article_snippet: Jonathan Hayes holds off Ruben Pardo but Aberdeen crashed out of Europa League to Real Sociedad .
article_snippet: Liverpool started Europa League campaign in Europa League, but looked ordinary against Besiktas in the Europa League round of 32 second leg.
article_snippet: And so, Europa League was left to Roberto Martinez's Everton side to pick up the pieces and fly the flag for English football in Europe.
article_snippet: After a 2-1 first leg victory against Dynamo Kiev at Goodison Park, Everton were the narrow favourites to go through to Europa League last eight and give English fans something to sing for.
article_snippet: Unfortunately for the Toffees faithful, Everton continued the embarrassing trend of crashing out of Europe by succumbing to a 5-2 defeat in the Ukraine giving Dynamo a deserved 6-4 aggregate success.
article_snippet: Roberto Martinez's Everton were an embarrassment in defeat away at Dynamo Kiev on Thursday .