PARIS – Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg scored a Ninety fifth-minute winner as Tottenham Hotspur got here from behind to beat Marseille 2-1 and attain the Champions League knockout stage on Tuesday, the place they had been joined by Eintracht Frankfurt after their victory at Sporting Lisbon.

Liverpool ended Napoli’s unbeaten begin to the season with a 2-0 success at Anfield, however the Italian membership did sufficient to complete prime of Group A.

Atletico Madrid crashed out of Europe altogether with a loss to Porto, whereas Bayern Munich made it six wins from six matches by beating Inter Milan.

At a raucous Velodrome, Tottenham knew they’d progress if they may keep away from defeat by Marseille, though supervisor Antonio Conte needed to watch from the stands after being red-carded in last week’s dramatic draw with Sporting.

Spurs had been camped inside their very own half for almost all of the primary interval and fell behind simply earlier than the break when Chancel Mbemba headed in Jordan Veretout’s cross after a quickly-taken nook.

The Premier League facet had been a lot improved after the restart and Clement Lenglet glanced in a 54th-minute equaliser.

Former Arsenal left-back Sead Kolasinac nodded an excellent late alternative to ship Marseille by way of broad.

He was made to pay as Hojbjerg struck on the counter as Spurs snatched prime spot within the group and denied Marseille the comfort of a Europa League place.

“I just spoke with Antonio. He’s tired because to watch from the crowd is not normal,” Tottenham assistant coach Cristian Stellini instructed BT Sport. “He wasted a lot of energy.”

That Hojbjerg purpose pushed Eintracht, who additionally gained 2-1, down into second in Group D and saved Sporting in European competitors.

Like Tottenham, Sporting solely wanted some extent to qualify they usually solid forward six minutes earlier than half-time as Arthur Gomes volleyed house on the again put up.

But Frankfurt, enjoying within the competitors for the primary time since shedding the 1960 European Cup last to Real Madrid, didn’t hand over and Daichi Kamada scored a 62nd-minute penalty awarded for handball.

Randal Kolo Muani offered the successful second, latching onto Ansgar Knauff’s hooked move and hammering the ball into the far nook.

The gamers celebrated wildly on the pitch after the Europa League holders’ newest European exploit, with Sporting coach Ruben Amorim left trying surprised on the touchline.

(*16*) stated Frankfurt midfielder Sebastian Rode.

“But we are a comeback team, we gave everything in the second half and deservedly make the next round.”

LIVERPOOL DOWN NAPOLI

Liverpool introduced an finish to Napoli’s 21-game unbeaten run however couldn’t win by 4 targets to take first place.

Both groups had been already assured of a knockout-phase berth.

Liverpool put Saturday’s shock Premier League house loss to Leeds behind them, as late targets from Mohamed Salah, scoring in a fifth straight Champions League sport, and Darwin Nunez gained a measure of revenge for the 4-1 loss in Naples in September.

“I would have really enjoyed the game even without the goals,” Reds supervisor Jurgen Klopp stated.

“We showed tonight a reaction. Being compact makes all the difference.”

Ajax noticed off Rangers 3-1 at Ibrox to inflict a sixth straight defeat in Group A on the Scottish giants.

Earlier, Atletico failed to complete third in Group B and drop into the Europa League as a 2-1 loss at Porto noticed Bayer Leverkusen take third because of their goalless draw at Club Brugge.

Atletico, the 2014 and 2016 runners-up, had been overwhelmed by early targets from Mehdi Taremi and Stephen Eustaquio regardless of Ivan Marcano’s stoppage-time personal purpose.

Bayern completed with a 100-percent file by seeing off Inter 2-0 on the Allianz Arena in Group C.

Benjamin Pavard headed house a nook and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting crashed in his seventh purpose in six video games.

Barcelona’s bitterly disappointing match got here to an finish with a 4-2 victory at backside membership Viktoria Plzen.

Barca should settle with being one of many favourites to win the Europa League.

“We’re one of the candidates, the Europa League is looking like a good competition, the objective is to reach the end and win it, compete for it,” stated coach Xavi Hernandez.

