By Chris Wright
Pies’ pick of the 15 best photos from last night’s Europa League action…
Lokomotiv Moscow’s Felipe Caicedo celebrates his injury time goal against AEK Athens as he passes AEK keeper Giannis Arabatzis
The Britannia Stadium sits empty an hour or so before Stoke City kicked off against Maccabi Tel Aviv
Besiktas’ Filip Holosko and Dynamo Kiev’s Betao gurn away while tussling in the air over Kiev
Birmingham fans decorate the square in the centre of Bruges before kick-off
Standard Liege’s Yoni Buyens almost has his face pummelled by Vorskla Poltava goalkeeper Serhiy Dolganskiy
Club Brugge ‘keeper Colin Cooseman celebrates his side’s early lead against Birmingham, though it didn’t last – with Brum eventually winning it 2-1 in the 9th minute of injury time
Kenwyne Jones celebrates in customary style after scoring the opening goal for Stoke against Maccabi Tel Aviv
Legia Warszawa’s Maciej Rybus gets crumpled in a pile-up with Rapid Bucharest duo Rui Duarte and ‘keeper Danut Coman
Tottenham’s Danny Rose is fouled on the edge of the box by Rubin Kazan captain Roman Sharonov…
…the resultant free-kick was duly thumped home by Roman Pavlyuchenko (we’ll hopefully have a video up later), which proved to be the only goal of the night
Birmingham’s Guiane N’Daw turns away in tears after seeing teammate Pablo Ibanez sustain a nasty head injury against Club Brugge. Ibanez was knocked-out, treated on the pitch for ten minutes and severely concussed but has now thankfully been given the all-clear
Whole lotta gurning goin’ on: Besiktas’ Edu and Dynamo Kiev’s Oleh Gusev, quite literally, face-off with one another
Hannover 96 fans light flares in the terraces during their side’s match against Copenhagen
PAOK’s Vierinha celebrate after scoring what proved to be the winner against Shamrock Rovers
Braga midfielder Alan gets his colour-coded dreads in a twist while catching a bit of impromptu air against Maribor
Photos: PA