Antonio Valencia's horror injury overshadowed Rangers' impressive point at Manchester United as Tottenham drew away to Werder Bremen.
Valencia woe as Gers make points; Spurs denied by Bremen
Antonio Valencia's horror injury overshadowed Rangers' impressive point at Manchester United as Tottenham drew away to Werder Bremen.
Barcelona had to come from behind to beat Panathinaikos, while Inter Milan were made to work hard for a point away to FC Twente.
Valencia brushed aside Bursaspor on their travels and FC Copenhagen snatched a last-gasp victory over Rubin Kazan.
Benfica saw off the challenge of Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Lyon enjoyed a 1-0 success against 10-man Schalke.
Rangers claimed a memorable point away to
Manchester United in their Group C opener in a match where a freak injury to Red Devils midfielder Valencia made a bad night for Sir Alex Ferguson even worse.
The Ecuador international, one of 10 changes from Ferguson's starting XI against Everton, suffered what is suspected to be a badly broken ankle and crumpled to the turf in the second half in obvious agony before being stretchered off while receiving oxygen.
Pegged back
Tottenham roared into a 2-0 lead on their Champions League debut away to Group A rivals
Werder Bremen but could not hold on and were pegged back by the hosts.
Petri Pasanen put through his own net before Peter Crouch's header from Rafael van der Vaart's cross had the travelling supporters in dreamland in the 18th minute before the Bundesliga side hit back strongly.
Hugo Almeida got in between Ledley King and Beniot Assou-Ekotto to head home before the break and then Marko Marin drilled home a superb strike from distance into bottom corner.
Defending champions
Inter Milan had to come from behind to take a point at
FC Twente in Group A's other clash, with Samuel Eto'o levelling from long range after Theo Janssen's superb free-kick and Diego Milito's own goal had cancelled out Wesley Sneijder's opener.
Valencia are the early leaders of United and Rangers' Group C after they crushed
Bursaspor 4-0 on their travels.
Tino Costa fired home from outside the box to open the scoring and Aritz Aduriz headed the second shortly before the interval, with Pablo Hernandez and Roberto Soldado adding further goals after the break.
Messi magic
Barcelona recovered from an early stumble in their Group D meeting at home to
Panathinaikos to cruise to a 5-1 success, with Lionel Messi once again to the fore.
Sidney Govou had fired the visitors into a shock lead but Barca recovered swiftly with a brace from Messi either side of David Villa's strike before the interval.
Argentina international Messi proved he is human as he fluffed his hat-trick chance with a tame penalty he had won in the second period before Pedro and Dani Alves added gloss to the scoreline with late efforts.
FC Copenhagen are alongside the Catalan club at the top of Group D following their late victory over
Rubin Kazan, where Dame Ndoye struck three minutes from time with a close-range header.
Benfica opened their Group B account with a 2-0 home success over
Hapoel Tel-Aviv, with Luisao and Oscar Cardozo on target either side of the interval.
Schalke defender Benedikt Howedes had an evening to forget away to
Lyon as he put through his own net for the only goal of the game in the 21st minute before seeing red seven minutes before the interval.
