Moscow, Nov 21: Manchester City were eliminated from the group stages for the second successive year after drawing 1-1 against Real Madrid while Arsenal, Schalke, Borrusia Dortmund, Malaga, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and FC Porto qualified for the knockout stages.

Dortmund displayed a spectacular show at the Amsterdam Arena dominating the match and winning it 4-1 against a young Ajax side.

Phillipe Mexes' brilliant overhead kick, which is now being compared to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's wonder goal, helped Milan qualify after beating Anderlecht 3-1.

Goals from Jack Wilshere and Lukas Podolski saw Arsenal beat Montpellier 2-0 to qualify for the last-16 while a brace from Ezequiel Lavezzi helped PSG go through.

FC Barcelona, Valencia, Bayern Munich and Shakhtar Donetsk are the latest teams to have qualified to the knockout stages but holders Chelsea struggled against Juventus losing 3-0 in Turin.

Roberto Di Matteo's side is under pressure of elimination and need a result against Nordsjaelland but also hope Shakhtar beat Juve in the last match of the group stages. Chelsea will become the first defending champions to depart the competition if they fail to qualify.

Lionel Messi is five goals short of beating Gerd Mueller's 85-goal record as Barcelona eased their past Spartak Moscow with a 3-0 victory.

Manchester United suffered a 1-0 loss in Istanbul against Galatasaray while CFR Cluj beat Sporting Braga 3-1 with Rui Pedro scoring a hat-trick. Group H is a battle between Cluj and Galatasaray as United have already secured qualification.

UEFA Champions League 2012/13 results (Tuesday's matches):

Spartak Moscow 0-3 Barcelona

BATE 0-2 Lille

Juventus 3-0 Chelsea

Galatasaray 1-0 Manchester United

Nordsjaelland 2-5 Shakhtar Donetsk

Valencia 1-1 Bayern Munich

Benfica 2-1 Celtic

CFR Cluj 3-1 Sporting Braga

UEFA Champions League 2012/13 results (Wednesday's matches):

Zenit 2-2 Malaga

Arsenal 2-0 Montpellier

Porto 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb

Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 PSG

Schalke 1-0 Olympiakos Piraeus

Anderlecht 1-3 Milan

Ajax 1-4 Borussia Dortmund

Manchester City 1-1 Real Madrid

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