Chelsea, Bayern and Real go through as Arsenal lose away
Filippo Inzaghi does it again for Milan as he scored a brace in the 2-2 draw with Real Madrid
Eduardo, meanwhile, refuses to celebrate after scoring Shakhtar's winner against Arsenal
Branislav Ivanovic celebrates as he scores twice in Chelsea's 4-1 win over Spartak Moscow
Mario Gomez was one of two players to score a hat-trick on Wednesday
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Group E
Basel 2 Roma 3
CFR Cluj 0 Bayern Munich 4
Group F
Chelsea 4 Spartak Moscow 1
MSK Zilina 0 Marseille 7
Group G
Auxerre 2 Ajax 1
AC Milan 2 Real Madrid 2
Group H
Partizan 0 Braga 1
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Arsenal 1
Group E
Basel 2 Roma 3
CFR Cluj 0 Bayern Munich 4
Group F
Chelsea 4 Spartak Moscow 1
MSK Zilina 0 Marseille 7
Group G
Auxerre 2 Ajax 1
AC Milan 2 Real Madrid 2
Group H
Partizan 0 Braga 1
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Arsenal 1
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Chelsea cruised through to the last 16 of the
UEFA Champions League with an easy win over Spartak Moscow, but Arsenal
were undone by old boy Eduardo away to Shakhtar Donetsk.
Real Madrid
snatched a last-gasp point away to AC Milan to go through from Group G as Auxerre kept their qualification hopes alive with victory over Ajax.Bayern Munich are safely into the knock-out phase and Roma are favourites to join last season's runners-up, while Marseille
enjoyed a record-breaking win and Braga overcame Partizan Belgrade.Branislav Ivanovic followed up his weekend winner against Blackburn Rovers
with a second-half brace as Chelsea maintained their 100 per cent record in Group F with a 4-1 home success over Spartak.Chelsea
turned up the heat after half-time and took the lead on 49 minutes
through Nicolas Anelka's emphatic finish after he was played in by
Salomon Kalou.Didier Drogba converted from the penalty spot on 62 minutes after he had been tripped and the Ivorian striker created the third goal four minutes later as his free-kick was headed home by former Lokomotiv Moscow defender Ivanovic.
Nikita Bazhenov
gave the Spartak fans something to cheer with four minutes to go before Ivanovic scored his second in stoppage-time.French champions Marseille recorded the biggest away win in Champions League history with a comprehensive 7-0 thrashing of MSK Zilina.
Marseille were ahead after just 12 minutes when Andre-Pierre Gignac's thigh deflected Benoit Cheyrou's free-kick inside the post.
Gignac capitalised on poor defending from Zilina to score again on 21 minutes and, three minutes later, Gabriel Heinze rose well to head home a corner.
And it was 4-0 before half-time as Zilina again produced an inept display of defending after failing to cut out Cheyrou's cross and allowing Loic Remy a simple finish.
The goals continued to flow after half-time as Lucho nodded home on 51 minutes before Gignac completed his hat-trick three minutes later with a brave header.
Lucho then scored his second of the night on 63 minutes before Marseille played out the remaining minutes in cruise control.
Former Arsenal striker Eduardo proved a thorn in his old team's side as Shakhtar came from behind to win 2-1 in Ukraine and draw level with the Gunners at the top of Group H.
Arsenal were in front with only 10 minutes on the clock after the jet-heeled Theo Walcott
burst clear before caressing an early shot beyond the Shakhtar keeper.The hosts hit the post and were denied by Lukasz Fabianski before drawing level on 28 minutes when Dymtro Chygrinsky's goalbound header deflected in off Craig Eastmond.
Shakhtar grabbed the decisive goal just before half-time when Darijo Srna
capitalised on weak defending from Gael Clichy to set up Arsenal old boy Eduardo for a confident side-footed finish.Partizan Belgrade are out of the Champions League after losing 1-0 at home to Braga for a fourth straight defeat.
Braga scored the only goal 10 minutes before half-time through Moises' looping header from just inside the area following a free-kick into the box.
Substitute Pedro Leon scored a dramatic injury-time equaliser as Real Madrid fought back to draw 2-2 away to AC Milan and guarantee a place in the next round.
Real made the breakthrough right on half-time when Angel Di Maria's pass split the defence and his fellow Argentine, Gonzalo Higuain, finished clinically from inside the area.
Milan were level just past the midway point of the second half when veteran striker Filippo Inzaghi was presented with a simple header after Real keeper Iker Casillas had made a hash of a cross.
Inzaghi put Milan ahead on 78 minutes, although there was a hint of offside about his goal, before Karim Benzema played in Leon to smash his shot past Christian Abbiati in the fourth minute of injury-time.
Auxerre are not yet out of the equation in Group G after Steeven Langli's late goal clinched a 2-1 home triumph over Ajax.
There was an element of good fortune about Auxerre's goal on nine minutes as the ball dropped to Frederic Sammaritano on the edge of the box and his effort took a deflection before curling inside the post.
Toby Alderweireld headed Ajax level with 10 minutes to go, but Langil capitalised on a quick free-kick to score Auxerre's winner on 84 minutes.
Mario Gomez helped himself to a hat-trick as Bayern Munich's 100 per cent record stayed intact after a 4-0 canter away to CFR Cluj in Group E.
Gomez's first goal arrived on 12 minutes when he tapped home after Andreas Ottl's shot had been saved and the striker doubled the lead on 24 minutes after Bastian Schweinsteiger had headed back Hamit Altintop's cross.
Striker Gomez rounded off his hat-trick 20 minutes from time as he eluded the offside trap to latch on to Schweinsteiger's pass and roll the ball home.
Bayern claimed a fourth goal in the final minute after Altintop lofted the ball over the keeper and Thomas Muller was there first to nudge home.
Roma are in pole position to join Bayern in the next round after edging a five-goal thriller against Basel 3-2 in Switzerland.
Jeremy Menez's coolly-taken finish from the edge of the box put Roma ahead on 16 minutes and Francesco Totti
increased the advantage 10 minutes later after John Arne Riise had been fouled.Basel pulled a goal back on 69 minutes courtesy of Alexander Frei's far-post header after Roma had failed to deal with a cross from the left.
Roma substitute Leandro Greco made an immediate impact by scoring his team's third goal on 76 minutes before Basel responded again through Xherdan Shaqiri on 83 minutes.