Borussia Monchengladbach, Villarreal and Torino booked their place in the last 32 of the Europa League yesterday.

Gladbach sealed top spot in Group A thanks to a 3-0 victory at home to FC Zurich.

Patrick Herrmann tucked home the first just after half-an-hour and Branimir Hrgota added two more early in the second half, the second a cheeky scooped finished over goalkeeper David Da Costa.

Villarreal finished a point behind Gladbach after first-half goals from Gerard Moreno and Luciano Vietto earned a 2-0 win away to Apollon.

Torino completed their Group B commitments in emphatic fashion as they came from behind to beat nine-man FC Copenhagen 5-1 to finish second behind Brugge.

Daniel Amartey put the Danes ahead after six minutes, but Josef Martinez levelled on 15 minutes.

Things went from bad to worse for the hosts when Mikael Antonsson was sent off after half-an-hour and Mathias Jorgensen saw red 10 minutes later for a foul in the area.

Amauri netted the resulting penalty and three more Torino goals inside the opening 10 minutes of the second half ended the match as a contest.

Brugge held on to top spot as they edged a 2-1 home win over HJK.

Dnipro claimed the second qualifying spot in Group F after a 1-0 win over St Etienne in Ukraine.

Artem Fedetskiy’s goal midway through the second half lifted the hosts, who had started the day bottom of the pool, above their opponents and Azerbi side Qarabag, who drew 0-0 at home to Inter.

Salzburg completed Group D with five wins and a draw thanks to a 5-1 win over Astra while second-placed Celtic lost a thriller 4-3 to Dynamo Zagreb.

Dinamo Moscow made it six wins from six in Group E as Aleksei Ionov’s 90th-minute winner earned a 1-0 success at second-placed PSV.

Panathinaikos drew 1-1 at home to Estoril in the other game.

Besiktas’s game at home to Tottenham was suspended twice after the floodlights failed in each half before the Turkish side won 1-0.

The lights went out eight minutes after the match started in Istanbul and Swedish referee Stefan Johannesson took the players off the pitch for 15 minutes before play resumed.

With minutes remaining the lights failed again, plunging the Ataturk Stadium into darkness once more and halting play for more than 10 minutes before the last three minutes were played.

Sevilla through

Holders Sevilla joined Group G winners Feyenoord in the knock-out stages following a 1-0 victory over Croatian side Rijeka.

Denis Suarez’s 20th minute goal was enough for the Spaniards to finish second in the group.

In Group H, Wolfsburg followed Everton in the next round after they sealed second place with a 3-0 win over Lille in France.

Young Boys beat Sparta Prague 1-0 to pip the Czechs to second spot in Group I and qualification to the next round.

Danish side Aalborg are also through despite a 2-0 defeat at Rio Ave as their direct rivals Steaua Bucharest lost to Group J winners Dynamo Kiev 2-0.

Guingamp were the other side to progress after they beat direct rivals PAOK to second spot in Group K after a 2-1 win in Salonika.

Results and standings

Group A: Apollon vs Villarreal 0-2; B. M’gladbach vs FC Zurich 3-0.
Standings: B. M’gladbach 12; Villarreal 11; FC Zurich 7; Apollon 3.

Group B: Bruges vs HJK 2-1; FC Copenhagen vs Torino 1-5.
Standings: Bruges 12; Torino 11; HJK 6; FC Copenhagen 4.

Group C: Besiktas vs Tottenham 1-0; P. Belgrade vs Asteras 0-0.
Standings: Besiktas 12; Tottenham 11; Asteras 6; Partizan 2.

Group D: D. Zagreb vs Celtic 4-3; Salzburg vs Astra Giurgiu 5-1.
Standings: Salzburg 16; Celtic 8; D. Zagreb 6; Astra Giurgiu 4.

Group E: PSV vs D. Moscow 0-1; Panathinaikos vs Estoril 1-1.
Standings: D. Moscow 18; PSV Eindhoven 8; Estoril 5; Panathinaikos 2.

Group F: Dnipro vs Saint Etienne 1-0; FC Qarabag vs Inter 0-0.
Standings: Inter 12; Dnipro 7; FC Qarabag 6; Saint Etienne 5.

Group G: Sevilla vs Rijeka 1-0; Standard Liege vs Feyenoord 0-3.
Standings: Feyenoord 12; Sevilla 11; Rijeka 7; Standard Liege 4.

Group H: Everton vs FC Krasnodar 0-1; Lille vs Wolfsburg 0-3.
Standings: Everton 11; Wolfsburg 10; FC Krasnodar 6; Lille 4.

Group I: Napoli vs S. Bratislava 3-0; Young Boys vs Sparta Prague 2-0.
Standings: Napoli 13; Young Boys 12; Sparta Prague 10; Slovan Bratislava 0.

Group J: Rio Ave vs AaB 2-0; Steaua Bucharest vs D. Kiev 0-2.
Standings: D. Kiev 15; AaB 9; S. Bucharest 7; Rio Ave 4.

Group K: Fiorentina vs D. Minsk 1-2; PAOK vs Guingamp 1-2.
Standings: Fiorentina 13; Guingamp 10; PAOK 7; D. Minsk 4.

Group L: Legia Warsaw vs Trabzonspor 2-0; M. Kharkiv vs Lokeren 0-1.
Standings: L. Warsaw 15; Trabzonspor, Lokeren 10; M. Kharkiv 0.