Europa League Round Of 16: Ajax, Yellow Sub, Roma, Gunners, Spurs, Granada Take Series Openers; Late Goal Carries Rossoneri To A Game-One Road Draw With Red Devils

 The Europa League's round of 16 commenced on Thursday with eight games.

At Amsterdam, Netherlands:

Davy Klaassen (62'), Dusan Tadic (82'), and Brian Brobbey (90'+2) each scored once as Ajax Amsterdam dominated visiting BSC Young Boys 3-0 in the opening game of their two-match series.

At Kiev, Ukraine:

Pau Torres (30') and Raul Albiol (52') each scored once as Villarreal blanked Dynamo Kiev 2-0 in their series opener on the road.

At Rome:

Lorenzo Pellegrini (23'), Stephan Shaarawy (73'), and Gianluca Mancini (77') each scored once as AS Roma took the measure of visiting Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 in their series-opening contest.

At Piraeus, Greece:

Gabriel scored the game winner in the 80th minute as Arsenal defeated Olympiacos 3-1 on the road in game one.

At London:

Harry Kane scored both goals (25', 70') in Tottenham Hotspur's series-opening 2-0 home victory over Dinamo Zagreb.

At Manchester, England:

Simon Kjaer's equalizer at the death (90'+2) lifted AC Milan to a series-opening 1-1 road deadlock with Manchester United.

Amad Diallo scored for the Red Devils in the 50th minute.

At Prague, Czech Republic:

Filip Helander's equalizer in the 36th minute lifted Rangers to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with Slavia Prague.

Nicolae Stanciu scored for the hosts in the seventh minute.

At Grenada, Spain:

Jorge Molina (26') and Roberto Soldado (76') each scored once as Granada blanked visiting Molde 2-0 in their series opener.