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Robin van Persie leaves it late to give Fenerbahce victory over Atromitos

Robin van Persie scored an injury-time winner to snatch Fenerbahce a 1-0 first-leg win against Greek Super League side Atromitos in their Europa League play-off tie in Athens.




Robin van Persie scored an injury-time winner to snatch Fenerbahce a 1-0 first-leg win against Greek Super League side Atromitos in their Europa League play-off tie in Athens.
The former Arsenal and Manchester United striker impressed as he nodded home the only goal of the game from Caner Erkin's left-wing cross with seconds to spare.
Describing his goal, Van Persie said: "I used my body and my shoulder. Sometimes you need to use your body in a smart way. I think the referee made ​​the right decision. There was no foul, I just used my body."
Athletic Bilbao, who lifted the Spanish Super Cup on Monday night after beating Barcelona 5-1 on aggregate, threw away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 against MSK Zilina in Slovakia.
Sabin Merino fired the Spaniards into a 16th-minute lead and when Kike Sola doubled their advantage the visitors looked set for a comfortable evening.
However, second-half strikes from Jakub Paur and Brazilian Willian (2) secured victory to give MSK the advantage.
The game of the night came in Norway as German giants Borussia Dortmund hit back from 3-0 down to snatch a 4-3 victory against Odd, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring twice.
Arkadiusz Milik's penalty was enough to earn Ajax a 1-0 win at home to Jablonec but fellow Eredivisie outfit AZ were beaten 3-2 by Astra in Romania having led 2-0.
Ligue 1 side St Etienne were held to a 1-1 draw by Milsami in Moldova, with Romain Hamouma putting the visitors in front before the break, only for Cristian Bud to level in the 57th minute.
Fellow French side Bordeaux claimed a 1-0 win against Kairat, with Wahbi Khazri scoring the only goal of the game.
Jay Rodriguez scored his first goal since March 2014 as Southampton were held to a 1-1 draw by FC Midtjylland at St Mary's.
Penalties from Pavel Mamaev and Fyodor Smolov helped Russian side Krasnodar to a 5-1 first-leg win at home to HJK of Finland, while PAOK also hit five without reply against Brondby, with Slovakian midfielder Robert Mak grabbing a hat-trick.
Standard Liege lost 2-0 to Molde in Norway and Young Boys of Switzerland were stunned 1-0 by Qarabag of Azerbaijan.
Elsewhere, there were home wins for Dinamo Minsk, Slovan Liberec, Sparta Prague, Plzen and Lech Poznan, while Legia Warsaw, Belenenses and Rosenborg were winners on the road.
Panathinaikos drew 0-0 with Gabala in Azerbaijan and Rubin Kazan were held 1-1 by Robotnicki in Macedonia.