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Manchester United played their opening match of the Europa League at home to a 1-1 draw against FC Twente on Wednesday night. Christian Eriksen scored, but then made a mistake that led to the equalizer.

The Denmark international put United ahead with a powerful first-half goal on a soaking wet evening at Old Trafford, before Sam Lammers equalised for Twente in the 68th minute after Eriksen had possession.

United manager Erik ten Hag selected a strong team for the match against Twente, a club where the Dutchman came through the youth ranks and played three spells as a player before making the switch to the Eredivisie club.

Marcus Rashford returned to the starting line-up after coming on as a substitute in Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace. Harry Maguire replaced Matthijs de Ligt in defence and Manuel Ugarte replaced Kobbie Mainoo.

United had an early chance when Lammers fired the ball just wide after poor play from Diogo Dalot, with Twente goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall making a superb save to prevent Mees Hilgers from firing into his own net.

However, he was beaten hard by a lightning bolt from Eriksen after the ball ended up with the midfielder in the Twente penalty area.

Just before the hour mark, Andre Onana worked a low free kick from Sem Steijn past the post, but Twente managed to level the score when former Rangers striker Lammers dispossessed Eriksen and fired the ball in.

Unnerstall tipped Joshua Zirkzee’s shot over the bar and Bruno Fernandes came close. Unnerstall made a brilliant save in injury time to stop a header from Maguire, which was saved by Gijs Besselink.

Ultimately, United had to settle for a disappointing point at the start of the new 36-team competition, which is similar in format to the revamped Champions League.

Porto, winners of the second European competition in 2003 and 2011, lost 3-2 at Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt, who played most of the second half with 10 men.

Ruben van Bommel, son of former Dutch international Mark, scored twice for AZ Alkmaar in the 3-2 victory over Swedish side Elfsborg. Former Tottenham striker Troy Parrott scored the winning goal from the penalty spot.

Mauro Icardi’s goal in the dying minutes of the match secured a 3-1 victory for Galatasaray over PAOK in Istanbul, while Nice were made to pay for a missed penalty in the 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad.

Ander Barrenetxea put La Real ahead, with Pablo Rosario equalising just before half-time, but Evann Guessand saw his second-half penalty saved for the home side.

Slavia Prague won 2-0 at Bulgarian Ludogorets, while Danish champions Midtjylland drew 1-1 at Hoffenheim and Anderlecht won 2-1 against Hungarian Ferencvaros.

Boulaye Dia scored twice in Lazio’s 3-0 win over Dynamo Kiev in Hamburg, with both teams having a player sent off.