minutes later

Robert Beric was sent off shortly afterward and Wesley Hoedt gave Lazio their first lead just after half-time.

Sall received a second yellow card, opening play for Lucas Biglia to score Lazio's third, and the nine men could not find a late equaliser after Kevin Monnet-Paquet's consolation goal.

Yevhen Seleznyov's goal allowed Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk to defeat Rosenborg 1-0 in the other game in Group G.

In Group K, Schalke rolled to a 4-0 win at home over Asteras Tripoli as Franco Di Santo recorded a hat trick by half-time.

Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored a late goal to complete the rout for the German side.

Sparta Prague defeated APOEL 2-0 with goals from Kehinde Fatai and Jakub Brabec in the group's other game.

Fiorentina also won 4-0 in a dominating performance at Portuguese side Belenenses in Group I.

Federico Bernardeschi, Khouma Babacar, and Giuseppe Rossi provided the scoring, to go along with a Tonel own goal.

However, it's Basel who top Group I after winning their second straight game in the group, 2-0 over Lech Poznan.

Karol Linetty was sent off for the Polish side after earning a second yellow card just after half-time, and Birkir Bjarnason and Breel Embolo capitalised for Basel.

Celtic drew 2-2 against Fenerbahce at Parkhead in Group A as Fernandao scored either side of half-time to rally the Turkish side back from a two-goal deficit.

Celtic led through Leigh Griffiths' 28th-minute opener, and Kris Commons doubled their advantage four minutes later.

But Fernandao scored two minutes before the break and equalised three minutes afterward to secure their first point of the campaign.

Molde stayed top of Group A with a 1-1 draw at home against Ajax as Eirik Hestad's 8th-minute opener was enough to secure a point after Viktor Fischer's equaliser on a massive deflection for the former European champions.

That result allowed Lokomotiv Moscow to top the group with a 2-0 win over Skenderbeu, Baye Oumar Niasse and Aleksandr Samedov providing the goals.

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