Champions League:The slightest of touches from Jordi Alba in the fourth minute of injury time condemned Celtic to an agonising 2-1 defeat to Barcelona at the Camp Nou. Celtic were seconds away from an historic point after Andres Iniesta equalised Giorgio Samaras's 18th minute header on the stroke of halftime.
Fraser Forster was imperious in goal for Celtic and produced a string of superb saves in the second half, in particular, to frustrate his hosts.
In front of him, his defence was resolute but ultimately unable to keep the waves of Barcelona attacks at bay. Timely tackles from the likes of Victor Wanyama and Efe Ambrose, plus the woodwork on one occasion, maintained parity until Alba popped up at the back post to convert Adriano's cross and deny Neil Lennon’s side a monumental point.
The result comes on the back of Celtic's first ever away win in the Champions League proper against Spartak Moscowat the start of the month and leaves them second behind Barcelona in Group G, one point ahead of the Russians, who beat Benfica2-1 at home earlier today.
An own goal by Benfica defender Jardel earned Spartak their first points in this campaign.
The winner came just before the break when Benfica defender Jardel, under pressure from Spartak striker Ari, redirected the ball into his own net from a Yevgeny Makeyev cross.
Spartak, missing several injured players including Republic of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady and regular goalkeepers Andriy Dykan and Sergei Pesyakov, had caught the visitors cold after two minutes when Rafael Carioca slotted the ball into the far corner following a quick counter-attack.
Lima equalised for the Portuguese after half an hour with a strong header at the near post past Spartak's third-choice goalkeeper Artem Rebrov before Jardel's misfortune in the 43rd minute handed the Russians all three points on a chilly night.
Holders Chelsea'seight-match unbeaten European run came to an unceremonious end after goals by Alex Teixeira and Fernandinho led classy Shakhtar Donetskto a 2-1.
The Londoners, with John Terry back as captain after being banned at the weekend and Frank Lampard making his 100th European appearance, were up against it from the moment Teixeira pounced on a loose ball to score with a low shot in the third minute.
Petr Cech kept the champions in the game with some fine saves before Eden Hazard needlessly gave the ball away in midfield to Luiz Adriano and he streaked clear to set up Fernandinho for another low strike in the 52nd minute.
Brazilian Oscar pulled one back for Chelsea near the end after a right-wing surge by defender Branislav Ivanovic.
Chelsea defender David Luizcould not hide his shock at his side's performance.
“I don’t know," told Sky Sports 4. "They don’t give you the opportunity to win the game. We did not play well — I am shocked by the performance. Congratulations to Shakhtar. Maybe now we think just of the next game.”
Shakhtar's win took them to the top of Group E with seven points from three games, three points ahead of Chelsea.
Juventusare a point adrift of Chelsea after their third draw of the campaign came against FC Nordsjællandof Denmark.
A late goal by Mirko Vucinic saved Juve from an embarrassing defeat to the debutants. Vucinic pounced after good work down the right by Mauricio Isla in the 81st minute and left goalkeeper Jesper Hansen helpless with a clinical finish.
Nordsjaelland had gone ahead in the 50th minute after forward Mikkel Beckmann curled a free kick over the wall and into the net from 20 metres.
Javier Hernandez scored twice to rescue Manchester Unitedas the Group H leaders stormed back from two goals down to defeat Braga3-2 and move to the brink of reaching the knockout stages.
Braga stunned their illustrious opponents with two goals in the first 20 minutes at Old Trafford. Brazilian Alan headed home inside 90 seconds and the Portuguese side crafted a second as Alan again slotted past David De Gea after fine work by Eder.
United's Mexico striker Hernandez quickly replied from Shinji Kagawa's cross, Jonny Evans equalised from close range in the 62nd and Hernandez headed the winner 15 minutes from time.
Asked for his thoughts after another dismal start — the eighth time this season United have fallen behind, Hernandezjoked: "I was thinking 'oh, we just need to score three more goals and then we get the three points'!
“We started a little bit badly but thankfully we scored three and we will look forward to the next game," Hernandez told ITV1. “I’ve learnt a lot here and when I get the chance I need to do my best.”
United, who have lost only one of their last 37 Champions League home games, have nine points from three matches. CFR Clujare on four after a 1-1 draw at Galatasaray, Braga have three and the Turkish side are bottome with one.
Roberto Soldado scored a hat-trick to lead Valenciato a 3-0 victory at BATE Borisovthat fired the Spanish side to the top of Group.
Mauricio Pellegrino's side have had a poor start to the season and were on the back foot against the surprise early group pace-setters, until Soldado netted from the penalty spot just before the break.
The visitors ran away with the game in the second half, when they could have won by a much bigger margin, and seized first place from the Belarus champions on six points but with a superior goal difference to BATE and Bayern Munich.
Thomas Mueller's first-half penalty proved enough to secure Bayern a 1-0 victory at Lille.
Lille fullback Lucas Digne fouled Philipp Lahm and Mueller converted from the spot after 20 minutes.
Bayern, stunned by BATE in their last game, were in complete control throughout and Lille, who have yet to claim a point, did little to threaten Manuel Neuer's goal.
