Champions League Round-Up

 

Barcelona are on the verge of qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League after beating BATE Borisov 3-0 at the Nou Camp on Wednesday night.

Goals from Neymar (brace) and Suarez made sure Barca are now top of Group E with 10points, however, Barca are still not mathematically guaranteed of a place in the knockout phase of Europe's premier club competition after Roma overcame Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 in the other Group E game at the Stadio Olimpico.

Elsewhere, Olympiakos had to come from a goal down to beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 at home to remain level on points with Bayern Munich at the top of Group F after Bayern thrash Arsenal 5-1. The visitors had led thanks to Armin Hodzic's 21st-minute strike, only for the Greek champions to respond courtesy of two goals after half-time from Colombia winger Felipe Pardo, a result that means Olympiakos now need just a point to progress to the next phase of the competition.

In Group G Porto won 3-1 at Maccabi Tel-Aviv to keep hold of top spot, with the Portuguese side taking the lead after 19 minutes through on-loan Barcelona forward Cristian Tello before Andre Andre and Miguel Layun sealed the points for Julen Lopetegui's team. Porto now need just a point to qualify for the knockout phase.

Zenit St Petersburg is the only team that is through to the next round of the competition after beating Lyon 2-0 at the Stade Gerland, their fourth straight victory in this season's competition as they remain top in Group H.

Artem Dzyuba scored the two goals with both assist coming from Hulk as the match ended with a flashpoint that saw Lyon's Maxime Gonalons and Zenit's Aleksandr Anyukov dismissed.

In the group's other game, Gent overcame Valencia 1-0 thanks to a penalty from captain Sven Kums just after the break.