Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund face a battle to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League after being held to a 1-1 draw by Apoel Nicosia on Tuesday.
The result leaves Dortmund on one point in Group H, with Real Madrid and Tottenham leading the standings with seven points apiece after their 1-1 draw in Spain.
The lacklustre game sparked into life just after the hour mark when Apoel took the lead through substitute Mickael Pote following a goalkeeping error by Roman Burki.
A strike from Sokratis Papastathopoulos allowed Dortmund to draw level five minutes later but they were unable to score again.Tottenham put in an impressive display against the Champions League holders
Dortmund almost snatched it at the death but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s header was tipped onto the post by Gudino before Mario Gotze blazed the rebound over with the last kick of the game.
Liverpool thrashed Maribor 7-0 to move top of Group E after Sevilla were stunned 5-1 by Spartak Moscow.
Spartak scored four times in the second half – through Lorenzo Melgarejo, Denis Glushakov, Luiz Adriano and Quincy Promes – to join Liverpool on five points at the halfway stage, with Sevilla one behind on four.
In Group F, Manchester City edged past Napoli 2-1 while Bernard scored twice as a Shakhtar Donetsk side that finished with 10 men overcame Feyenoord 2-1.
Monaco’s dreadful campaign continued as last year’s semi-finalists were beaten at home by Besiktas.
An opening goal from ex-Manchester United and Chelsea striker Falcao was cancelled out by Cenk Tosun, who then scored again in the second half to earn the Turkish club a 2-1 success.
Monaco are now bottom of Group G – with just a solitary point from three games – as RB Leipzig defeated Porto 3-2, with all five goals coming in the first half.
Willi Orban, Emil Forsberg and Jean-Kevin Augustin were all on target for Leipzig, while Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar and Ivan Marcano scored for Porto.
