Jose Mourinho received a red card but his Fenerbahce team still held his former club Manchester United to a 1-1 draw in the Europa League on Thursday.
Erik ten Hag’s squad led early from Christian Eriksen’s 15th-minute goal only to see Youssef En-Nesyri equalize in the 49th, heading home unmarked from close range on a cross from Allan Saint-Maximin.
It was United’s third straight draw in the second-tier competition.
Mourinho received a red card after his team was not awarded a spot kick around the hour mark.
“My boys played an amazing match,” Mourinho told TNT Sports. “We played against a team that is at a superior level to us. We finished the game with a center-back playing at right-back and a right-back at left-back. We had to do a crazy puzzle but our performance was extraordinary and I couldn’t ask for anything more from the players.”
Mourinho led United to the Europa League title in 2017 during his 2 and half years at Old Trafford. He took the Fenerbahce job in this past offseason.
Elsewhere, Richarlison scored a 53rd-minute penalty for Tottenham to beat Alkmaar 1-0 and stay unbeaten in the competition.
Anderlecht and Lazio stayed perfect with 2-0 victories – with both opponents reduced to 10 men.
Anderlecht beat Ludogorets at home after Caio Vidal was sent off. Lazio took home three points from Twente when goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall was sent off in the 11th minute.
The Italian club’s coach Marco Baroni said winger Loum Tchaouna was substituted after being racially abused by fans.
Frenchman Tchaouna, who is Black, was clearly incensed before being taken off in the 89th minute and imitated someone making monkey noises when explaining to the bench what had upset him.
Porto’s Samu scored his fourth goal of the campaign and Tiago Djalo added another one for Porto to beat Hoffenheim 2-0 for the Portuguese club’s first win of the campaign.
Vaclav Cerny scored two goals to lead Rangers to a 4-0 rout of FCSB while Lyon were upset 1-0 at home by Besiktas.
Roma needed a penalty to beat Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 for their first Europa League victory under new coach Ivan Juric.
Summer signing Artem Dovbyk converted from the spot in the 23rd minute to get the Italian team in the win column after a draw and a loss in the second-tier competition.
Ajax beat Qarabag 3-0 in Baku after the home team was reduced to 10 men in the 15th minute when midfielder Júlio Romão received a straight red card.
Eintracht Frankfurt, the 2022 Europa League winners, got a late goal from substitute Hugo Larsson to edge Latvia’s RFS 1-0.
Real Sociedad earned their first win, 2-1 away to Maccabi Tel-Aviv in a game played in Belgrade, due to the regional conflict.
Chelsea routed Panathinaikos 4-1 in Athens in the Conference League.
