Riyad Mahrez secured another Champions League victory for Leicester City on Tuesday while big boys Real Madrid, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund were also in winning form. Leicester maintained a perfect record in Group G in their first foray in Europe's elite club competition by edging FC Copenhagen 1-0 at the King Power Stadium with Mahrez getting the only goal of the game. Islam Slimani headed down a Jamie Vardy cross for Mahrez to score with a close-range volley with the outside of his left foot five minutes before half-time. View image on Twitter
With Porto winning 2-1 away to Club Brugge in the group's other game, Claudio Ranieri's side now know a win away to Copenhagen in their next match on November 2 will secure a place in the last 16.
"We're in a good position now," said Ranieri.
"We knew it would be tough. Copenhagen tried until the end. It was difficult at the start, but the performance was good."
What a feeling! Another great night for @LCFC in the @ChampionsLeague . Top performance by the team 🙌 pic.twitter.com/WekEFBq30R
— Kasper Schmeichel (@kschmeichel1) October 18, 2016
In Bruges, Jelle Vossen put the home side in front early on but Miguel Layun lashed in the equaliser midway through the second half and Andre Silva scored a stoppage-time winner from the penalty spot.
For Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas it was a 92nd win in the Champions League, allowing him to surpass Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez and establish a new record.
Leicester's Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur found themselves hanging on for a point as they claimed a 0-0 draw away to Bayer Leverkusen in Germany in Group E.
A Vincent Janssen header that came back off the bar was the closest Spurs came to scoring at the BayArena.
The home side piled on the pressure in the second half but Javier Hernandez was denied by a brilliant save on the line by Hugo Lloris and Stefan Kiessling missed a great chance late on.
Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/JVx4XQtqfC
— Rashad (@Lampardly) October 18, 2016
That Hugo Lloris wonder save in all its glory... ✋😲ðŸ‘#UCL #Lloris pic.twitter.com/1p4wjgBHIP
— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) October 18, 2016
Zidane, @realmadriden: “We can always improve but the important thing today was to win." #UCL pic.twitter.com/Sd3M01onNm
— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) October 18, 2016