Man Utd, Chelsea advance

United was trailing 3-1 with six minutes left, but Paul Scholes and Antonio Valencia scored to give last season's runner-up the point it needed to advance.

Didier Drogba scored in the 82nd and 88th to put Chelsea 2-1 up at Atletico Madrid, although the 2008 finalist conceded an injury-time goal to Sergio Aguero and drew 2-2.

Bordeaux won 2-0 at Bayern Munich, while FC Porto's 1-0 win at APOEL Nicosia means it advances alongside Chelsea and eliminates the other Group D sides.

AC Milan and Real Madrid still have qualification to play for following their 1-1 draw in Italy.

Man United manager Alex Ferguson rested several key players and watched his much-changed side slip 3-1 behind before he introduced Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra for the last half hour.

Rooney provided menace in attack and Scholes headed in a right-wing cross, before Valencia got a deflected equalizer in the second minute of added time.

Although Ferguson could point to the referee's mistake in booking Darren Fletcher for diving when he should have awarded United a penalty, the three-time European champions simply gave CSKA too much room to attack.

Alan Dzagoev put CSKA ahead in the 25th minute with a shot from a narrow angle and, although Michael Owen equalized, Milos Krasnic made it 2-1 with a turn and shot after more slack defending.

The unmarked Aleksei Berezutski scored at the start of the second half with a header when the United defense allowed a free kick from the left to reach him at the far post.

“Their goalkeeper made some fantastic saves,” Ferguson said. “We lost three goals at home and you don't like that.

“But I can't believe how many chances we did create.”

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