16 teams began their journey to the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday.
With the play-offs done and dusted, attention shifts to the serious business with the pool of teams getting smaller and the quality getting higher.
Premier League favourites Tottenham travelled to AZ Alkmaar where they fell short of expectations.
A Lucas Bergvall own goal was the difference in the Netherlands, as Spurs mustered just one shot on target.
And struggling Manchester United headed to Real Sociedad and picked up an encouraging result.
Joshua Zirkzee put the Red Devils on the right path with the opener, before Mikel Oyarzabal converted a penalty in the 70th minute to keep the score level heading to Old Trafford.
You can read our in-depth reports of both matches by heading to the 101greatgoals.com homepage.
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They take a 2-1 lead heading into the second leg against Athletic Club 👀
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Elsewhere, Ajax fell to Frankfurt at home, meaning they have a lot of work to do on the road to turn the tie around.
The Dutch side took the lead 10 minutes in through Brian Brobbey, but a rally from the German side was enough to overturn the deficit.
Hugo Larsson hit first, before Ellyes Skhiri netted the eventual winner.
In Italy, Roma picked up a huge win over Athletic Bilbao and will take a 2-1 lead to Spain.
Inaki Williams put the visitors ahead early in the second half, but it only took six minutes before Angelino grabbed an equaliser.
Yeray Alvarez was sent off for Bilbao with five minutes to go, leaving the home side able to push for a winner.
And they got what they wished for in added time, Eldor Shomurodov scoring a big goal for the hosts.
Europa League last-16 first leg results
AZ Alkmaar 1-0 Tottenham
FCSB 1-3 Lyon
Fenerbahce 1-3 Rangers
Real Sociedad 1-1 Manchester United
Ajax 1-2 Frankfurt
Bodo/Glimt 3-0 Olympiacos
Roma 2-1 Athletic Bilbao
Viktoria Plzen 1-2 Lazio
