Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco / 08 December 2009 Free Bet View Market

"One team they certainly won’t be facing in the knock-out stages is Juventus after the Turin giants were thrashed 4-1 at home at the hands of Bayern Munich and consequently eliminated. "

Chelsea were held to one of the most humiliating draws of their recent history as they drew 2-2 with Apoel Nicosia, having traded as low as [1.05] in-running on Betfair. The draw was matched as high as [20.0] when Chelsea were ahead with just 3 minutes on the clock after goals from Didier Drogba and Michael Essien. Despite this minor irritation for Carlo Ancelotti, his team are still the [4.8] favourites to win the competition.

One team they certainly won't be facing in the knock-out stages is Juventus after the Turin giants were thrashed 4-1 at home at the hands of Bayern Munich and consequently eliminated. The home side went 1-0 ahead through David Trezeguet but Bayern came storming back at them after being backed at [9.6] to win the match. Louis Van Gaal's side had been backed at a high of [9.8] to qualify when looking dead and buried.

Over in Wolfsburg, a makeshift Manchester United side featuring three midfielders in defence still proved too strong for the home side and they ended up winning 3-1 after being backed at an in-running high of [7.4], with Michael Owen scoring a hat-trick.

Elsewhere there were straightforward wins by Porto over Atletico Madrid (high of [5.8]) and Real Madrid ([2.84]) over Marseille, with two-goal man Cristiano Ronaldo back to something like his best. Real trade at [7.2] for the Champions League, just behind the aforementioned Chelsea and compatriots Barcelona, who are [5.1]. Ronaldo's goals tonight have now seen him installed as the [2.12] favourite for top goalscorer in the competition whilst another all-English final, as happened in 2008, trades at [3.7].