Brighton& Hove Albion struck twice in the second half, including alatepenalty,torecover from two goals down and grab a 2-2drawat Olympique deMarseillein an entertaining Europa League Group B game on Thursday.
Brightonsecured their first-ever point in European football despiteMarseillescoring twice in just over 90 seconds, but the English side remained bottom of the groupwitha single point.
AEK Athens top the standingswithfour points after holding visitors Ajax Amsterdamtoa 1-1draw.
Chancel Mbemba opened the scoring forMarseillewitha cool finish into the far corner andBrightondefender Lewis Dunk failedtoclear the ball soon after the restart, allowing Amine Harittodeliver a precise low crosstoJordan Veretout, who guided the ball underBrightonkeeper Jason Steele.
Brightonmidfielder Pascal Gross breathed life into the match after 54 minuteswitha side-foot finish from Kaoru Mitoma’s cutback.
Brightondominated the closingstagesand won a penalty two minutes from time when Jonathan Clauss fouled Tariq Lamptey and Joao Pedro converted from the spot.
West Ham United continued their successful start in Group Awitha 2-1 victory at SC Freiburg, Lucas Paqueta and Nayef Aguerd the scorers for the London side.
David Moyes’ team top the groupwithsix points, ahead of Freiburg on three.
Atalanta scored twice inside 10 minutestobeat Sporting 2-1 in Portugal and top spot Group D.
Steven Davis’ interim managerial stint for Rangers got offtoa rough start as the Scottish side lost 2-1toAris Limassol in Cyprus.
Real Betis needed alategoal from Iscotowin 2-1 at home against Sparta Prague.
(Published 06 October 2023, 04:05 IST)