Tottenham Hotspur crashed out of the Champions League as Monaco qualified from Group E with a 2-1 win at the Stade Louis II.
Spurs
could have taken the lead after only seven minutes when Son Heung-Min
evaded the offside trap but was denied by keeper Danijel Subasic, and
within moments they were grateful to Hugo Lloris as he saved a Radamel
Falcao penalty after Eric Dier had fouled Fabinho.
Monaco broke
through in style just three minutes into the second half as Djibril
Sidibe powered home a header, only for the Londoners to respond moments
later when Dele Alli was fouled by Kamil Glik in the area.
Harry
Kane smashed home the equaliser from the spot despite Subasic getting a
touch, but within seconds the home side regained their lead as Djibril
Sidibe played the ball across the area and Thomas Lemar found space to
steer a low finish past Lloris.
Real Madrid won 2-1 at Sporting Lisbon to seal qualification from Group F thanks to a late Karim Benzema goal.
The
Spanish side took the lead when Raphael Varane fired home after the
Sporting defence had failed to deal with a free kick and Cristiano
Ronaldo's deflected effort fell to him.
The home side were down to
10 men when defender Joao Pereira was shown a straight red card for a
foul but levelled when Adrien Silva struck from the penalty spot with 10
minutes remaining after Fabio Coentrao was adjudged to have handled.
Benzema had the last word with time running out, heading home powerfully to wrap up the victory.
Borussia Dortmund and Legia Warsaw scored 12 goals between them to set a new Champions League record as the Bundesliga side won 8-4 in an astonishing game at the Westfalenstadion.
The
visitors went in front when Aleksandar Prijovic produced an outstanding
finish, but Shinji Kagawa quickly nodded an equaliser and then found
space to fire the home team 2-1 in front.
It was 3-1 after only 20
minutes when goalkeeper Radoslaw Cierzniak punched a free kick straight
at Nuri Sahin and saw the ball ricochet into the net, but the unmarked
Prijovic restored hope with a low finish.
With half an hour gone,
Dortmund regained their two-goal advantage when Ousmane Dembele struck,
and moments later it was 5-2 when Marco Reus tapped home at the end of
another slick attack.
The goals continued to flow after the break
as Reus made it 6-2, Michal Kucharczyk made it 6-3, Felix Passlack
struck again for the home side and then Nemanja Nikolic got the
visitors' fourth. Reus completed his hat trick to provide the final
flourish.
Leicester City sealed their place in the round of 16 and won Group G thanks to a 2-1 home victory over Club Brugge.
The
Foxes went in front after five minutes with a superb goal made by Jamie
Vardy and Christian Fuchs, who combined down the left for the latter to
cross for Shinji Okazaki to produce a brilliant volleyed finish into
the roof of the net.
They made it 2-0 before the break when
Albrighton was tripped in the area and Riyad Mahrez fired home from the
spot, but a superb solo goal by Jose Izquierdo halved the deficit early
in the second half as he powered a finish past Ron-Robert Zieler.
Juventus came from a goal down to win 3-1 at Sevilla as they moved top of Group H and confirmed their place in the knockout stages.
Sevilla
took an early lead, striking with nine minutes on the clock when
defender Nicolas Pareja fired home a low volley from the edge of the
area.
Juan Cuadrado saw his shot from an angle pushed away as
Juventus tried to respond, with the Serie A champions struggling to
create good chances against high-pressing opponents denying them time
and space.
But Franco Vazquez was sent off after collecting two
bookings before the break and Juventus then equalised from the penalty
spot through Claudio Marchisio, whose effort went in despite goalkeeper
Sergio Rico getting a hand to it.
With six minutes remaining
Leonardo Bonucci put the visitors into the lead, and Mario Mandzukic
sealed the victory when he fired home in stoppage time.
Lyon won 1-0 at Dinamo Zagreb after a game in which they had enjoyed the lion's share of chances.
The
visitors dominated possession and threatened an early goal when Jordan
Ferri's deflected effort came back off the crossbar and Mathieu Valbuena
came close to breaking the deadlock shortly before half-time when his
curling effort was well saved by Dominik Livakovic.
Zagreb hit
back and were close to a leveller when Amer Gojak flicked a header wide
of the target, but Lyon got the goal they deserved when Alexandre
Lacazette found himself alone at the far post to tap home.
Porto missed the chance to get the win that would have confirmed their qualification when they were held to a 0-0 draw at Copenhagen in Group G.
The
home side had the better of a goalless first period as their visitors
lacked attacking ideas but were unable to take their opportunities, with
Erik Johansson failing to convert two headed chances.
Andre Silva
had a chance for Porto but, after cutting inside a defender, fired his
effort wide, and the same player came close in the early stages of the
second half when his shot after a goalmouth scramble was well saved by
Robin Olsen as the visitors upped the tempo.
Bayer Leverkusen are through to the knockout stages after a 1-1 draw at CSKA Moscow in Group E.
Kevin Volland gave Leverkusen the lead in the 17th minute from close range after he was left unmarked at a free kick.
Leverkusen
gave away a needless penalty when Benjamin Henrichs made a clumsy
challenge on Mario Fernandes, but Bibras Natcho's 76th-minute goal
wasn't enough to keep the fourth-placed Russian team's hopes of
qualifying alive.
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