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The Gunners scored twice in the last three minutes to win 2-1 in the reverse fixture a fortnight ago and Anderlecht exacted sweet revenge with an incredible second-half comeback at the Emirates Stadium.
Mikel Arteta's penalty and Alexis Sanchez's brilliant volley put the hosts firmly in the driving seat at half-time before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain looked to have sealed all three points with a third early in the second half.
Anthony Vanden Borre gave the visitors hope just after the hour with a close-range header and the former Portsmouth defender then added another from the penalty spot to make it 3-2.
Anderlecht poured forward in the last ten minutes and finally got the equaliser their courage deserved as substitute Aleksandar Mitrovic headed home in the 90th minute.
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Juventus just about edged a topsy-turvy Group A encounter with Olympiacos to put themselves in a strong position to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Andrea Pirlo, making his 100th appearance in Europe's premier club competition, lit the touchpaper with his goal from a trademark free-kick, but Alberto Botia's header restored parity moments later.
After an hour the destiny of the points swung towards the Greek champions briefly as Delvin Ndinga caught Juve cold with a headed goal.
Fernando Llorente and Paul Pogba then orchestrated the game's second comeback with the Spaniard forcing Roberto to put through his own net before setting up his French team-mate to score.
Juve had done enough to secure their 3-2 win but were thwarted in their last attempt to extend the margin of victory as Arturo Vidal missed a penalty deep into stoppage time.
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Predictions of a rout proved to be well wide the mark as Liverpool's weakened side produced a disciplined if not ultimately successful performance at the Bernabeu.
Having been out-played at Anfield a fortnight ago in the 3-0 defeat, manager Brendan Rodgers felt it was prescient to hold back his key men for the weekend's visit of unbeaten English Premier League leaders Chelsea and made eight changes for what turned out to be a 1-0 loss.
Rodgers' second-string can probably claim a moral victory, having kept the damage below what the first-choice side did in the previous meeting with Karim Benzema's 26th-minute strike decisive.
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Borussia Dortmund brushed off their nightmare Bundesliga form to maintain their perfect Champions League record and book their place in the knock-out phase with Tuesday's 4-1 rout of Galatasaray.
Goals either side of half-time from Germany midfielder Marco Reus and Greece defender Sokratis put 2013 Champions League finalists Dortmund into the knock-out phase.
Galatasaray's Berlin-born defender Hakan Balta pulled one back for the visitors midway through the second-half before the hosts scored twice more to put the result beyond doubt.
Italy striker Ciro Immobile netted Dortmund's third just three minutes and 26 seconds after coming off the bench to calm the hosts' nerves after a period of sustained Galatasaray pressure.
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Basel boosted their hopes of qualifying from Group B with an emphatic 4-0 win over Ludogorets at St Jakob-Park.
First-half goals from teenager Breel Embolo and Derlis Gonzalez put the hosts in control, and further strikes after the interval from Shkelzen Gashi and Marek Suchy sealed matters as the Swiss side made light of the injury-enforced absence of captain Marco Streller.
The result earned Paulo Sousa's team a measure of revenge after Ludogorets posted their first ever Champions League triumph at the expense of the Swiss side in Sofia a fortnight ago.
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Taslica scored a valuable goal to give Benfica their first win in Group C as they claimed a hard fought 1-0 victory over Monaco on Tuesday night.
The Brazilian produced the goods from close range in the 82nd minute as the Portuguese side look to avoid elimination at the group stage for the third successive season.
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Atletico Madrid moved ever closer towards a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 2-0 win at Group A rivals Malmo on Tuesday night.
Diego Simeone's men were unable to repeat the performance which saw them hammer the Swedes 5-0 last time out, but goals from Koke and Raul Garcia were enough to earn the Spanish La Liga side their third successive win which moves them clear at the top of the group.
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In Tuesday's early game, a second-half double from Son Heung-min earned Bayer Leverkusen an impressive 2-1 win at Zenit St. Petersburg which put them on the brink of the Champions League knockout stage.
The Republic of Korea international curled home a brilliant first from outside the area following a clever free-kick after 68 minutes and then finished clinically to add a second five minutes later.
The German side rode their luck at times in the first half, but Zenit could not muster a response to the two quick goals until the 89th minute when substitute Jose Salomon Rondon produced a neat first-time finish.
It was too little too late, though, and defeat left their hopes of progression in the balance.
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