Roundup: Europa League matchday one

In addition to the four featured matches reported by Sports Mole, there were eight other 6pm kickoffs in the Europa League this evening.

Much-fancied Serie A outfit Napoli were in action and made a winning start thanks largely to a Juan Manuel Vargas hat-trick.

Blerim Dzemali was also on the scoresheet as the Italians thrashed Swedish side AIK 4-0.

Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven fell to a surprise defeat in the other Group F clash, with Brazilian Matheus among the scorers for victorious Ukrainian club Dnipro.

Antonio Di Natale netted a 90th-minute equaliser for Udinese as they drew 1-1 with big-spending Anzhi Makhachkala in the other match in Liverpool's group.

Newcastle's Pool D rivals Bordeaux had no problem finding the target as they ran out convincing 4-0 winners over Club Brugge.

Czech outfit Viktoria Plzen started their campaign with a win, coming from behind to beat Portuguese club Academica 3-1.

FC Copenhagen top Group E after the opening round of fixtures following their 2-1 win over Molde, while Stuttgart and Steaua Bucharest played out a 2-2 draw.

Two more sides that shared the spoils were AEL and Borussia Mönchengladbach, who were stalemated at 0-0 come the final whistle.