Everton's strong Europa League run this season continued with a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday night.
Roberto Martinez's Toffees produced their third win in a row in Europe's second tier club competition thanks to goals from Steven Naismith and Romelu Lukaku (penalty), which came after Oleh Husyev's 14th-minute opener.
?The victory at Goodison Park has next week's return bout in Kyiv on tenterhooks as Dynamo managed to net a vital away goal but Everton's form of six wins, two draws and one loss in Europe this term is hard to fault.
?In Germany, Kevin de Bruyne scored a double as Wolfsburg got the better of Inter Milan 3-1 at the Volkswagen Arena.
?Roberto Mancini's Nerazzurri hit the front through Rodrigo Palacio in just the sixth minute but Naldo grabbed an equaliser for Dieter Hecking's Wolves prior to the half-hour mark before ex-Chelsea winger de Bruyne grabbed two in the second half to complete the comeback.
?Gonzalo Higuain influenced Napoli to a 3-1 triumph over Dinamo Moscow with the Argentine striker helping himself to a hat-trick at the Stadio San Paolo.
?Higuain hit the back of the net in 25th, 31st (penalty) and 55th minutes to lead Rafael Benitez's side to a comfortable home result over the Russians who were reduced to ten men early in the second half.
?Elsewhere, Zenit Saint Petersburg got the better of ten-man Torino with a 2-0 home win, Dnipro upset Ajax 1-0 in Kyiv, Club Brugge kept Belgium's hopes alive by beating Turkey's Besiktas 2-1, Sevilla won the all-Spain Round of 16 affair 3-1 over Villarreal at El Madrigal and Roma held Fiorentina to a 1-1 draw win Florence.
? 2014/15 UEFA Europa League - Round of 16 first leg
??Zenit Saint Petersburg (RUS): 2 (Axel Witsel 38', Domenico Criscito 53')?Torino (ITA): 0 (red card: Marco Benassi 27')?Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia
??Dnipro (UKR): 1 (Roman Zozulya 30')?Ajax (NED): 0?Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine
??Wolfsburg (GER): 3 (Naldo 28', Kevin de Bruyne 63'/76')?Inter Milan (ITA): 1 (Rodrigo Palacio 6')?Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany
??Club Brugge (BEL): 2 (Tom De Sutter 62', Lior Refaelov (p) 79')?Besiktas (TUR): 1 (Gokhan Tore 46')?Jan Breydel Stadium, Brugge, Belgium
??Everton (ENG): 2 (Steven Naismith 39', Romelu Lukaku (p) 82')?Dynamo Kyiv (UKR): 1 (Oleh Husyev 14')?Goodison Park, Liverpool, England
??Villarreal (SPN): 1 (Luciano Vietto 48')?Sevilla (SP): 3 (Vitolo 1', Stephane M'Bia 26', Kevin Gameiro 50')?El Madrigal, Villarreal, Spain
??Napoli (ITA): 3 (Gonzalo Higuain 25'/(p) 31'/55')?Dinamo Moscow (RUS): 1 (Kevin Kuranyi 2', red card: Roman Zobnin 46')?Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy
??Fiorentina (ITA): 1 (Josip Ilicic 17')?AS Roma (ITA): 1 (Seydou Keita 77')?Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy?
