Anderlecht kept up their 100 percent record in the Europa League with a 2-0 win at Sturm Graz while Udinese struck late to sink Atletico Madrid by the same score in Thursday's top match. Anderlecht sprung to life midway through the second half when Guillaume Gillet's opening goal was quickly followed by a red card for Sturm's Thomas Burgstaller.
Matias Suarez then grabbed his fifth goal of the competition to keep the twice European Cup Winners' Cup holders and once UEFA Cup winners top of Group L with nine points from three games. Group C leaders PSV Eindhoven, who won 1-0 at Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Group D leaders Sporting, who beat Vaslui 2-0, are the only other sides with maximum points after three games.
Group G leaders Metalist Kharkiv won 4-1 at Malmo despite playing more than half the game with 10 men. Twice UEFA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur beat visitors Rubin Kazan 1-0 thanks to a sizzling free-kick from their Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko to take control of Group A.
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