Late Aalborg goal keeps United top

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND-UP: A late free-kick from Anders Due gave Aalborg a 2-2 draw and denied Villarreal top spot in Group …

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND-UP:A late free-kick from Anders Due gave Aalborg a 2-2 draw and denied Villarreal top spot in Group E ahead of Manchester United. The Spanish visitors took the lead through Giuseppe Rossi in the 41st minute, but Jeppe Curth levelled the score after a nifty back heel pass from Caca in the 54th minute.

Substitute Guille Franco gave Villarreal the edge again in the 75th minute but the home side had the last say when Due blasted a free kick in the top corner in the 81st minute.

Porto's Lucho Gonzalez grabbed a last-gasp goal to give the Portuguese side a 2-1 win at Dynamo Kiev in Group G.

Porto's come-from-behind victory leaves Group G wide open with two games to go, with Arsenal two points clear of both Kiev and Porto.

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The Portuguese side went behind to Artem Milevskiy's 21st minute goal but managed to equalise in the 69th minute through Rolando.

Dynamo responded with shots by Artem Milevskiy, Olexandr Aliyev and Ismael Bangoura but it was Gonzalez who pounced in the second minute of added time to steal all three points for the visitors before being sent off after celebrating.

Two superb goals by Alessandro Del Piero handed Juventus a 2-0 win at Real Madrid in Group H and a place in the knockout stage with two games to spare.

Del Piero inspired the Italian giants with a low left-footed drive from the edge of the penalty box in the 17th minute and sealed the win with a trademark free-kick midway through the second half.

Juventus top the group with ten points from four matches, Real have six while Zenit St Petersburg are on four after a 2-0 triumph at bottom club BATE Borisov.
   
In Group F Bayern drew 1-1 at Fiorentina while Lyon scored a goal in each half to beat Steaua Bucharest 2-0.