United and Spurs qualify as group leaders
Manchester United secured their place in the Champions League last 16 as Group C winners courtesy of a 1-1 draw against Spanish side Valencia at Old Trafford.
Despite having several first half opportunities, United were made to pay for their profligacy in front of goal when Pablo Hernandez fired past young keeper Ben Amos to give the visitors the lead on 32 minutes.
Having conceded their first goal in the group stages, United continued to press after the break and grabbed the deserved equaliser that ensured they would finish in top spot when Anderson fired in on 62 minutes when keeper Vicente Guaita could only parry a Ji-Sung Park effort.
In the other Group C clash, the dead-rubber between Glasgow Rangers and Bursaspor in Turkey ended 1-1 after Sercan Yildirim cancelled out Kenny Miller's first half strike for the 'Gers, who go into the Europa League after finishing in third place.
Tottenham emerged as Group A winners ahead of reigning champions Inter Milan following a six-goal thriller away to Dutch side FC Twente.
Harry Redknapp's men went ahead on three occasions in the game through a farcical Peter Wisgerhof own goal and a Jermain Defoe brace, but a Denny Landzaat penalty, Roberto Rosales's header and a Nacer Chadli free-kick ensured the match ended 3-3.
Rafa Benitez's Inter crashed to a 3-0 defeat at the group's bottom side Werder Bremen, meaning they had to settle for second spot.
The German Bundesliga outfit picked up their first win in the group thanks to goals from Sebastian Prodl, Marko Arnautovic and Claudio Pizarro.
German side Schalke ensured they would go through as Group B winners with a 2-1 away win at Benfica.
Manuel Jurado handed the visitors the lead in the first half before Benedikt Howedes made it two just nine minutes before full-time. Luisao pulled one back three minutes from time but it was too little, too late.
Lyon had to settle for second place when they were held to a 2-2 draw at home to group B bottom club Hapoel Tel-Aviv.
Lisandro Lopez handed the French side the lead but former Chelsea star Ben Sahar equalised a minute later for the Israeli outfit.
Eran Zahavi looked to have won it for the visitors, but Alexandre Lacazette levelled things up for Lyon just three minutes from time.
Barcelona cemented their place at the top of Group D as goals from Andreu Fontas and Victor Vazquez secured a 2-0 win against Rubin Kazan, while FC Copenhagen are the first Danish side to get through to the last-16 as runners up following a comprehensive 3-1 win against bottom side Panathinaikos.
Martin Vingaard, Chelsea old boy Jesper Gronkjaer, and former Liverpool and Sunderland hitman Djibril Cisse's own goal secured the win, with Cedric Kante grabbing a late consolation for the Greek outfit.Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email