Olivier Giroud netted his 100th goal for Arsenal as they ran out 4-2 winners over BATE Borisov at the Borisov Arena in Belarus.
Among Thursday's other early kick-offs, Red Bull Salzburg edged out Marseille, Lazio beat Zulte Waregem 2-0 and Zenit St Petersburg eased to a 3-1 win over Real Sociedad.
For all the results and the group tables, visit WhoScored.com. Here are the top scorers in the competition thus far:
- Aleksandr Kokorin, Zenit St Petersburg, 4 goals
- Alasanne Plea, Nice, 4 goals
- Andre Silva, AC Milan, 3 goals
- Diego Llorente, Real Sociedad, 3 goals
- Constantin Budescu, FCSB, 3 goals
Recap
A strong start for the Gunners saw them take the lead when Jack Wilshere burst into the box after just nine minutes, and Theo Walcott converted his cross at the second time of asking after Dzianis Shcharbitski got a hand to his initial header.