ManU reach last 16 after 2-1 home win over CSKA
London, December 6
Manchester United reached the Champions League last-16 as Group A winners after coming from behind to beat CSKA Moscow 2-1 at home and finish ahead of Basel who also went through with a 2-0 win at Benfica on Tuesday.
The result left United top of the section on 15 points, three more than second-placed Basel and six ahead of third-placed CSKA who will carry on in the second-tier Europa League after the winter break.
Having missed a string of good chances in the opening period, United fell behind to a freakish Vitinho goal, heavily deflected off Alan Dzagoev, on the stroke of halftime before Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford struck within a minute to turn the match on its head.
Barca beat Sporting
Barcelona scored twice in the second half to beat Sporting Lisbon 2-0 at home, rounding off their unbeaten group stage campaign with a fourth win, while knocking the Portuguese side out of the competition.
With Lionel Messi left on the bench, Paco Alcacer gave Barca the lead in the 59th minute with a glancing header from a corner while former Barca defender Jeremy Mathieu clumsily slid Aleix Vidal's low cross into his own net in stoppage time. — Reuters
Champions League results
- Barcelona 2-0 Sporting
- Man U 2-1 CSKA Moscow
- Chelsea 1-1 Atletico Madrid
- Bayern 3-1 Paris
- Roma 1-0 Qarabag FK
- Anderlecht 1-0 Celtic
- FC Basel 2-0 Benfica
- Juventus 2-0 Olympiacos
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