Atletico Madrid began their Europa League defence with a 1-0 defeat to Aris Thessaloniki, while Juventus could only draw with Lech Poznan.

Spaniard Javito struck a brilliant winner midway through the second half for Aris Thessaloniki, who kept their unbeaten European home record intact and burst Atletico's early-season bubble.

A hat-trick from Patrick Helmes and one from Stefan Reinartz saw Bayer Leverkusen beat Rosenborg 4-0 in the other Group B game.

Meanwhile Lech Poznan striker Artjoms Rudnevs scored a hat-trick as Juve were held to a 3-3 home draw by the Polish outfit.

Juve had overcome a two-goal deficit to lead 3-2, veteran striker Alessandro Del Piero setting up Giorgio Chiellini either side of half-time and then firing But his goal was bettered in injury time when Rudnevs blasted his third from 35 yards to complete his hat-trick.

Manchester City beat Salzburg 2-0 in the other Group A game.

In Group D, Ante Rukavina and Jorge Sammir got the goals as Dinamo Zagreb claimed an impressive 2-0 win over Villarreal, who had Marcos Senna sent off, while Club Brugge drew 1-1 with PAOK.

Lille continued a largely disappointing week for French teams in Europe, losing 2-1 at home to Sporting Lisbon, with Pierre-Alain Frau's goal all they could muster after Simon Vukcevic and Helder Postiga had put the visitors 2-0 up, while Levski Sofia twice came from behind to beat Gent 3-2 in the other Group C match.

In Group F, Palermo's disappointing start to the season continued as they lost 3-2 at Sparta Prague and CSKA Moscow won 3-0 at Lausanne, while AZ Alkmaar took the early advantage in Group E, beating FC Sheriff 2-1 as Dynamo Kiev and BATE Borisov drew 2-2.

Aris Salonica v Atletico Madrid 1:0