Kewell Scores As Petko Sees Red

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Harry Kewell scored again for Galatasaray while Michael Petkovic boiled over and was sent off for Sivasspor in a big night of Europa League action.

Kewell came off the bench to score for Galatasaray in a comfortable 5-0 triumph over Estonian club Levadia Tallinn.

Abdul Kader Keita had earlier scored a first-half double and Milan Baros added a third from the spot in the second stanza before Kewell's strike.

Kewell struck on 78 minutes, when he collected a pass from Hakan Balta on the edge of the box before taking a touch and firing a low left-footed shot past Levadia keeper Martin Kaalma.

Galatasaray got a fifth, which reinforced their advantage ahead of the return-leg in Estonia, after a comical own goal from Levadia defender Vitali Leitan late in the game.

Elsewhere, Michael Petkovic's Turkish club Sivasspor continued their miserable campaign with a 3-0 home loss to last season's UEFA Cup winners Shakhtar Donetsk.

To make matters worse the Australian stopper was sent off late in the contest for a crude foul on Shakhtar forward Julius Aghahowa.

Earlier in the match, Petkovic had made a suspect decision on 7 minutes to offer the Ukrainians the opener, when he elected to block, rather than claim, a low-cross allowing Oleksiy Gai to slam home the subsequent rebound.

Sivasspor remained in the tie until late on, when a 76th minute long-range Ilsinho effort seemed to go under Petkovic and in to double Shakhtar's advantage, before Vasyl Kobin converted a nice team goal to add a third for the visitors.

Elsewhere in Thursday night's Europa League action, Tim Cahill played a full game as Everton defeated Czech club Sigma Olomouc 4-0 at Goodison Park, while fellow Premier League outfit Fulham defeated Russians Amkar Perm 3-1 with Mark Schwarzer putting in a full shift for the Cottagers.

Another English club, Aston Villa, went down 1-0 to Austrian side Rapid Vienna. Interestingly, young Irish-Australian Shane Lowry was an 80th minute substitute for the Birmingham club.

In Azerbaijan, Scott Chipperfield played a full game helping FC Basel produce a second-half fightback to defeat FK Baku 3-1.

In Bulgaria, Luke Wilkshire put in a full shift as Dinamo Moscow grabbed a 0-0 draw at CSKA Sofia.

In Italy, Ante Covic was beaten by three times as IF Elfsborg were torn apart by Lazio losing 3-0 at the Stadio Olimpico.

In the Netherlands, Nikita Rukavytsya remained on the sidelines as FC Twente comfortably defeated FK Qarabaq 3-1.

In Romania, FC Vaslui defeated Nathan Burns's AEK Athens 2-1, while finally in Croatia, Dinamo Zagreb eased past Hearts 4-0 with young Aussie pair Ryan McGowan and Matthew Park not involved for the Scottish club.