<p>London: Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur were joined by Rangers as three British clubs secured their spots in the Europa League last-16 on the final round of group games on Thursday.</p><p>United, who like Tottenham have endured a disappointing Premier League season, won 2-0 at Steaua Bucharest to continue their recent upturn in form.</p><p>Second-half goals by Diogo Dalot and Kobbie Mainoo silenced a raucous home crowd as United finished third in the table behind Lazio and Athletic Bilbao.</p><p>"When you get to this stage of any competition, anything is possible and they can prove they can win against anybody," United manager Ruben Amorim said.</p><p>Tottenham eased to a 3-0 victory over Swedish side Elfsborg with youngsters Dane Scarlett, Damola Ajayi and Mikey Moore all netting their first goals for the club.</p><p>The victory saw Spurs finish fourth, although their joy was dampened slightly by an injury to defender Radu Dragusin.</p><p>"I'm sure those boys won't sleep tonight, but we needed that. We needed some energy -- we kind of designed the game today, we're trying to protect some of our players, we've got a big week coming up, and we were going to need the young boys today, and they stood up," under-pressure manager Ange Postecoglou said.</p><p>Rangers began the evening outside the top eight but a 2-1 home victory against Belgians Union Saint-Gilloise and results elsewhere enabled them to jump into eighth place and avoid having to enter the knockout phase playoffs.</p><p>Nico Raskin headed the opening goal and Vaclav Cerny slotted a second for Rangers.</p><p>Lazio finished top of the rankings although they suffered a 1-0 defeat at Braga. Ricardo Horta's sixth-minute goal proved enough for the Portuguese side although they bowed out after finishing 25th in the league.</p>.Brazil forward Neymar to return to Santos.<p>Second-placed Athletic Bilbao beat Viktoria Plzen 3-1 with Nico Williams, Yeray Alvarez and Javier Marton on target.</p><p>AS Roma secured their place in the playoffs with a 2-0 home win over German side Eintracht Frankfurt who still reached the last-16 automatically by coming fifth.</p><p>Goals from Angelino and Eldor Shomurodov made sure Roma finished in 15th spot.</p><p>Olympique Lyonnais secured direct entry to the last 16 despite a lacklustre 1-1 home draw against already-eliminated Ludogorets.</p><p>Corentin Tolisso opened the scoring early in the second half after benefiting from a defensive blunder before Dinis Almeida levelled with 13 minutes left.</p><p>Greek side Olympiacos finished seventh to go directly to the last 16 after a resounding 3-0 win over Qarabag.</p><p>Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce scraped into the playoffs in 24th position with a 2-2 draw at Midtjylland proving just enough as other results went in their favour.</p><p>Former European champions Porto also flirted with elimination but a 1-0 win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv courtesy of a Nico Gonzalez goal helped them to 18th place and playoff. </p>
<p>London: Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur were joined by Rangers as three British clubs secured their spots in the Europa League last-16 on the final round of group games on Thursday.</p><p>United, who like Tottenham have endured a disappointing Premier League season, won 2-0 at Steaua Bucharest to continue their recent upturn in form.</p><p>Second-half goals by Diogo Dalot and Kobbie Mainoo silenced a raucous home crowd as United finished third in the table behind Lazio and Athletic Bilbao.</p><p>"When you get to this stage of any competition, anything is possible and they can prove they can win against anybody," United manager Ruben Amorim said.</p><p>Tottenham eased to a 3-0 victory over Swedish side Elfsborg with youngsters Dane Scarlett, Damola Ajayi and Mikey Moore all netting their first goals for the club.</p><p>The victory saw Spurs finish fourth, although their joy was dampened slightly by an injury to defender Radu Dragusin.</p><p>"I'm sure those boys won't sleep tonight, but we needed that. We needed some energy -- we kind of designed the game today, we're trying to protect some of our players, we've got a big week coming up, and we were going to need the young boys today, and they stood up," under-pressure manager Ange Postecoglou said.</p><p>Rangers began the evening outside the top eight but a 2-1 home victory against Belgians Union Saint-Gilloise and results elsewhere enabled them to jump into eighth place and avoid having to enter the knockout phase playoffs.</p><p>Nico Raskin headed the opening goal and Vaclav Cerny slotted a second for Rangers.</p><p>Lazio finished top of the rankings although they suffered a 1-0 defeat at Braga. Ricardo Horta's sixth-minute goal proved enough for the Portuguese side although they bowed out after finishing 25th in the league.</p>.Brazil forward Neymar to return to Santos.<p>Second-placed Athletic Bilbao beat Viktoria Plzen 3-1 with Nico Williams, Yeray Alvarez and Javier Marton on target.</p><p>AS Roma secured their place in the playoffs with a 2-0 home win over German side Eintracht Frankfurt who still reached the last-16 automatically by coming fifth.</p><p>Goals from Angelino and Eldor Shomurodov made sure Roma finished in 15th spot.</p><p>Olympique Lyonnais secured direct entry to the last 16 despite a lacklustre 1-1 home draw against already-eliminated Ludogorets.</p><p>Corentin Tolisso opened the scoring early in the second half after benefiting from a defensive blunder before Dinis Almeida levelled with 13 minutes left.</p><p>Greek side Olympiacos finished seventh to go directly to the last 16 after a resounding 3-0 win over Qarabag.</p><p>Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce scraped into the playoffs in 24th position with a 2-2 draw at Midtjylland proving just enough as other results went in their favour.</p><p>Former European champions Porto also flirted with elimination but a 1-0 win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv courtesy of a Nico Gonzalez goal helped them to 18th place and playoff. </p>