Europa League latest: Standard Liege v Arsenal plus Wolves and Manchester United

Summary

Man Utd finish top of the group
Ashley Young fires opener in from an angle, before Greenwood (2) & Mata extend lead
Jota scores 11-minute hat-trick but Wolves have to settle for second spot
Rangers 1-1 Young Boys - Rangers qualify as runners up
Arsenal top group after fighting back to draw 2-2 with Standard Liege
FT: Cluj 2-0 Celtic - The Bhoys have already qualified in top spot

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Michael Emons

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Get Involved #bbcfootballpublished at 17:45 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2019
Who's going to win the Europa League and why?
Farris: Inter Milan for the cup, unless Manchester United beat them of course!
Gareth: Ajax or RB Salzburg.
Mets: Ajax to win the Europa League. Still got a brilliant young team who know how to cause other teams problems in Europe. If they take this competition seriously they should go far, although need to sort out home form. Lost to both Chelsea and Valencia which cost them.
'Day to day, game to game'published at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2019
Standard Liege v Arsenal (17:55 GMT)
This will be the fourth match where Freddie Ljungberg has been in charge for Arsenal, following the sacking of Unai Emery last month.
But yesterday the 42-year-old Swede said he is still not sure how much longer he will be there.
"It's not a conversation I've had with the bosses," Ljungberg said when asked if he believed he was in the running.
"My job is to go from day to day, game to game, to try to help this fantastic club. That's what I try to do. All of those decisions are up to the top dogs.
"What the club decides to do, or who they choose, it is totally up to them but I stay totally out of it."
Manchester City assistant coach Mikel Arteta and Carlo Ancelotti, who was sacked by Napoli on Tuesday, have both been strongly linked with role.
How they stand - Groups D to Fpublished at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2019
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Sporting Lisbon and LASK have already qualified and they meet in Austria, with Sporting only needing a draw to top Group D.
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Celtic can relax in their away game in Romania against Cluj as the Bhoys are guaranteed top spot. Cluj will join them in the last 32 with a point or if Lazio fail to win away at Rennes. If Cluj and Lazio finish on nine points then the Italians will advance because of a better head-to-head record.
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Arsenal will be through with a win or draw away at Standard Liege, or if Frankfurt lose at home to Vitoria Guimaraes. Frankfurt will be through if they match Liege's result, while the Belgians need Frankfurt to slip up. The top three could end up all on 10 points, but the Gunners will be safe unless they lose by five goals or more.
How they stand - Groups A to Cpublished at 17:32 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2019
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No excitement in Group A. Sevilla are the group winners and Apoel Nicosia are the runners up as they have a better head-to-head record over Qarabag if they finish level on points.
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It's more dramatic in Group B as leaders Copenhagen take on second-placed Malmo. If the Swedes lose then Dynamo Kiev will qualify if they win at home against Lugano.
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Basel are already through even if the top three end up on 10 points because of a superior record in the three-way head-to-head. They will top the group if they beat Trabzonspor, while Getafe only need a draw at home against Krasnodar to join them, although the Russians will qualify if they win in Spain.
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Get Involved #bbcfootballpublished at 17:26 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2019
Who will win the Europa League and why?
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Who has qualified for the last 32published at 17:22 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2019
These are the teams that are already in Monday's Europa League last-32 draw at 12:00 GMT in Nyon, Switzerland (the sides in bold are guaranteed to be group winners)...
Apoel Nicosia, AZ Alkmaar, Basel, Braga, Celtic, Espanyol, Gent, LASK, Manchester United, Sevilla, Sporting Lisbon, Wolfsburg, Wolves.
These sides will drop down into the Europa League after coming third in their Champions League groups...
Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica, Club Bruges, Inter Milan, Olympiakos, Red Bull Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk.
And these are those who are hoping to also qualify tonight.
Arsenal, Cluj, Copenhagen, Dynamo Kiev, Eintracht Frankfurt, Ferencvaros, Feyenoord, Getafe, Istanbul Basaksehir, Krasnodar, Lazio, Ludogorets, Malmo, Monchengladbach, Porto, Rangers, Roma, Standard Liege, Young Boys.
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Cluj v Celtic (17:55 GMT)
Celtic can chill out knowing they are top of their group, and here is their festive teamsheet.
There is a first start for 18-year-old attacking midfielder Scott Robertson, while Boli Bolingoli is back after six weeks out.
Skipper Scott Brown was suspended anyway while Fraser Forster, Callum McGregor, Edouard Odsonne, Tom Rogic and Ryan Christie have not travelled to Romania.
Celtic: Gordon, Bauer, Jullien, Bitton, Bolingoli Mbombo, Robertson, Ntcham, Sinclair, Morgan, Johnston, Griffiths.
Substitutes: Taylor, Bayo, Ajer, Forrest, Hazard, Savoury, Dembele.
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CFR Cluj: Arlauskis, Susic, Burca, Cestor, Camora, Djokovic, Bordeianu, Culio, Deac, Traore, Omrani.
Substitutes: Fernandez, Pascanu, Luis Aurelio, Paun, Golofca, Hoban, Peteleu.
For full coverage of Cluj v Celtic and Rangers v Young Boys later on head this way.
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Standard Liege v Arsenal (17:55 GMT)
Arsenal make nine changes from the side that beat West Ham in their last Premier League outing.
Only defenders Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Ainsley Maitland-Niles retain their places in the starting XI, while Academy graduates Reiss Nelson and Emile Smith Rowe are also in the 11.
Arsenal: Martinez, Sokratis, Luiz, Mavropanos, Maitland-Niles, Guendouzi, Willock, Saka, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Lacazette
Substitutes: Leno, Chambers, Medley, Olayinka, Martinelli, John-Jules, Aubameyang
Standard Liege: Bodart, Fai, Laifis, Gavory, Vanheusden, Carcela-Gonzalez, Cimirot, M'Poku, Amallah, Bastien, Emond
Substitutes: Lavalee, Lestienne, Cop, Boljevic, Gillet, Dovillabichus, Vojvoda
How things stand for the British clubspublished at 17:12 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2019
So, there are five British clubs in action tonight and all of them are either already through or aiming to qualify.
Group E - Celtic - already through as group winners.
Group F - Arsenal - need a point to qualify, a win to be group winners.
Group G - Rangers - a draw will be enough to qualify, a win to win the group.
Group K - Wolves - already through. Will top the group if they beat Besiktas and Braga fail to beat Slovan Bratislava.
Group L - Manchester United - already through. Will be group winners with a draw.
Simple.
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Today's early gamespublished at 17:09 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2019
There are 12 matches across Europe starting at 17:55 GMT, with another dozen at 20:00 GMT.
These are the early games and this page will focus on Standard Liege versus Arsenal with updates from the best of the rest as well.
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Thanks for joining uspublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2019
Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of tonight's Europa League with five British sides playing tonight.
I'm Michael Emons and it is my pleasure to be guiding you through the action tonight.
It's all about the EL...published at 16:59 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2019
It's a big night ahead, whether you're blue...
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...red...
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...gold...
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...or green.
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