Harry Maguire comes to the rescue for Man United in Europe, while Chelsea and Tottenham secure victories

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Harry Maguire's late goal in the 91st minute salvaged a 3-3 draw for Manchester United against Porto in the Europa League in Porto, Portugal on Oct 3. Meanwhile, Chelsea got their Conference League campaign off to a winning start with a victory at home.

Tottenham maintained their 100 per cent start in the Europa League at Ferencvaros and Serie A side Roma went down 1-0 in Sweden against Elfsborg.

The beleaguered Erik ten Hag’s Man United made a blistering start in Porto with goals from Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hojlund firing them into a 2-0 lead in the opening 20 minutes.

But Pepe pulled one back for the hosts on 27 minutes before a brace by Samu Omorodion either side of the break flipped the game on its head.

Bruno Fernandes was given his marching orders for a high boot with nine minutes remaining and United seemed to be heading to a second defeat in a week after losing their skipper to another red card.

But Maguire popped up in injury time to head in from a corner and grab the Manchester club their second draw in two Europa League outings this term and relieve some of the pressure on Ten Hag.

Chelsea marked their first-ever appearance in the Conference League with a 4-2 win over visiting Belgian side Gent.

Manager Enzo Maresca utilised his large squad, naming an entirely different starting XI to the one that played in the league at the weekend.

Renato Veiga headed Chelsea into the lead in the 12th minute, which Pedro Neto then doubled one minute after the interval.

Tsuyoshi Watanabe made it 2-1 in the 50th minute but two goals from Christopher Nkunku and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in seven minutes killed off the tie before Omri Gandelman scored a consolation.