London, November 7:

England enjoyed a good night in the UEFA Cup on Thursday with wins from Tottenham, Manchester City and Aston Villa.

Tottenham beat Dinamo Zagreb 4-0, City defeated FC Twente 3-2 and Villa won 1-0 at Slavia Prague. In other matches, Galatasaray won 2-0 at Benfica, AC Milan beat Braga 1-0 and Sevilla were shocked 1-0 at Standard Liege. Udinese continued their good form with a 2-1 win at Spartak Moscow.

City are just a point behind Schalke, who drew 1-1 at Racing Santander. Mario Gomez scored twice in five second-half minutes to give Stuttgart a 2-0 victory over Partizan Belgrade, although fellow Bundesliga team Hertha Berlin had to settle for a 0-0 draw at Metalist Kharkiv.

Milan needed a last-minute goal by Ronaldinho to keep alive their perfect record in Group E, while 2000 champion Galatasaray eased to the top of Group B, already four points clear of Hertha.