Tottenham and Eintracht Frankfurt each got here from behind to win their respective video games and safe a spot within the final 16 of the Champions League.
At halftime within the remaining spherical of group matches on Tuesday, Marseille and Sporting Lisbon have been going by from Group D.
However as an alternative it was their opponents who progressed as a stoppage-time winner from Pierre-Emile Højbjerg noticed Tottenham beat Marseille 2-1 to prime the group and Frankfurt received by the identical rating in Lisbon to safe second spot on its Champions League debut.
“Throughout the first half we didn’t play nicely, it was troublesome,” Tottenham goalscorer Clément Lenglet mentioned. “After we return within the dressing room it was an vital second for the sport … through the second half we performed a greater recreation, with numerous depth.”
The highest two finishers within the different teams on Tuesday had already been determined, though not essentially the order.
Porto beat Atlético Madrid 2-1 to grab prime spot in Group B after Membership Brugge was held to a 0-0 draw at Bayer Leverkusen.
Napoli stored maintain of first place in Group A regardless of dropping its first factors within the Champions League this season in a 2-0 loss at second-place Liverpool.
Bayern Munich did handle to progress with an ideal document because it beat Inter Milan 2-0 to make it six wins out of six. The 4 locations in Group C had already been determined with Inter having secured second spot forward of Barcelona.
FINAL DAY DRAMA
In a uncommon prevalence for a gaggle, all 4 groups had entered the ultimate spherical of video games with an opportunity to advance.
And which groups would undergo and in what order modified a number of instances over the evening.
However Højbjerg scored with the final kick of the sport at Stade Velodrome for a objective that lifted Tottenham to the highest of Group D above Frankfurt, which was in first place till the Denmark midfielder’s objective.
That objective additionally meant Marseille completed in final place and may have no involvement in European competitors within the new yr.
Lenglet had headed within the equalizer for Tottenham within the 54th minute after a woeful first half from the English aspect which didn’t have a contact within the opposition penalty field earlier than the break. Tottenham had fallen behind on the stroke of halftime when Chancel Mbemba headed in a nook.
Frankfurt additionally got here from behind, with Kolo Muani scoring a 72nd-minute winner for the guests. Arthur Gomes had put the hosts forward within the thirty ninth and Frankfurt equalized with a penalty kick transformed by Daichi Kamada within the 62nd.
NO CONSOLATION
Atlético Madrid doesn’t even have the comfort of the Europa League playoffs.
The Spanish group was the heavy favourite to progress from its group however was left lamenting a last-place end after shedding at Porto, which secured prime spot in Group B.
Few anticipated Porto to even advance after shedding its first two Champions League matches this season however the Portuguese group had already secured its place within the final 16 with a match to spare.
And first-half objectives from Mehdi Taremi and Stephen Eustáquio helped Porto win its fourth straight Champions League match to complete some extent above Brugge.
Brugge’s Canadian winger Tajon Buchanan hit the crossbar within the opening seconds of the second half.
PERFECT AGAIN
It’s back-to-back good group stage data for Bayern.
Benjamin Pavard headed the German aspect in entrance within the first half and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting sealed the win towards Inter within the 72nd minute together with his seventh objective in his previous six matches.
Barcelona ended its disappointing Champions League marketing campaign with a 4-2 win at Viktoria Plzeň, which — in distinction to Bayern — fell to its sixth straight defeat.
Ferran Torres scored twice and Marcos Alonso and teenager Pablo Torre grabbed a objective every for the Catalan membership. The hosts obtained on the board with a pair of objectives by Tomás Chorý.
NOT SO PERFECT
Napoli was seeking to turn into the primary Italian group since AC Milan in 1992 to have six straight wins in its group.
Nonetheless, late objectives from Mo Salah and Darwin Nunez ended the Italian aspect’s unbeaten begin to the season in all competitions.
Liverpool completed stage on factors with Napoli however second on the head-to-head document after shedding 4-1 in Italy of their Champions League opener.
Rangers was left with an undesirable document after shedding 3-1 at residence to Ajax, which secured a spot within the Europa League’s qualifying playoffs.
Rangers completed Group A with six straight losses and a objective distinction of minus 20 — the worst group stage document ever.