<p>Three times European champions Inter Milan were stunned 2-0 at home by Israeli side Hapoel Beer-Sheva and Manchester United were floored by a late goal from Feyenoord as the Europa League group stage got underway on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Israeli champions scored twice through Miguel Vitor and Maor Buzaglo in the second half to silence a sparsely populated San Siro and inflict a painful defeat on Inter manager Frank de Boer in his first European game at the club.<br /><br />Competition favourites United's trip to Rotterdam turned sour when Feyenoord's Tonny Trindade applied a slide-rule finish late in the second half to secure a 1-0 win in Group A following a poor display from Jose Mourinho's star-studded side.<br /><br />Zenit St Petersburg pulled off one of the most impressive fightbacks in European competition history when they came back from 3-0 down against Maccabi Tel Aviv to win 4-3 with all the Russian side's goals coming from the 77th minute onwards.AS Roma were held to a 1-1 draw at Viktoria Plzen, while fellow Italians Sassuolo, who are making their European debut, enjoyed a superb 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.<br /><br />Thursday's action featured the quickest goal in the competition's history when Slovan Liberec's Jan Sykora scored after 10.69 seconds in a 2-2 draw with Qarabag but late goals were the order of the day as Zenit fought back in Israel.<br /><br />Zenit looked beaten when they fell 3-0 behind in the 70th minute against Maccabi but Aleksandr Kokorin headed home to begin the comeback before Eli Dasa was sent off for the Israelis in the 81st.<br /><br />Further Zenit goals soon after from Brazilians Mauricio and Giuliano drew the Russians level and Luka Djordjevic remarkably grabbed the winner two minutes into stoppage time.<br /><br />Roma, who have made a bright start in Serie A with seven points from their opening three games, took the lead against Plzen in Group E when Diego Perotti calmly stroked home a fourth-minute penalty after Stephan El Shaarawy was felled.<br /><br />The lead lasted just seven minutes, however, as Martin Zeman's whipped cross found Marek Bakos to head the hosts level.<br /><br />Italian striker Mario Balotelli was making his European debut for Nice but his new side lost 1-0 at home to Schalke 04 with Baba Rahman scoring a 75th-minute winner.<br /><br />Premier League side Southampton won 3-0 against visiting Sparta Prague with a Charlie Austin double, while last season's beaten semifinalists Villarreal won 2-1 at home to Zurich with ex-AC Milan and Chelsea striker Pato among the scorers.<br /></p>
<p>Three times European champions Inter Milan were stunned 2-0 at home by Israeli side Hapoel Beer-Sheva and Manchester United were floored by a late goal from Feyenoord as the Europa League group stage got underway on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Israeli champions scored twice through Miguel Vitor and Maor Buzaglo in the second half to silence a sparsely populated San Siro and inflict a painful defeat on Inter manager Frank de Boer in his first European game at the club.<br /><br />Competition favourites United's trip to Rotterdam turned sour when Feyenoord's Tonny Trindade applied a slide-rule finish late in the second half to secure a 1-0 win in Group A following a poor display from Jose Mourinho's star-studded side.<br /><br />Zenit St Petersburg pulled off one of the most impressive fightbacks in European competition history when they came back from 3-0 down against Maccabi Tel Aviv to win 4-3 with all the Russian side's goals coming from the 77th minute onwards.AS Roma were held to a 1-1 draw at Viktoria Plzen, while fellow Italians Sassuolo, who are making their European debut, enjoyed a superb 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.<br /><br />Thursday's action featured the quickest goal in the competition's history when Slovan Liberec's Jan Sykora scored after 10.69 seconds in a 2-2 draw with Qarabag but late goals were the order of the day as Zenit fought back in Israel.<br /><br />Zenit looked beaten when they fell 3-0 behind in the 70th minute against Maccabi but Aleksandr Kokorin headed home to begin the comeback before Eli Dasa was sent off for the Israelis in the 81st.<br /><br />Further Zenit goals soon after from Brazilians Mauricio and Giuliano drew the Russians level and Luka Djordjevic remarkably grabbed the winner two minutes into stoppage time.<br /><br />Roma, who have made a bright start in Serie A with seven points from their opening three games, took the lead against Plzen in Group E when Diego Perotti calmly stroked home a fourth-minute penalty after Stephan El Shaarawy was felled.<br /><br />The lead lasted just seven minutes, however, as Martin Zeman's whipped cross found Marek Bakos to head the hosts level.<br /><br />Italian striker Mario Balotelli was making his European debut for Nice but his new side lost 1-0 at home to Schalke 04 with Baba Rahman scoring a 75th-minute winner.<br /><br />Premier League side Southampton won 3-0 against visiting Sparta Prague with a Charlie Austin double, while last season's beaten semifinalists Villarreal won 2-1 at home to Zurich with ex-AC Milan and Chelsea striker Pato among the scorers.<br /></p>