Marco Reus scored a late equaliser for Borussia Dortmund as they fought back from two goals
down to earn a 2-2 draw against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
That result ensures the
Bundesliga side top Group F ahead of the current European champions.
Goals from Karim Benzema in the
28th and 53rd minute looked to have put Madrid in full control of the game but
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck on the hour and Reus, with two minutes
remaining, salvaged an unlikely point for Thomas Tuchel's side.
Elsewhere, Legia Warsaw won their first Champions League game
since 1995 as they beat Sporting Lisbon 1-0 courtesy of Guilherme's first-half
strike. The win saw them finish ahead of their Portuguese opponents and take a
place in the Europa League.
A changed Leicester City side went down 5-0 to Porto in Portugal thanks to goals from Andre
Silva (2), Jesus Corona and Yacime Brahimi.
Claudio Ranieri, whose side had
already ensured progress to the next round, made 10 changes from the side that
lost to Sunderland in the Premier League at the weekend and it showed.
Silva headed Porto ahead in the
sixth minute before a brilliant Jesus Corona volley in the 26th minute put the
hosts firmly in control and Brahimi added a third just before half-time. Silva
grabbed his second of the game from the penalty spot on 64 minutes and Diogo
Jota added a fifth after 77 minutes.
FC Copenhagen ran out 2-0 winners at Club Brugge but it was in vain as Porto's victory
guaranteed them second place and qualification for the round of 16. A Brandon
Mechele own goal in the eighth minute saw Copenhagen in front and Mathias
Jorgensen headed a second from another defensive mix-up from a corner.
Tottenham
Hotspur recovered
from an early setback at Wembley to beat CSKA Moscow 3-1 and qualify for the Europa League.
Alan Dzagoev put CSKA ahead
against the run of play in the 33rd minute when the Russia international kept
his cool to shoot past Hugo Lloris.
But Spurs replied emphatically
when Dele Alli, who had earlier seen a good headed effort saved, controlled a
Christian Eriksen cross to fire past Igor Akinfeev in the 38th minute before
Harry Kane converted Danny Rose's cross from close range in added time at the
end of the first-half.
A firm header from Alli looked to
have been well saved by Akinfeev before the goalkeeper managed to kick the ball
into his own net with just over 10 minutes remaining.
In the other game in Group E, Bayer Leverkusen consolidated their position in second
place with a 3-0 win against group winners Monaco.
Leverkusen, who had dominated the
early exchanges, took the lead in the 30th minute when Vladlen Yurchenko,
allowed too much room on the edge of the box, curled a right-foot shot into the
top corner and beyond Morgan De Sanctis.
Three minutes into the
second-half Hakan Calhanoglu set up Julian Brandt for a second and Monaco's
woes were confounded late in the game when Wendell's penalty struck the
crossbar but rebounded in off De Sanctis as Leverkusen scored a third goal.
Gonzalo Higuain ended a four-game
scoring drought by scoring for Juventusas they beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 to claim top spot in Group H. The
Argentina international took advantage of sloppy defending to shoot home from
the centre of the area in the 52nd minute and Daniele Rugani headed a second in
the 73rd minute.
Lyon and Sevilla played out a
goalless draw in the other game, a result which sees three-time Europa League
champions Sevilla qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League and
Lyon drop into the Europa League.
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