Madrid fight back

Real Madrid staged a sublime second-half comeback to beat Anderlecht 4-1 at the Bernabeu last night and make it maximum points…

Real Madrid staged a sublime second-half comeback to beat Anderlecht 4-1 at the Bernabeu last night and make it maximum points from three Champions League Group A matches.

They fell behind to an Aruna Dindane strike on 33 minutes, as the Ivory Coast striker was given space to chip the ball over Iker Casillas from just inside the area.

Vicente del Bosque's side roared into life after the break, though, taking the lead within six minutes through goals from Albert Celades and Raul.

Raul added his second on 68 minutes, with Santiago Solari rounding off the scoring 11 minutes from time.

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AS Roma came from behind to beat Lokomotiv Moscow 2-1 in Group A in Rome last night thanks to a 79th-minute goal from captain Francesco Totti.

The Italian champions fell behind against the run of play in the 58th minute when Milan Obradovic headed in a corner from Marat Izmailov. But Fabio Capello's side drew level 11 minutes later when Lokomotiv defender Igor Chugainov headed a cross into his own net.

Substitute Yalcin Sergen scored the winner 12 minutes from time to give Galatasaray a 1-0 win at injury-hit Nantes in their Group D clash on Wednesday. Sergen volleyed home from six yards after the ball was deflected twice by defenders to hand the French champions their first defeat. PSV Eindhoven defender Kevin Hofland scored the only goal of the game to hand Lazio their third straight defeat in the same group.

Real Mallorca kept alive their chances of surviving the first stage of their debut Champions League campaign when a second-half goal from Samuel Eto'o gave them a 1-0 victory away to Schalke 04.

Two first-half goals earned Boavista a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund and kept them on top of Group B.