Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes scored a hat trick in a 4-1 win over 10-man Real Sociedad, and Tottenham overcame AZ Alkmaar 3-1 as both Premier League clubs advanced to the Europa League quarterfinals.

We shall face Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. Having overcome AZ Alkmaar in the round of 16 on Thursday night - overturning last Thursday's 1-0 defeat with a 3-1 win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to progress 3-2 on aggregate - we will now face the German Bundesliga side in the final eight.

A heavily rotated Ajax side was knocked out of the UEFA Europa League on Thursday after a 4-1 hammering at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt in the Deutsche Bank Park. The Amsterdammers had lost the first leg 1-2 in Amsterdam.

Athletic Bilbao remained on course towards the Europa League final in their home stadium with a 3-1 victory over 10-man Roma on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals along with 2022 champions Eintracht Frankfurt,

Athletic Bilbao used a one-man advantage and two goals from Nico Williams to beat Roma 3-1 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Europa League. Roma won the first leg of their round-of-16 tie 2-1 last week but had to play with 10 men from the 11th minute after Mats Hummels received a straight red card for downing Maroan Sannadi.