Europa League: Man U, Roma, Yellow Sub Take Series Openers; Gunners Held To 1-1 Home Draw By Slavia

 The quarterfinal round of the Europa League opened with four games on Thursday.

At Granada, Spain:

Marcus Rashford (31') and Bruno Fernandes (PK-90') each scored once as Manchester United blanked Granada 2-0 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At London:

Tomas Holes' equalizer at the death (90'+4) carried Slavia Prague to a 1-1 series-opening road draw with Arsenal.

Nicolas Pepe scored for the Gunners at 86 minutes.

At Amsterdam, Netherlands:

Roger Ibanez scored the game winner in the 87th minute as AS Roma came from behind to steal a series-opening 2-1 road victory against Ajax Amsterdam.

At Zagreb, Croatia:

Gerard converted a 44th-minute penalty kick for the winning goal as Villarreal defeated Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 on the road in game one.