Athletic Bilbao came from behind to secure their place in the group stage of the Champions League with a 3-1 victory over Napoli, last night.
After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, Napoli nosed in front when Marek Hamsik opened the scoring two minutes after half-time, firing in a low left-footed shot which found the net off the inside of the post.
But Bilbao responded with three quickfire goals after the hour mark.
Aritz Arduiz bagged two of them, afforded plenty of time before firing in Markel Susaeta’s 61st minute cross and then capitalising on a defensive mistake to put the ball beyond Rafael Cabral.
Five minutes later, Ibai Gomez drilled a third to see off the Italians.
Arsenal edged through as Alexis Sanchez scored his first competitive goal for the club to give them a 1-0 win over Besiktas in a tense match at the Emirates.
Sanchez scored in first-half stoppage time, and his side were left hanging on after fellow new signing Mathieu Debuchy was sent off 15 minutes from time.
Malmo overturned a first-leg deficit to see off Salzburg and book their place in the group stages.
The Austrians led 2-1 from last week, but were run off the park in a 3-0 defeat in Sweden.
They struck early, with captain Markus Rosenberg scoring a seventh-minute penalty before Magnus Eriksson lashed in a 19th-minute volley to make it 2-0.
Rosenberg then made sure of progress with his second six minutes from time.
Bayer Leverkusen cruised through with a 4-0 win over Copenhagen making it 7-2 on aggregate.
Son Heung-Mon got the first only two minutes in after a defensive mix-up, and a deflected free-kick from Hakan Calhanoglu made it 2-0 five minutes later.
It was all but over when Stefan Kiessling got the third from the penalty spot after half an hour, and he bagged a second in the 65th minute.
Play-offs results
| Played yesterday | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Agg. |
| Arsenal (England) vs Besiktas (Turkey) | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| B. Leverkusen (Germany) vs Copenhagen (Denmark) | 3-2 | 4-0 | 7-2 |
| Athletic Bilbao (Spain) vs Napoli (Italy) | 1-1 | 3-1 | 4-2 |
| Malmo (Sweden) vs Salzburg (Austria) | 1-2 | 3-0 | 4-2 |
| Ludogorets (Hungary) vs S. Bucharest (Romania) | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| (Ludogorets win 6-5 on penalties) | |||
| Played Tuesday | |||
| APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) vs AaB (Denmark) | 1-1 | 3-0 | 4-0 |
| Porto (Portugal) vs Lille (France) | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
| Celtic (Scotland) vs Maribor (Slovenia) | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| BATE Borisov (Belarus) vs S. Bratislava (Slovakia) | 1-1 | 3-0 | 4-1 |
| Zenit SP (Russia) vs Standard Liege (Belgium) | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 |
Group stage draw: Today in Monaco (17.45).