LONDON: Juventus secured second place in Champions League Group A with a 0-0 draw against pool winners Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night.

The result meant that Olympiacos missed out on the last 16 despite easing past Malmo 4-2 in Greece.

David Fuster, Alejandro Dominguez, Kostas Mitroglou and Ibrahim Afellay claimed the crucial strikes for Olympiacos, with Simon Kroon and captain Markus Rosenberg hitting back for the visitors.

Malmo’s Enock Adu was sent off for a second yellow card in the closing stages, but by then the hosts had already secured their win.

Atletico rode their luck in shutting out Juventus in Italy, but the hosts’ point secured their safe passage to the next round, at Olympiacos’ expense.

Ten-man Liverpool bowed out after allowing Basle to steal a 1-1 draw at Anfield.

Fabian Frei fired the Swiss visitors into the lead after 25 minutes, stunning the subdued Reds, who never found their rhythm on a disappointing night.

Lazar Markovic was sent off on the hour for throwing an arm at Behrang Safari, with Liverpool still trailing and looking increasingly desperate.

Captain Steven Gerrard stepped up to fire home a curling free-kick to notch his 30th Champions League goal, but the talismanic midfielder could not complete another trademark rescue act.

Too often in times past Liverpool had fallen on Gerrard to dig them out of trouble: at Anfield on Tuesday the job was too great even for the long-serving skipper.

Basle sneaked through to the last 16 by swiping second place in Group B, withReal Madrid coasting home 4-0 against Ludogorets to register six wins from six matches.

Cristiano Ronaldo led Real’s charge, scoring from the penalty spot, before Gareth Bale, Alvaro Arbeloa and Alvaro Medran completed proceedings.

Marcelinho’s 20th minute red card gifted Real their opener from the spot, with Ronaldo surpassing Raul’s 71-goal Champions League haul.

Madrid set a new Spanish record of 19 consecutive victories with their routine triumph.

Arsenal hammered Galatasaray 4-1 in Turkey, but still wound up finishing second in Group D.

Aaron Ramsey claimed two goals in 18 first-half minutes to add to his weekend strike in Arsenal’s 3-2 Premier League defeat to Stoke.

The Wales midfielder ended his 17-match barren run for both club and country against the Potters, and gave further indications of a return to scoring form in Turkey.

Lukas Podolski also fired home twice, starting the rout on three minutes and compounding the hosts’ misery in stoppage time.

Wesley Sneijder had notched for Galatasaray, but the home side were outclassed as Arsene Wenger’s fired back to form after the frustrations of their Stoke loss.

Ciro Immobile’s goal ensure Borussia Dortmund sealed top spot, despite his side’s 1-1 home draw with Anderlecht.

The hosts took the lead just ahead of the hour, expecting to coast home, only for Aleksandar Mitrovic to level with six minutes to play.

Monaco sneaked into top spot in Group C with a 2-0 home victory over Zenit St Petersburg.

Defenders Aymen Abdennour and Fabinho claimed the vital second-half goals as Monaco overhauled Bayer Leverkusen into top spot.

Leverkusen were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw at Benfica, and their inability to secure victory gifted Monaco first place in the group.

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