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Imad Malik
AC Milan and Real Madrid took a small step towards qualification for the Champions League knock-out rounds following a 1-1 draw at the San Siro on Tuesday.
Ronaldinho’s penalty cancelled out Karim Benzema’s opener for the visitors as the stalemate left both teams a point clear of Marseille, who thrashed FC Zurich 6-1, at the top of Group C.
There was no revenge for Madrid for their 3-2 defeat to the Italians at the Bernabeu two weeks ago but they were the better side, particularly before the break.
It was all Real at the start of the first half as the visitors dominated, much like they did in the early stages of the home match.
On six minutes a deflected Benzema shot was tipped over the bar by goalkeeper Dida while Sergio Ramos fired just wide in the 13th minute.
Just after that Gonzalo Higuain made space for himself on the edge of the box but curled his effort over before Benzema held off Alessandro Nesta in the area after latching onto Marcelo’s pass in the 20th minute but fired wide of the far post.
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Qaseem "reddevilqaz" Masood
English giants Chelsea and Manchester United made hard work of it but ended up coming from behind to both qualify for the Champions League knockout stages on Tuesday.
French champions Bordeaux joined them as they earned an impressive 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich in Munich, while Porto can also look forward to Champions League football in the spring after winning 1-0 at APOEL Nicosia.
Chelsea came from 1-0 down to draw 2-2 with Atletico Madrid – Didier Drogba scoring both goals on his return from a three-match Champions League suspension.
United had to come from even further behind as they trailed 3-1 late into the match against CSKA Moscow at Old Trafford before two goals levelled matters and pushed them through.
United were always on the back foot against the Russians, having trailed 1-0 before levelling at 1-1 through Michael Owen.
However, they went into the break 2-1 down and just after Sir Alex Ferguson had called for better defending at half time they were 3-1 down after Vasili Berezutski nodded in.
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