Manchester United, Chelsea, Porto and Girondins Bordeaux have sealed their places in the next round after Tuesday's European Champions League group matches.
Bordeaux players react after fellow team member Marouane Chamakh scored a goal during their Group A Champions League soccer match against Bayern Munich in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Bordeaux won the match 2-0. [Xinhua/Reuters Photo] |
French champions Bordeaux's 2-0 road victory pushed the four-time European champion Bayern Munich to the edge of elimination while Man. Utd suffered a scare before they pulled two goals back to level CSKA Moscow 3-3.
Porto clinched a 1-0 win at APOEL Nicosia and Chelsea drew 2-2 with Atletico Madrid to make the last 16.
Chelsea's Didier Drogba celebrates his first goal during their Champions League soccer match against Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, November 3, 2009. [Xinhua/Reuters Photo] |
In a dramatic Group B match, Man. Utd trailed at 3-1 with only 10 minutes left when Paul Scholes and a deflected Antonio Valencia effort off the head of Georgy Shchennikov forced the draw.
Manchester United's Michael Owen (R) celebrates his goal against CSKA Moscow's with Nani during their Champions League soccer match at Old Trafford in Manchester, northern England, November 3, 2009. [Xinhua/Reuters Photo] |
Hosts Besiktas lost to VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 in the other match.
Didier Drogba scored twice on his return from a three-match European suspension for Chelsea in Group D where Porto also advanced.
With Bordeaux advancing from Group A with 10 points and Juventus moving on to eight with a 1-0 win at Haifa, Bayern with four points, face a battle to qualify with a home match against Haifa and a visit to Juventus remaining.
AC Milan's Andrea Pirlo (R) fights for the ball with Real Madrid's Raul during their Champions League soccer match at the San Siro stadium in Milan November 3, 2009.[Xinhua/Reuters Photo] |
The Group C saw a clash between AC Milan and Real Madrid, who have won the European Cup 16 times between them.
The 1-1 draw left both on seven points from four matches, just one ahead of Olympique Marseille who crushed FC Zurich 6-1.
Maccabi Haifa, Besiktas, APOEL Nicosia and Atletico were all eliminated, but could yet finish third in their respective groups and go into the Europa League.