The 2024-25 UEFA Europa League Matchday 1 took place over the last two days and saw some surprising results as Manchester United drew at Old Trafford against Twente, while Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham won 3-0 against Qarabag in their first home game of the European campaign.

The key plotline for the evening – from an English perspective – is the position Arsenal find themselves in. One-nil down from their first leg against Hacken in the Women’s