Champions League Results 2016: Updated Tables After Tuesday's Group-Stage Scores
Real Madrid's unbeaten start to the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League season continued with a 5-1 victory over Legia Warsaw on Tuesday evening, while Borussia Dortmund clinched a 2-1 victory at Sporting CP.
Los Blancos manager Zinedine Zidane made four changes to the side that beat Real Betis 6-1 on Saturday, with Gareth Bale getting on the scoresheet alongside Marco Asensio, Lucas Vazquez and Alvaro Morata.
Elsewhere, the 10 men of Juventus managed to beat Lyon away from home largely thanks to the heroics of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, while Tottenham Hotspur and Bayer Leverkusen laboured to a bore draw in Germany.
FC Porto came from a goal behind to take a 2-1 victory at Club Brugge, while Leicester City defeated FC Copenhagen 1-0 to clinch a third win in as many group games and ensure they'll at least have a future in the UEFA Europa League.
Read on for a breakdown of Tuesday's Champions League scores, complete with a look to the updated group standings after the latest batch of results.
| Bayer Leverkusen | 0-0 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Club Brugge | 1-2 | Porto |
| CSKA Moscow | 1-1 | AS Monaco |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 0-1 | Sevilla |
| Leicester City | 1-0 | FC Copenhagen |
| Lyon | 0-1 | Juventus |
| Real Madrid | 5-1 | Legia Warsaw |
| Sporting Lisbon | 1-2 | Borussia Dortmund |
| 1 | Monaco | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Legia Warsaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
| 1 | Leicester City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| 2 | Copenhagen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 | Porto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
| 1 | Juventus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
| 3 | Lyon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Recap
Despite the lower standing of Polish champions Legia Warsaw, Zidane didn't take many chances with his team selection at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday, and his men repaid the favour with a convincing European win.
Bale took just a quarter of an hour to open the scoring in Madrid, and Fanatix detailed just how happy the Welshman will have been to end his substantial Champions League barren run:
Left-back Marcelo, back in the squad after returning to fitness, forced Tomasz Jodlowiec to turn the ball into his own net before Miroslav Radovic halved the deficit for Legia from the penalty spot.
Legia couldn't hold back the tide, however, and Madrid found its voice when Asensio added Real's third, followed on to the scoresheet by substitutes Vazquez and Morata in what was a fine display of the Spaniards' depth. Even with a goal, Morata's starting prospects still seem dim, per broadcaster Deji Kofi Faremi:
Dortmund were well worth their win in Lisbon as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted his ninth goal in nine appearances before Julian Weigl sealed the deal with a winning strike in the 43rd minute.
Manager Thomas Tuchel's side looked commanding in foreign territory, but Bruno Cesar's consolatory strike from an indirect free-kick was perhaps the fixture's highlight, via BT Sport Football:
Spurs were unable to bag more than a point in their visit to Leverkusen's BayArena, but manager Mauricio Pochettino could afford to be upbeat considering it was the hosts who were on top for large portions of their 0-0 draw.
Fortunately for them, Group E leaders Monaco were also held to just a point at CSKA Moscow after Bernardo Silva struck a late equaliser to cancel out Lacina Traore's opener in the Russian capital.
It looked like Porto would have to settle for an identical scoreline in Belgium, but Andre Silva's 92nd-minute penalty was enough to bag all three points after Miguel Layun levelled from Jelle Vossen's early opener for Brugge.
Juventus loanee Juan Cuadrado scored a 76th-minute winner at Lyon, but the real hero of the evening was legendary stopper Buffon, who prevented Alexandre Lacazette from opening the score from 12 yards out, via Bleacher Report UK:
It looked as though the Italians might have been forced to concede points after Mario Lemina was sent off for two bookable offences early in the second half, but Italy's reigning champions still held out for a maximum haul.
Riyad Mahrez conjured shades of his 2015-16 campaign as his first-half strike was enough to net Leicester a 1-0 win over Copenhagen, and Manchester City's Samir Nasri did the same for loan club Sevilla in their trip to Zagreb.
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