Uefa Cup round-up:Darren Bent struck a hat-trick as Tottenham continued their resurgence under new manager Harry Redknapp to grab their first points of the Uefa Cup pool stages with a convincing win over Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb at White Hart Lane.

Tom Huddlestone also found the net for the Londoners to move them second in Group D behind Udinese who beat Spartak Moscow 2-1 in Russia.

Aston Villa picked up maximum points at Slavia Prague after Steve Sidwell's first half strike was deflected in by John Carew.

Martin O'Neill's side were pinned back as the game wore on but hung in there to move to the top of Group F, three points ahead of Hamburg and Ajax, after the latter beat MSK Zilina 1-0 in Amsterdam.

Speaking afterwards, Sidwell said: "It's been a frustrating start for me personally so it was good to play.

"We've got a fantastic squad and the manager bought well. It (the Uefa Cup) is very important and we want to go all the way. We proved that tonight."

At Eastlands, Manchester City made hard work of Steve MacLaren's FC Twente but won 3-2 in the end thanks to goals from Shaun Wright-Phillips, Robinho and Mwaruwari Benjani.

Galatasaray took control of Group B with a 2-0 win over Benfica in Portugal that sends them top with six points, four ahead of Hertha Berlin who 1-1 drew away against FC Metalist Kharkiv.

It's tight in Group C, with three points for four teams, after Standard Liege beat Sevilla 1-0 at home to move level with the Spaniards and Sampdoria, while a Mario Gomez brace gave Stuttgart a 2-0 home win over Partizan Belgrade.

A 90th minute Ronaldinho goal gave AC Milan the points against FC Braga of Portugal and sent them top of Group E, three points ahead of Wolfsburg who opened their campaign with a 5-1 demolition of Dutch side Heerenveen.

A 3-0 win over Rosenborg for St Etienne sent the French side top of Group G, with Valencia on three points.

Finally, CSKA Moscow's 3-1 win in Feyenoord leaves them top of Group H, with Nancy two points adrift after a 2-2 draw away to Lech Poznan.