Borussia Dortmund top Champions
League Group D after an impressive
2-1 victory over Spanish champions
Real Madrid.
Robert Lewandowski's opening goal for
the German side was quickly cancelled
out by Cristiano Ronaldo but Marcel
Schmelzer gave Dortmund the win.
Porto and Malaga extended their 100%
win record in this season's competition
to top their respective groups.
Porto beat Dynamo Kiev 3-2 in Group A
while Malaga secured a 1-0 home win
over AC Milan in Group C.
It was an another impressive victory for
Malaga, who missed a 45th-minute
penalty before beating the seven-time
European champions.
Joaquin Sanchez was the guilty man,
hammering his spot-kick against the
crossbar after Kevin Constant had
brought down Jesus Gamez.
But Sanchez made amends midway
through the second half when he fired
Manuel Iturra's lob pass past
goalkeeper Marco Amelia from a tight
angle.
The Italian side remain second in Group
C, after Zenit St Petersburg beat
Anderlecht 1-0, Alexander Kerzhakov
scoring from the spot following Milan
Jovanovic's foul on Alexander Anyukov.
Porto led three times against Dynamo
Kiev at the Estadio do Dragao, with
Jackson Martinez's strike 12 minutes
from time proving decisive.
Before that, Silvestre Varela had
pounced on Lucho Gonzalez's cut-back
to give the 2004 champions the lead,
which was cancelled out by Oleg
Gusev's close-range header.
Porto, intent on maintaining their best
European start since the 1999-2000
season, regained the initiative when
Colombian Martinez collected James
Rodriguez's through-ball and rounded
Yevgen Khacheridy before shooting
past visiting keeper Alexander
Shovkovskiy.
Brown Ideye put Dynamo back level
with a shot that deflected in off home
player Helton but Porto would not be
denied as Martinez grabbed his second
of the game to claim the points.
Paris St Germain are second in Group
A, three points behind Porto, after
goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic - his 12th
of the season for club and country -
and Jeremy Menez gave them a 2-0 win
at Dinamo Zagreb.
In Dortmund, Jurgen Klopp's side
ensured Real Madrid's shocking record
on German soil continued.
The Spanish side have suffered 17
defeats in 24 games in the country, with
their sole win coming 12 years ago.
They looked to have given themselves a
chance of claiming something from the
game when Ronaldo lifted the ball over
keeper Roman Weidenfeller and into
the net to equalise barely two minutes
after Lewandowski had fired the home
side ahead.
But Borussia were the more positive
side and were rewarded when
Schmelzer fired home from the edge of
the area on 64 minutes.
"It feels overwhelming. It was a
sensational evening, and you can only
imagine something like this in your
wildest dreams," said Dortmund coach
Jurgen Klopp.
Madrid boss Jose Mourinho said: "It
was a strange match. Neither team was
better, but it was an incredibly difficult
game.
"They were very organised and
defended very well. Dortmund deserved
the victory, but we had our chances to
win the game."
Group B is much tighter now following
Arsenal's home defeat by Schalke and
Olympiakos's last-gasp victory at
Montpellier.
Kostas Mitroglou's injury-time strike
gave the Greeks their first points in this
season's competition after Vasilis
Torosidis had equalised Gaetan
Charbonnier's opener for the home
side.
Olympiakos are now three points
behind second-placed Arsenal, who
trail leaders Schalke by a point.
Montpellier are bottom with one point.
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