Philippe Coutinho's 10th minute strike set Inter Milan on their way to their first win in UEFA Europa League Group H tonight with a 3-1 success against Neftchi in Azerbaijan.

Inter, who had been held at home in their opening group game by Rubin Kazan, built on their lead with further strikes from Joel Obi and Marko Livaja before half-time. Nicolas Canales scored a 53rd-minute consolation for the hosts.

However, Rubin Kazan kept pace with the Italians with a 2-0 home win over Partizan Belgrade. Gokdeniz Karadeniz opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time and Alexander Ryazantsev added a second just after the break.

Hungarians Videoton pulled off an upset in Group G as they strolled to a 3-0 home win over Sporting Lisbon. Paulo Vinicius, Filipe Oliveira and Nemanja Nikolic all scored before half-time for the home team, who had slumped to a 3-0 defeat of their own at Genk in their opening group game.

The Belgians had looked well on their way to another win in the other Group G game as they led Basel 2-0 in Switzerland through an early Benjamin De Ceulaer strike and a second from Jelle Vossen. But the hosts hit back to claim a point in a 2-2 draw thanks to a second half double from Marco Streller, the first of which came from the penalty spot.

Lazio nudged to their first win in Group J - Ederson hitting the only goal of the game in the 62nd minute against Maribor at the Stadio Olimpico. The visitors had Jovan Vidovic sent off late on.

Also in Group J, Tottenham were denied their first win by a late Toche equaliser for Panathinaikos in Athens. Michael Dawson had put Spurs ahead in the 35th minute.

In Group I, Gueida Fofana scored twice, including an injury-time winner, as Lyon earned their second straight win with a thrilling 4-3 triumph over Hapoel Kiryat Shmona in Israel. Shimon Abuhatzira put the home side in front after just seven minutes before Fofana, Fabian Monzon and Anthony Reveillere put the Frenchmen well in control at the break. Hapoel clawed back level through Lior Levi and Abuhatzira, but when they thought they had done enough to take a point, Fofana struck two minutes into added time.

Bilbao blip
Last year's runners-up Athletic Bilbao slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Sparta Prague. Tomas Zapotocny, Bekim Balaj and Josef Husbauer scored for the home side, with Oscar De Marcos replying late for Bilbao.

In Group K, Edmar and Cleiton Xavier scored to give Metalist Kharkiv a 2-0 home win over Rapid Vienna, while Stefan Kiessling scored in the 76th minute to give Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 win at Rosenborg.

Hannover shrugged off the ninth minute dismissal of Tunisian defender Karim Haggui to beat Spaniards Levante 2-1 in Germany. Michel had put Levante in front from the spot after Haggui's red card, but Szabolcs Huszti and Didier Ya Konan struck back to win it for the home side in Group L.

In the same group, two Nikola Durdic goals put Helsingborg 2-0 up against FC Twente, but the Dutch side hit back to claim a 2-2 draw with goals from Rasmus Bengtsson and Douglas.

In an early kick-off in Group A, veteran striker Samuel Eto'o scored two late goals to give big-spending Russians Anzhi Makhachkala a 2-0 win over Young Boys.