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Olympiacos six points clear of Arsenal after win in Athens

Neymar scored twice for Barcelona against BATE Borisov on Wednesday night<br />Picture: PA&nbsp;
Neymar scored twice for Barcelona against BATE Borisov on Wednesday night
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Neymar scored twice for Barcelona against BATE Borisov on Wednesday night
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A 2-1 win for Olympiacos over Dinamo Zagreb in Athens means Arsenal must win their two remaining group games to stand any chance of progressing to the knockout stages of the Champions League.

The Greek side came from behind to move six points clear of the Gunners, despite Armin Hodzic giving the Croatian side a first-half lead. Felipe Pardo dragged his side level soon after coming on as a substitute and grabbed a dramatic late winner after Zagreb's Josip Pivaric was sent-off for two bookable offences and Kostas Fortounis had missed from the penalty spot.

In Group G, leaders Porto boosted their hold on the group with a 3-1 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv. Goals from Cristian Tello, Andre Andre and Miguel Layun sent the Portuguese side into a 3-0 lead before a late Eran Zehavi gave the hosts some consolation.

Barcelona breezed to a 3-0 win over BATE Borisov in Group E, two strikes from Brazilian Neymar sandwiching a 60th minute Luis Suarez effort. Barcelona's win took them five points clear at the top from Roma, who moved into second after an entertaining 3-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen.

The Italians looked to be cruising after goals from Mohamed Salah and Edin Dzeko inside the first half-hour, before Admir Mehmedi and Javier Hernandez drew the Germans level. Miralem Pjanic's 80th minute penalty sealed the points for Roma after Leverkusen captain Omer Toprak was red-carded for pushing over Salah.

Zenit St Petersburg stretched their 100 per cent record in Group H to four games with a 2-0 win over Lyon, for whom Maxime Gonalons was sent-off for two bookable offences. A goal in each half from striker Artem Dzyuba secured another win, although the hosts did have defender Alexander Anyukov sent-off late on.

Valencia stayed in second place despite a 1-0 loss at Gent, for whom Sven Kums scored the winning penalty in the second-half.