MACCABI TEL-AVIV earned an important 2-1 win away to AZ Alkmaar in Dundalk’s group tonight.

The result means the Israeli team now trail Stephen Kenny’s men by just one point in Group D, after the Irish side were beaten 2-1 by group leaders Zenit this evening.

Europa League results in full:

Group A

At Manchester, England

Manchester United (ENG) 4 (Pogba 31-pen, 45+1, Martial 34-pen, Lingard 48) Fenerbahce (TUR) 1 (Van Persie 83)

At Rotterdam, Netherlands

Feyenoord (NED) 1 (Jorgensen 55) Zorya Luhansk (UKR) 0

Group B

At Piraeus, Greece

Olympiakos (GRE) 4 (Figueiras 25, Elyounoussi 33, Seba 34, 65) Astana (KAZ) 1 (Kabananga 54)

At Bern

Young Boys (SUI) 3 (Hoarau 18, 52, 82-pen) APOEL (CYP) 1 (Efrem 14)

Group C

At Saint-Etienne, France

Saint-Etienne (FRA) 1 (Ricardinho 70-og) Qabala (AZE) 0

At Mainz, Germany

Mainz (GER) 1 (Yunus Malli 10-pen) Anderlecht (BEL) 1 (Teodorczyk 65)

Group D

At Dublin

Dundalk (IRL) 1 (Benson 52) Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) 2 (Mak 71, Giuliano 77)

At Alkmaar, Netherlands

AZ Alkmaar (NED) 1 (Muehren 72) Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) 2 (Scarione 24, Golasa 82)

Group E

At Rome

Roma (ITA) 3 (El Shaarawy 19, 34, Florenzi 69) Austria Vienna (AUT) 3 (Holzhauser 16, Prokop 82, Kayode 84)

At Plzen, Czech Republic

Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 1 (Horava 86) Astra Giurgiu (ROU) 2 (Alibec 41, Horava 64-og)

Group F

At Genk, Belgium

Genk (BEL) 2 (Brabec 40, Ndidi 83) Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 0

At Vienna

Rapid Vienna (AUT) 1 (Schaub 7) Sassuolo (ITA) 1 (Schrammel 66-og)

Group G

At Vigo, Spain

Celta Vigo (ESP) 2 (Fontas 29, Orellana 82) Ajax (NED) 2 (Ziyech 22, Younes 71)

At Liege, Belgium

Standard Liege (BEL) 2 (Edmilson Junior 45+1-pen, Belfodil 82) Panathinaikos (GRE) 2 (Ibarbo 12, 36)

Group H

At Lviv, Ukraine

Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 5 (Kovalenko 12, Ferreyra 30, Bernard 46, Taison 75, Malyshev 85) Gent (BEL) 0

At Konya, Turkey

Konyaspor (TUR) 1 (Milosevic 9) Braga (POR) 1 (Ahmed Hassan 55)

Group I

At Krasnodar, Russia

Krasnodar (RUS) 0 Schalke (GER) 1 (Konoplyanka 11)

At Salzburg, Austria

Salzburg (AUT) 0 Nice (FRA) 1 (Plea 13)

Group J

At Liberec, Czech Republic

Liberec (CZE) 1 (Sevcik 58) Fiorentina (ITA) 3 (Kalinic 8, 23, Babacar 70)

At Baku

Qarabag (AZE) 2 (Dani Quintana 56, Amirguliyev 87) PAOK (GRE) 0

Group K

At Beersheba, Israel

Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 0 Sparta Prague (CZE) 1 (Pulkrab 71)

At Milan, Italy

Inter Milan (ITA) 1 (Candreva 67) Southampton (ENG) 0

Group L

At Bucharest

Steaua Bucharest (ROU) 1 (Golubovic 63) FC Zurich (SUI) 1 (Kone 86)

At Ankara

Osmanlispor (TUR) 2 (Rusescu 23, 24) Villarreal (ESP) 2 (N’Diaye 56, Pato 74)

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