Europa League Results 2015: Group-Stage Scores, Updated Tables After Thursday

Tottenham Hotspur came from behind to beat Qarabag FK 3-1 as they got their 2015 UEFA Europa League group stage off to a winning start on Thursday, while Liverpool drew 1-1 away at Bordeaux.

Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund needed a late winner as they edged past Krasnodar. In one of the most intriguing clashes of the night, Ajax were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Celtic.

Here are all the results from Thursday's group-stage matches, complete with updated tables and a recap of the action.

Thursday Recap

A young Spurs side made life difficult for themselves against Qarabag, but a quickfire brace from Heung-Min Son rescued the three points.

Qarabag were 1-0 up through a penalty seven minutes in, Richard Almeida de Oliveira converting well after Kieran Trippier lived up to his name and clumsily felled Ansi Agolli.

The Lilywhites were level before the half-hour mark, though, as Son poked home an Erik Lamela corner from six yards out, completely unmarked by Qarabag's defence.

The South Korea international made it two just minutes later, exchanging the ball with Dele Alli and finishing calmly from close range. Squawka Football illustrated the forward's impressive display: 

Both sides subsequently enjoyed plenty of chances in an entertaining end-to-end match, but it wasn't until late on that Lamela rounded off the victory with a sublime finish, latching onto Harry Kane's pass and dinking the ball deftly over the 'keeper in a one-on-one.

With the much tougher prospects of Monaco and Anderlecht yet to come, it was incredibly important Spurs claimed all three points.

Earlier, Borussia Dortmund started brightly in their match but found themselves a goal down after just 12 minutes when Pavel Mamaev turned in Fyodor Smolov's low cross, the winger having ghosted past Matthias Ginter into the area.

BVB continued to exert pressure through Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Adnan Januzaj, and Ginter atoned for his error just before the break as he rose magnificently to meet Park Joo-Ho's whipped ball in. 

Krasnodar goalkeeper Andriy Dykan continued to deny Dortmund after the break as he saved efforts from Januzaj, while Ilkay Gundogan was guilty of wastefulness as he sent several attempts wide.

Ginter turned provider late on as Dortmund's pressure again told, this time the German wreaking havoc down the right and delivering an excellent ball across goal for Park to seal the win with a diving header.

WhoScored.com highlighted Ginter's outstanding form:

In one of the other earlier kick-offs, Liverpool took the lead in the second half against Bordeaux but could not hang on for all three points.

Philippe Coutinho struck the post from distance and Danny Ings saw his low effort saved, but Adam Lallana made no mistake with a fantastic goal as he nutmegged a defender on the edge of the area and curled his shot home. The Times' Tony Barrett praised the performances of youngsters Jordan Rossiter and Pedro Chirivella:

Bordeaux hit back, though, levelling through Jussie after Joe Gomez's failed clearance fell to the forward inside the box. Lallana admitted to BT Sport the result was a disappointment, but he highlighted Rossiter and Chirivella's efforts:

On the plus side for the Reds, they've got what in theory will be their most difficult match of the group stage over with and have a point to show for it, which stands them in fairly good stead. However, their inability to produce encouraging performances as a team or grind out results while underperforming is worrying.

Unless they can build up some confidence by returning to winning ways in the Premier League, Sion will have little to worry about in their next match on the back of their win against Rubin Kazan.