Man United held, denied perfect record

Meanwhile, Lyon and Fenerbahce won their final group games to capture the last two available spots in the knockout round.

Two late goals by Karim Benzema added to an early strike by Sidney Govou in Lyon’s 3-0 victory at Rangers. Lyon advanced from Group E with FC Barcelona, who had already qualified but came from behind to beat VfB Stuttgart 3-1 with strikes by Giovani Dos Santos, Samuel Eto’o and Ronaldinho. It was Eto’o’s first goal in only his second game since his three-month layoff with a thigh injury.

Lyon and Fenerbahce join 14 other teams in the December 21 draw. The others are former winners Real Madrid, AC Milan, Liverpool, Barcelona, Manchester United, FC Porto, Inter Milan, Celtic and six teams yet to win European soccer’s most prestigious club title, Arsenal, Chelsea, Schalke, Olympiakos, AS Roma and Sevilla. Sevilla won at Slavia Prague 3-0 to finish at the top of Group F. Arsenal placed second after beating Steaua Bucharest 2-1.

wednesday’s results

• Group E: Barcelona 3 (dos Santos 36, Eto’o 57, Ronaldinho 67) beat VfB Stuttgart 1 (da Silva 3); Rangers 0 lost to Olympique Lyon 3 (Govou 16, Benzema 85, 88)

• Group F: AS Roma 1 (Mancini 71) draw with Manchester United 1 (Pique 34); Sporting Lisbon 3 (Polga 35 pen, Moutinho 67, Liedson 88) beat Dynamo Kiev 0

• Group G: PSV Eindhoven 0 lost to Inter Milan 1 (Cruz 64); Fenerbahce 3 (Alex 32, Boral 45+1, 90) beat CSKA Moscow (Edu 30 og)

• Group H: Arsenal 2 (Diaby 8, Bendtner 42) beat Steaua Bucharest 1 (Zaharia 68); Slavia Prague 0 lost to Sevilla 3 (Fabiano 66, Kanoute 69, Alves 87)