Friday 9 December 2016 11:11, UK
Dundalk's hopes of qualifying for the Europa League knockout stages were ended after a 2-1 defeat at Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
The Irish champions needed all three points in Israel, coupled with an AZ Alkmaar loss to Zenit St Petersburg to go through, but could not earn the victory.
Tal Ben Haim got the opener on 21 minutes before Dundalk equalised courtesy of Elazar Dasa's own goal shortly after. Dor Micha restored Maccabi's lead just before the break, which they held onto to secure the three points.
Fenerbahce finished ahead of Manchester United, who won 2-0 at Zorya, in Group A after Moussa Sow's goal guided the Turkish outfit to a 1-0 win over Feyenoord, who were knocked out in the process.
AZ progressed following a 3-2 victory against previously unbeaten Zenit.
Ben Rienstra and Ridgeciano Haps put the hosts 2-0 up at the break before Giuliano pulled one back for the Russian side.
Muamer Tankovic restored the two-goal cushion with Stijn Wuytens' own goal just a consolation for Zenit.
St Etienne produced a stunning comeback to win 3-2 at Anderlecht and top Group C after six matches.
Alexandru Chipciu and Nicolae Claudiu Stanciu gave the hosts a 2-0 half-time lead and despite Henri Saivet missing a penalty early in the second half, an Alexander Soderlund double and a Kevin Monnet-Paquet effort helped turn things around for the French side.
There were wins for Viktoria Plzen, APOEL, Mainz and Young Boys while Rapid Vienna drew 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao with Astra and Roma playing out a goalless draw.
Sassuolo's match with Genk was postponed due to fog and will be played on Friday.
Earlier in the day, former winners Shakhtar Donetsk went through to the knockout stages with a 100 per cent record following a 4-2 win over Braga.
Two goals each from Serhiy Kryvtsov and Taison earned the away side all three points with Nikola Stojiljkovic and Nikola Vukcevic replying for the Portuguese side, who still progressed despite the defeat.
Villarreal eventually overcame 10-man Steaua Bucharest 2-1 to book their place in the next round thanks to a last-gasp winner from Manu Trigueros.
Nicola Sansone had given the hosts the lead before Vlad Achim levelled for the Romanian side while Gabriel Tamas saw red with the scores at 1-1.
Ten-man Fiorentina advanced to the next round with a 2-1 win over Qarabag in Azerbaijan and Gent won 1-0 at Konyaspor.
Osmanlispor went through as Group L winners after a 2-0 win over Zurich while PAOK advanced following a 2-0 success over Liberec in Greece.
Southampton crashed out after being held to a 1-1 draw at home to Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Inter Milan finished off their campaign with a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Group K winners Sparta Prague at the San Siro.
Eder opened the scoring for Inter but Lukas Marecek levelled for Sparta and they had the chance to take the lead from the penalty spot after Marco Andreolli brought down David Lafata.
Borek Dockal stepped up but Juan Carrizo produced a great save to tip the ball around the post before Eder snatched the three points with a last-minute winner.
Schalke lost their 100 per cent record after falling to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Salzburg.
Xaver Schlager put the hosts in front after heading in Valentino Lazaro's right-wing cross in the first half with Josip Radosevic rounding off the victory for the Austrian side in time added on.
Ajax remain undefeated as they went through to the next phase following a 1-1 draw at Standard Liege.
Anwar El-Ghazi fired the Dutch side in front after racing onto a long ball from Donny van de Beek but Benito Raman equalised four minutes from time to share the spoils.
Ten-man Krasnodar went through to the last 32 despite falling to a 2-1 defeat at Nice.
The Russian side took the lead at the Allianz Riviera through Fedor Smolov's 52nd-minute strike but his team were reduced to 10 men when Andreas Granqvist brought down Arnaud Lusamba in the area.
Alexy Bosetti dispatched the spot-kick to level the scores before Maxime Le Marchand powered in from eight yards to earn the Ligue 1 leaders just their second win in the Europa League this season.
Celta Vigo advanced to the knock-out stage with a 2-0 success at Panathinaikos.
John Guidetti headed in Hugo Mallo's cross after four minutes to take the lead before Fabian Orellana's penalty sealed the win.
