UEFA Champions League round up

As this season's UEFA Champions League group stages came to an end, take a look at all the results from Matchday 6.

Juventus 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb

Juventus secured first place in Group H with relative ease, cruising past Dinamo Zagreb to stay unbeaten in the season's competition thanks to second half strikes from Gonzalo Higuain and Daniele Rugani. 

Lyon 0-0 Sevilla

In France, Lyon and Sevilla played out the night's only goalless draw as the Spanish side secured qualification for the last 16, meaning that their three-year streak of winning the Europa League will finally come to an end. 

Porto 5-0 Leicester City

Leicester City had already qualified for the knockout stages as the group leaders, so Claudio Ranieri named a completely 'out of the box' squad, which included players who were playing their first match in two years.

As expected, Porto thrashed the English Champions.

Andre Silva's goal in the sixth minute set the tone for a miserable night for the Foxes, with Jesús Corona smashing home a stunning volley to double the damage not long after as Ben Hamer looked on hopelessly. 

Hamer's presence was indicative of just how much Claudio Ranieri was willing to rotate his side in the match - the goalkeeper making his first appearance for the reigning Premier League champions for almost two years. 

Yacine Brahimi made it three with a slick backheel on the verge of half-time, with Silva's second goal from the penalty spot meaning that Leicester conceded four goals for the first time in a single European game. It was 5-0 shortly afterwards. It didn't matter. 

Porto's win meant that they will go into Monday's draw in Group G's second place behind Leicester.

Club Brugge 0-2 FC Kobenhaven

Copenhagen fell just short of the knockout round despite a 2-0 win over Club Brugge. 

Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 Monaco

Both the teams had their place secured in the knockouts, but it was a moral boosting win for Bayer Leverkusen.

Monaco, on the other hand, will be disappointed with the performance although they finish the group at the top.

Goals from Vladlen Yurchenko and Julian Brandt gave the German side a 2-0 lead before a late own goal put the result beyond doubt.

Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 CSKA Moscow

The North London club secured a place in Europa league as they had their first win in European competitions at their new stadium, Wembley.

Spurs failed to qualify for the champions league last 16 after losing too much of points at home, but will play in Europa league thanks to a 3-1 win over Russian outfits CSKA Moscow.

Spurs were 1-0 down at the middle of first half when Andre Dzagoev gave the visitors the lead.

But, Dele Alli and Harry Kane both struck from inside the box before the break to swing the game back in favour of the north London side, who welcomed back Toby Alderweireld into first team action midway through the second half as they rounded out a 3-1 win. 

Real Madrid 2-2 Borussia Dortmund

Los Blancos extend their unbeaten streak to 34 games, but failed to top the group as they blew away a 2 goal advantage in the second half.

A brace from Karim Benzema put Real Madrid 2-0 up but strikes from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marco Reus gave Dortmund the draw and a point to secure top spot.

The holders finish the Group as runner-up.

Legia Warsaw 1-0 Sporting CP

In the fight for the group's Europa League spot, Legia Warsaw triumphed over Sporting to leapfrog the Portuguese side thanks to a first-half strike from Guilherme.

The draws for last 16 will be declared on December 12. 

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Goals Galore at Signal Iduna Park, Real Madrid wins in Lisbon and other Champions league match results

Group F

Borussia Dortmund won the match 8-4 with the help of a hat trick from local hero Marco Reus.

Borussia Dortmund were playing against Legia Warsaw in match day 5 of Champions league group stages.

A total of 12 goals were scored on the night and the previous record of most goals in a single match got broken.

Previous record of most goals scored in a single match in UCL was when AS Monaco demolished Deportivo La Coruna 8-3 in 2003.

7 goals were scored in the first 32 minutes of the game.

Legia Warsaw took the lead in 10th minute after a fine finish from Aleksander Prijovic. Dortmund were taken by surprise.

Shinji Kagawa replied for Dortmund after equalizing in the 17th minute from a close range.

Kagawa was the man again as Dortmund took lead with 2nd goal in as many minutes.

Nuri Sahin then scored the third in an unlikely manner, Marco Reus sent the ball in from a free kick which Legia goalkeeper punches to clear but it took rebound off Nuri Sahin's body and back into net. 3-1 with just 20 minutes on the clock.

Now it was Legia's turn, Aleksander Prijovic made it 3-2 in 24th minute. He completed the low finish in the bottom-left corner after some not so convincing defending.

Ousama Dembele scored in the 29 minute after receiving a pass from Marco Reus. Legia's goalkeeper put his arm out but he couldn't keep out the shot.

