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Jonas Eidevall said Arsenal's season "starts now" after they secured qualification for the Women's Champions League group stage.

Eidevall's side scored four to overturn a first-leg deficit in their qualifying tie with BK Hacken.

They were trailing 1-0 after the first leg in Sweden but strolled to victory at Meadow Park.

A brilliant goal from England international Beth Mead and a late strike from substitute Frida Maanum capped a comfortable evening for Arsenal.

Midfielder Lia Walti and summer signing Mariona Caldentey had given them the lead in the first half as BK Hacken struggled to make an impact.

"One part of the season starts now. That I'm really happy for," manager Eidevall said.

"I think we've grown with our performances. We've got the results we wanted. We can't relax, the season starts for us now here. We are in all four competitions we want to be in and need to make the most out of it.

"We built the squad for competing, we need the squad to compete. We're ready to play these games."

Read Emma Sanders' report in full here.

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Qarabag manager Gurban Gurbanov was left frustrated after being stuck in traffic ahead of their 3-0 defeat to Tottenham, which led to the match being delayed by 35 minutes.

"Imagine being caught in traffic for more than two and a half hours," said Gurbanov.

"I cannot just make excuses for this; it shouldn’t have happened and there was no police to escort us. It had a big impact on our footballers, but it doesn’t take away from our opponent."

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Rangers secured an invaluable victory in their Europa League opener in Malmo as they earned a first-ever win on Swedish soil.

It was a dream and decisive start. Inside 60 seconds, Cyriel Dessers broke in behind, rounded Johan Dahlin in goal, and struck the base of the post from an angle.

Nedim Bajrami was alert and, as the ball rolled perfectly into his path, he gleefully stroked home his first Rangers goal.

Malmo looked rattled, though Isaac Kiese Thelin thought he had levelled when he volleyed an angled free-kick back across Jack Butland. His celebrations were short as the offside flag was raised.

Still, Rangers maintained their grip on the game.

Dessers flicked to Bajrami who, in turn, brilliantly sent Vaclav Cerny clear in on goal in acres of space. He had to score. He didn’t, as the ball flashed just past the post.

That became a theme, glaring missed chances, until late on.

Read more analysis from Martin Dowden's here.

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Rangers secured an invaluable victory in their Europa League opener in Malmo as they earned a first-ever win on Swedish soil.

It was a dream and decisive start. Inside 60 seconds, Cyriel Dessers broke in behind, rounded Johan Dahlin in goal, and struck the base of the post from an angle.

Nedim Bajrami was alert and, as the ball rolled perfectly into his path, he gleefully stroked home his first Rangers goal.

Malmo looked rattled, though Isaac Kiese Thelin thought he had levelled when he volleyed an angled free-kick back across Jack Butland. His celebrations were short as the offside flag was raised.

Still, Rangers maintained their grip on the game.

Dessers flicked to Bajrami who, in turn, brilliantly sent Vaclav Cerny clear in on goal in acres of space. He had to score. He didn’t, as the ball flashed just past the post.

That became a theme, glaring missed chances, until late on.

Read Martin Dowden's match report in full here.

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As European nights go, Qarabag's could not have turned out much worse.

The team from Azerbaijan suffered traffic chaos, a shocking penalty miss and a host of spurned chances as 10-man Tottenham survived countless scares to open their Europa League campaign with victory.

Despite staying a short distance away in Stratford, Qarabag were affected by rail and road closures, and arrived at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at 19:45 - just 15 minutes before the planned kick-off - forcing a delayed start until 20:35.

Uefa regulations ask for teams to arrive at least 75 minutes prior to kick-off, with offenders facing possible punishment.

The London Overground, which is the primary route to the stadium from other parts of London, was also down, forcing thousands of supporters to walk from as far as Liverpool Street station, two hours away.

They weren't the only ones caught out, with TNT pundits Peter Crouch and Glenn Hoddle having to walk the final bit of the journey.

Read more on a night to forget for Qarabag in London here.

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Tottenham began their Europa League campaign with an impressive victory over Qarabag despite going down to 10 men from the seventh minute.

After a 35-minute delay to kick-off at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium because of travel disruptions, the home side were dealt an early blow when defender Radu Dragusin was shown a straight red card for bringing down Juninho in a one-on-one as the Brazilian raced through on goal.

Despite that, Brennan Johnson had the ball in the back of the net five minutes later when Qarabag were caught playing out from the back and Dominic Solanke placed it into the path of the 23-year-old to slot into the bottom corner.

It was Johnson's third goal in as many games.

Pape Sarr doubled Spurs' lead in the 52nd minute, controlling the loose ball at the far post before smashing home.

Qarabag were awarded a penalty three minutes later when Yves Bissouma brought Elvin Cafarquliyev down, but Toral Bayramov’s spot-kick was poor and pinged off the crossbar.

The Azerbaijan Premier League champions created an abundance of chances, with Guglielmo Vicario making some fine saves, but ultimately Qarabag lacked the cutting edge that Ange Postecoglou's side showed at the other end.

Solanke wrapped up victory in the 68th minute after goalkeeper Mateusz Kochalski pushed Son Heung-min's strike from distance into the striker's path and he produced a confident finish.

Read Nizaar Kinsella's match report from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in full here.

Hello and welcome to Friday's football news live text page.

On Thursday night, Tottenham and Rangers both started their Europa League league stage campaigns with victories.

Elsewhere, Manchester City, Arsenal and Celtic all booked their places into the group stage of this season's Women's Champions League.

On top of the reaction to all of that, we will look ahead to this weekend's Premier League action, with most of the division's managers set to speak to the media today.

Let's get straight into it and first off, we'll look at Spurs' win over Qarabag.