Europa League: Leicester, Napoli Suffer Loss To Legia, Spartak

Leicester and Napoli face an uphill task to reach the Europa League knockout stages after both fell to shock defeats on Thursday, while Rangers' 1-0 loss to Sparta Prague was overshadowed by another race row involving Glen Kamara.

A much-changed Leicester went down 1-0 to Legia Warsaw in Poland, while Napoli's unbeaten record this season was ended by Quincy Promes' double for Spartak Moscow in a thrilling 3-2 win for the Russians at the Diego Maradona stadium.

Unlike the Italians, who top Serie A with a 100 per cent record, Leicester have also started poorly in the Premier League.

With that in mind Brendan Rodgers made wholesale changes ahead of Sunday's trip to Crystal Palace and paid a heavy price.

The only goal of a cagey encounter in Warsaw arrived on 31 minutes as Mahir Emreli shrugged off Daniel Amartey and drilled a low shot through Jannik Vestergaard's legs and in off the post.

"I've made the changes but it doesn't take away the importance from it. We have four more games to qualify," said Rodgers.

"We've got one point from two games but there is enough time to do that."

Napoli got off to a flying start as Elif Elmas struck after just 11 seconds.

However, Mario Rui's red card on 29 minutes changed the course of the game.

Promes levelled early in the second period and Mikhail Ignatov put the visitors in front before Maximiliano Caufriez's dismissal balanced up the numbers.

Another goal from Promes in stoppage time put the game beyond Napoli despite Victor Osimhen pulling back a late consolation.

Legia top the group on six points with Spartak on three and the more fancied Leicester and Napoli left on one each.