Champions League review:Manchester United top their Champions League group after a 2-1 win over CFR Cluj in Romania, while Chelsea were 4-0 winners against FC Nordsjaelland in Denmark. United's win came courtesy of a Robin van Persie double in Transylvania.
Alex Ferguson’s side did not have it all their own way and not for the first time this season they were behind early on when Pantelis Kapetanos swept home a 14th minute opener.
Manchester United struck back rather fortuitously in the 29th minute when van Persie’s attempted header came off his shoulder and looped over the goalkeeper.
There was nothing lucky about the second, four minutes after the restart, when the Dutchman’s cheeky flick with the outside of his left boot sealed the three points for United.
They now lead Cluj and Braga by three after the Portuguese side beat Galatasaray 2-0 in Istanbul.
Chelsea's defence of their European crown continued gathered momentum but the scoreline flattered the champions somewhat, though it moved them top of Group E nonetheless.
The Londoners went ahead in the 33rd minute when Fernando Torres robbed midfielder Enoch Adu and passed to Frank Lampard who deftly set up Juan Mata to fire home with his left foot.
Joshua John twice went close for the home team, hitting the post on one occasion, but David Luiz made it 2-0 late in the second half with a stunning free kick and Mata sidefooted a third minutes later. Ramires completed the scoring.
Chelsea are level on points with Shakhtar Donetsk, who drew against Turin against Juventusafter Alex Texeira's opener was cancelled out by Leonardo Bonucci in the 25th minute.
The Italians have just two points after a draw at Stamford Bridge in their first game.
The shock of the round came when Belarussian side BATE Borisovclimbed to the top of Group F with a 3-1 home win over Bayern Munich.
Their second victory in two games, after they beat Lille by the same score in their opener, came after a 23rd minute strike from Aleksandr Pavlov and late goals by Vitali Rodionov and Renan Bressan.
It ended Bayern's nine-game winning streak in all competitions.
Last season's finalists dominated the first half and hit the post through Toni Kroos but were left to scramble forward in the second period, fearful of the Belarussian side's potent counter attacks.
The result leaves the group wide open with BATE top on six points and Bayern on three with Valenciawho beat Lille2-0.
Celticended a 26-year wait for an away win in the European Cup after Giorgios Samaras headed home a last-minute winner against 10-man Spartak Moscowat the Luzhniki Stadium.
Celtic took a shock lead after just 12 minutes when Gary Hooper's sublime clipped finish at the nearpost found its way across goal and into the bottom left-hand corner
The lead was overhauled by goals either side of halftime from Spartak forward
Emmanuel Emenike but a cynical trip on Hooper in the 63rd minute led to a red card for Juan Insaurralde and turned the game back in Celtic's favour.
Neil Lennon's side took full advantage. A fine cross from the left was stepped over by Samaras before Hooper fed it to James Forrest, who was arriving late at the backpost.
The young substitute's shot was well saved by Sergei Pesyakov but the deflection rebounded off Dmitry Kombarov and back into the Spartak net. Celtic piled on the pressure from then on and Samaras was the hero in the 90th minute when he rose to glance home the winner.
The win, Celtic's first since on the road in Europe's top competition since they beat Shamrock Rovers in Dublin in 1986, left them top of group of Group G on four points until Barcelonabeat Benfica2-0 later in the evening.
Lionel Messi set up goals for Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas in Portugal, but their victory was overshadowed by a serious-looking arm injury sustained by Carles Puyol.
Sanchez fired Barca ahead on six minutes and Fabregas added a second 10 minutes into the second half.
The Catalans had Sergio Busquets dismissed two minutes from time but will be more concerned about captain Puyol, who landed awkwardly after leaping for a ball and was carried off on a stretcher in obvious pain on 78 minutes.
Barca have six points from two matches and are two ahead of Celtic before a double-header with the Glasgow club.
