Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur built hefty leads with emphatic away wins in their Europa League last 32 first-leg matches but AC Milan were held to a 2-2 draw at Red Star Belgrade as the competition resumed on Thursday.

On a night of high-scoring matches, United crushed Real Sociedad 4-0 in a game played in Turin because of Covid-19 restrictions between the UK and Spain with Bruno Fernandes scoring a brace for his side.

Tottenham won 4-1 away against Austrian side Wolfsberg in Budapest. Arsenal drew 1-1 in the “away” leg of their tie against Benfica, although the match was played in Rome.