The night's other match was an ill-tempered affair which saw one player sent off and eight other players booked. However, German side Bayer Leverkusen p themselves in position to reach the quarter-finals for the first time as they beat last season's finalists Atletico Madrid 1-0.carving a pathway for others to follow.

Hakan Calhanoglu scored the only goal and became the first player to score against Atletico in the Champions League since Kostas Mitroglou did for Olympiakos on 16 September."I think we were clearly the better team and therefore we deserved the win," said Calhanoglu. "I gave it all I had for the goal, but we have to play just as well in the return leg as we did today and then we have a good chance."

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