Ferran Torres scored a brace, with Marcos Alonso and teenage midfielder Pablo Torre additionally heading in the right direction.

PARIS – Bayern Munich obtained the higher of Barcelona as Robert Lewandowski returned to face his former membership on Tuesday, whereas a late Joel Matip purpose allowed Liverpool to beat Ajax and get their Champions League marketing campaign up and operating.

There was additionally a shock defeat for Tottenham Hotspur at Sporting Lisbon, and Atletico Madrid had been crushed on their journey to play Bayer Leverkusen.

Both Spanish guests to Germany got here away on the dropping facet, with Barcelona happening 2-0 on the Allianz Arena in Group C as Lewandowski got here again to the membership he left in the summertime after eight prolific seasons in Bavaria.

The Pole scored a hat-trick on his Champions League debut for Barca because the Catalans beat Viktoria Plzen 5-1 final week.

He was desperately near opening the scoring within the first half in Munich, nevertheless it was Bayern who went in entrance 5 minutes into the second half when Lucas Hernandez headed in from a nook.

Leroy Sane burst by 4 minutes later to make it 2-0 as Julian Nagelsmann’s Bayern made it two wins out of two within the group.

They have now received their final 5 conferences with Barcelona, together with two in final season’s group stage and their 8-2 victory within the 2020 quarter-finals.

“I think for ‘Lewy’ it was really an emotional game to come back – a little bit like coming home, because he was so successful here,” Bayern captain Manuel Neuer informed Amazon Prime of his outdated teammate.

“The luck in the decisive moments wasn’t on his side – and that became our luck.”

Barcelona subsequent face Inter Milan, who obtained their first factors with a 2-0 win away to Plzen within the Czech Republic.

Edin Dzeko and Denzel Dumfries obtained the targets for Inter whereas the house facet had Pavel Bucha despatched off within the second half.

MATIP THE HERO

Liverpool obtained off to a disastrous begin in Group A once they misplaced 4-1 to Napoli in Italy, however they bounced again from that to beat Ajax 2-1 at Anfield.

Mohamed Salah shook off a poor run of type to place Jurgen Klopp’s facet forward within the seventeenth minute, just for the Dutch champions to equalise earlier than the half-hour courtesy of an emphatic end from their thrilling Ghanaian expertise Mohammed Kudus.

Liverpool had been heading for a 3rd recreation with no win in all competitions till Matip rose in entrance of the Kop to move in from a nook within the 89th minute, the ball crossing the road earlier than it might be cleared out.

“I think everybody could see that we understood and that we had to put a completely different shift into the game. The boys did that,” Klopp informed BT Sport.

“We played a lot of good stuff against a hard fighting opposition.”

That match was preceded by a minute’s silence to mark the loss of life of Queen Elizabeth II.

The different recreation in Group A, between Rangers and Napoli, was postponed till Wednesday on account of extreme limitations on police sources in Scotland because of the Queen’s loss of life.

SPURS SHOCKED

Meanwhile Antonio Conte’s Spurs slumped to a 2-0 defeat in opposition to Sporting in Portugal in Group D, with the house facet scoring each targets late on on the Jose Alvalade stadium.

It seemed just like the English facet would escape with some extent after Hugo Lloris produced a shocking late save to disclaim Pedro Porro.

But Paulinho headed in from the ensuing Ninetieth-minute nook, and Brazilian Arthur Gomes got here off the bench to make it 2-0 with an excellent solo strike in damage time.

“It was a difficult result. When you lose the game you are not happy,” admitted Conte.

Sporting prime the group with six factors, whereas Eintracht Frankfurt joined Spurs on three factors due to a 1-0 win in Marseille, with Jesper Lindstrom scoring within the first half.

Leverkusen claimed their first factors in Group B as they beat Atletico 2-0 with two late targets, Robert Andrich and Moussa Diaby each discovering the online.

Belgian champions Club Brugge prime the part with six factors after a shocking 4-0 win at FC Porto.

Former Barcelona striker Ferran Jutgla opened the scoring with a penalty earlier than Kamal Sowah, Andreas Skov Olsen and Norwegian teenager Antonio Nusa all netted within the second half.