In the 32nd minute, Marco Reus got his first of the match and Dortmund's 5th after piercing Legia's defense easily. The cut back from Kagawa from the left was finished by Reus. Kagawa got his 1st assist to couple with his two goals.

Dortmund came to scoring again but were denied and halfway mark score was 5-2.

7 minutes into the second half, Dembele was the problem again for Legia as he bagged his third assist after providing a curling delivery from the left which Marco Reus glanced into the goal. He got his 2nd of the night and score 6-2.

Legia pulled one back in the 57th minute, when Kucharczyk was found from the outside of the boot from Radovic. The goalscorer waited for Weidenfeller to rush onto him before completing a brilliant low finish to make it 6-3.

In the 81st minute Dortmund made it 7-3, when Passlack finished home the rebound after Schurrle forced a save from Cierzniak following a great run.

Two minutes later, Legia struck their 4th of the match on a counter attack. Nikolic's low finish was in the back of the net touching the post. Score 7-4

In the stoppage time, Marco Reus completed his hat trick on return, after galloping down the right and finishing a low strike from an acute angle through Cierzniak's legs.

The match ended Dortmund 8-4 Legia Warsaw.

Real beat 10- men Sporting CP to make it through to the last 16

It was homecoming for Cristiano Ronaldo as it was the club where he started his footballing career.

Cristiano scored against his former club on Match day 1.

Real Madrid started slowly with Sporting in ascendency for the first 10 minutes.
The hosts made a confident start willing to cause a major upset.

But Real got their footing in after few minutes claiming majority of possession.

And it was Real Madrid who drew first blood in the 29th minute, when Varane made a poacher's finish after Ronaldo mishit from a Luka Modric free kick from the right. It was a scrappy goal for the champions.

Sporting had to do all kinds of work after going behind. They had a few chances but couldn't finish it.
Halftime score was Sporting 0-1 Real Madrid.

In 2nd half, Sporting bean their pursuit of equalizer. Real Madrid, though were firm in defense, Sporting had some half chances but they were not enough.

Real Madrid suffered a blow when Gareth Bale had to be subbed off following an ankle injury. With this injury coming few days before El Clasico it will be a huge blow for league leaders, if he misses it.

The tempo slowed down a bit as the match reached 1 hour mark. 

In the 64th minute, Joao Pereira and Kovacic got involved in a scuffle at the right corner flag right under the nose of linesman, it seemed the Sporting right back shoved at the midfielder and he went down, but a bit theatrically as the replay suggested but the referee showed a straight red to the Sporting man and they were down to 10 with already a goal behind.

Real Madrid took full advantage of an extra man as they dominated possession.

But Sporting didn't give up their pursuit though and they were awarded a penalty for their perseverance, when Fabio Coentrao handed the ba just inside the box. It was really poor from the Madrid left back who came on as a substitute for Marcelo.

Captain Adrien Silva finished from the spot sending Keylor Navas the wrong way. And suddenly it was game on in Lisbon.
Sporting 1-1 Real Madrid in the 80th minute.

Sporting got confident of turning it around as they put pressure back on Real Madrid.

Sporting had to win this game to stay in hunt for the last 16, while Real Madrid just needed a draw to see them trough.

But in 87th minute, Karim Benzema headed home Sergio Ramos' cross to put the game to bed and ruining the dreams of Sporting CP to complete a turnaround.

5 minute of stoppage time was given but Madrid comfortably passed it through.
Benzema scored the winner as Real Madrid continued their title defence as they reach the knockout stages.

While Sporting now had to fight for a Europa League place.

Other matches : -

Group E

Tottenham Hotspur crash out of the Champions league after losing 2-1 to AS Monaco away.

CSKA Moscow equalized from the penalty spot in 76th minute after Bayer Leverkusen took the lead in the first half through Kevin Volland.

Group G

Leicester City beat Club Brugge 2-1 to advance to knockout stages as table toppers. Their dream run in their maiden champions league continues.

FC Porto and FC Kobenhaven shared the spoils as a 0-0 draw keeps both the teams in hunt for a knockout stage place behind Leicester.

Group H

In a big encounter in the Group Sevilla faced Juventus at home. The home side started strongly and took the lead in 9th minute through Nicolas Pareja but two yellow cards for Franco Vazquez in 10 minutes changed the game as goals from Claudio Marchisio, Leonardo Bonucci and Mario Mandzukic led Juventus to a 3-1 victory and through to the knockout stages.

In other group H match, Lyon beat Dinamo Zagreb by one goal to nil, away. Alexandre Lacazatte scored the only goal of the match but Lyon had to settle only for a place in Europa league as Juventus and Sevilla are through to the knockout stages.

That's all for the Champions league match day 5 results.

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