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The Arsenal manager sought to pass a crushing 6-3 defeat off as a bad day at the office.

Maribor, Swansea City, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Dynamo Kiev and Slovan Liberec all finished runners-ups in their groups.

Valencia are facing the prospect of being sold in order to pay back the club's debts of nearly 300 million euros.

Dortmund beat a 10-man Marseille 2-1 with a late goal from Kevin Grosskreutz to advance to the Champions League knockout stage.

Mourinho has played down his side's chances of winning this season's Champions League ahead of their final Group E match to Steaua Bucharest.

Milan need only a point at San Siro, while Ajax have to win the Group H match.

Rangdajied FC suffered yet another setback when they went down fighting to East Bengal FC 2-1 during an I-League encounter at the J N Stadium.

Also, Chelsea visit Stoke City and third-placed City meet Southampton in an away game.

Kevin Strootman levelled in the final minute to rescue Roma's unbeaten record as the capital side snatched a 1-1 draw at Atalanta.

"Once you don't know if everyone is genuine out there any more, that is something absolutely disastrous," said Wenger.

Scott holds the upper hand in his duel with Rory McIlroy going into the final day of the Australian Open.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says Cristiano Ronaldo will not play this weekend as the club guards its top player from aggravating his injury.

Giggs was outstanding in a commanding midfield role as United outclassed Bayer Leverkusen 5-0.

Real overcame Ramos' early sending off and Ronaldo's absence to seal their spot in the last 16 with a 4-1 hammering of Galatasaray.

The Cameroon forward appeared to pull a muscle as he chased the ball and immediately signalled for treatment.

Athletic Bilbao came from behind to win 2-1 at struggling Malaga in La Liga and heap the pressure on German coach Bernd Schuster.