Portuguese side Porto drew 1-1 with Italy's AS Roma, while Fenerbahce secured a 3-0 win over Anderlecht in their Europa League play-off ties. Real Soc

José Mourinho’s Fenerbahce might have only just squeezed into the Europa League knockout playoff round but it is already on the brink of the round of 16.

Porto and Roma played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Europa League knockout play-off tie. Mehmet Zeki Celik opened the scoring for the visitors on the brink of half-time after surging up the field to fire in and for a long time looked pretty comfortable in Portugal.

It was an exciting first leg of the UEFA Europa League playoffs as 16 teams competed to advance to the Round of 16 of the tournament. With some surprising results, such as Galatasaray's 4-1 defeat against AZ and a heated draw between Porto and AS Roma,