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Round-up: RB Leipzig secure first ever Champions League win on big night across Europe

ByReuters

Updated 18/10/2017 at 08:10 GMT

RB Leipzig struck twice in three minutes to beat Porto 3-2 at home on Tuesday, securing their maiden Champions League victory and moving into second place in Group G.

RB Leipzig gegen Porto, 1:0 Orban

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Last season's Bundesliga runners-up kept possession well throughout and scored three times in a topsy-turvy first half through Willi Orban, Emil Forsberg and Jean-Kevin Augustin.
Leipzig, who recovered from their defeat to Besiktas on the previous matchday, have four points, one more than their Portuguese opponents, who are third.
In Russia Spartak Moscow stunned Sevilla by scoring four second-half goals to secure an emphatic 5-1 win in their Champions League Group E match.
Lorenzo Melgarejo, who replaced injured midfielder Aleksandr Samedov in the first half, put Spartak 2-1 ahead when he buried the ball in the far right in the 58th minute, before captain Denis Glushakov, Luiz Adriano and Quincy Promes each found the net before the final whistle.
Sevilla had fallen behind in the 18th minute when Promes headed the ball over visiting goalkeeper Sergio Rico, but defender Simon Kjaer levelled minutes later with another header.
Spartak's win was their first of this Champions League campaign and they are now level on five points with Liverpool at the top of the group.
But it wasn't such a good night for Borussia Dortmund, who face an uphill struggle to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League after they were unexpectedly held to a 1-1 draw by Apoel Nicosia on Tuesday which left them third in Group H.
Peter Bosz's men had been expected to outclass the Cypriot minnows but they are now in danger of suffering a group-stage exit as they have yet to secure victory in the group where Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur lead the standings with seven points apiece.
The lacklustre game sparked into life just after the hour mark when Apoel took the lead through substitute Mickael Pote following a goalkeeping error.
A strike from Sokratis Papastathopoulos allowed Dortmund to draw level five minutes later but they were unable to score again.
Along with Apoel, they have one point in Group H.
And it was a similarly poor night for last season's surprise package Monaco, who slumped to a 2-1 home Champions League defeat against Besiktas on Tuesday that left them bottom of Group G and facing a battle to reach the knockout rounds.
Cenk Tosun scored twice for the visitors, netting either side of the interval, after Radamel Falcao had opened the scoring for the Ligue 1 club.
The result put Turkish side Besiktas on a perfect nine points from three games and left Monaco propping up the table with a solitary point.
Elsewhere Brazilian Bernard bagged a double as 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk came from behind to defeat Feyenoord in their Champions League Group F clash at De Kuip on Tuesday.
Steven Berghuis had put the home side in front, but goals in each half from Bernard turned the game in favour of the Ukrainian side, who ended the contest with 10 men after Yaroslav Rakitsky was sent off.
The victory moves Shakhtar up to second in the group with six points from three matches, three behind leaders Manchester City.
Napoli have three points but Feyenoord have now suffered three successive losses.
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