"The Europa League follows a similar format to the Champions League, meaning all 18 games of the final league phase matchday took place on Thursday night. While plenty of teams already knew their fate heading into the midweek action, there was still so much left to be decided between the 36 teams. Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest had both already secured their places past the league phase, with the Villans going straight through to the last-16, and the Tricky Trees being forced into the play-offs."
"Celtic secured their place in the Europa League knockout phase play-offs with a 4-2 win over Utrecht at Celtic Park. The hosts made a fast start and took the lead inside six minutes when Benjamin Nygren turned in Kieran Tierney's pull-back at the near post. Nygren was involved again moments later, pressing high to force an error that led to Nick Viergever turning the ball into his own net."
The Europa League final league-phase matchday saw all 18 fixtures played on Thursday, with several positions still to be decided among 36 teams. Aston Villa qualified directly to the last-16, while Nottingham Forest dropped into the play-offs. Celtic beat FC Utrecht 4-2 to secure a place in the knockout play-offs; Benjamin Nygren opened the scoring and forced an Utrecht own goal, Arne Engels converted a penalty after a handball, and Auston Trusty later glanced Engels' corner into the net. Utrecht were eliminated. Porto recovered from an early setback to beat Rangers 3-1 and finish fifth in the group.
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