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"My wish is that my players will keep playing with the same passion in the remaining two matches. If we do it, and is up to us, then we have chances for many things,coach outlet," said APOEL'S coach Ivan Jovanovic, whose side were given little chance to survive when the draw was made.
Leverkusen host Chelsea in the next round of group matches. "We could have put the game beyond their reach. We had chances to kill the game off," keeper Petr Cech told Sky Sports. "I don't think there was a hangover (from Saturday's 5-3 home defeat by Arsenal). We now have to qualify the hard way."
Arsenal,doudoune moncler, whose season has recovered after a terrible start,abercrombie paris, left prolific Dutch striker Robin van Persie among the substitutes and his 30 minute cameo failed to prevent them from labouring to a 0-0 draw against Marseille in Group F.
Unfancied Cypriots APOEL are just one win away from joining them as winners of Group G after a last-gasp 2-1 victory against former European champions Porto.
"We wanted to qualify tonight,louboutin, but we were not at our sharpest," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said.
Unstoppable Argentine Messi gave Barcelona the lead with his 200th goal for the club and his 201st and 202nd followed as they beat 10-man Viktoria Plzen 4-0 in Prague to move top of Group H above Milan who were held 1-1 at BATE Borisov.
Chelsea's woes continued after back-to-back Premier League defeats and accusations that captain John Terry racially abused Queen's Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand.
Kill the game
Victory in Genk looked a formality when Ramires gave them the lead but a missed penalty by David Luiz gave the Belgium club hope and Jelle Vossen equalised after the break to give his side their second point in the group.
Brazilian Jonas scored after 12 seconds for Valencia, the second quickest goal in the Champions League.
LONDON - Another Lionel Messi hat-trick lit up the Champions League yet again as Barcelona and AC Milan qualified for the last 16 with time to spare on Tuesday although it is APOEL Nicosia who are fast becoming the talk of the group stages.
Messi,abercrombie and fitch paris, who also scored a hat-trick in La Liga against Mallorca on Saturday, scored a penalty after 24 minutes, fired in a second from close range just before halftime and completed his hat-trick in stoppage time.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was on target for Milan and, although the Serie A side conceded a second-half goal from the penalty spot, Barca's result ensured the two giants of European football will be in the knockout rounds come February.
Still undefeated, they have eight points, one more than Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg who beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0. APOEL visit Zenit in the next round of matches in three weeks when victory will seal an unlikely top spot in the group.
Chelsea began the night eyeing a win which could have sealed their progress to the last 16, depending on other results,louboutin pas cher, but things look less secure now for the London club who have eight points,abercrombie france, two in front of Bayer Leverkusen who lost 3-1 in Valencia.
Ailton gave APOEL, playing in the group stage for only the second time,abercrombie, the lead but an 89th-minute penalty by Porto's Hulk silenced the stadium. In a barnstorming finish, Gustavo Manduca then drilled in a stoppage-time winner to spark wild celebrations amongst the home supporters.
A home victory would have put Arsenal through but a draw means both teams should still qualify. Borussia Dortmund kept alive their hopes of a top two place with a 1-0 home victory against Greek side Olympiakos Piraeus.
Plzen had to play three quarters of the match with 10 men as Marian Cisovsky was dismissed for the foul on Messi which led to the penalty.
Barca have no such worries.
Not only did Messi complete a double century of goals for the Spanish side, but keeper Victor Valdez set a club record for not conceding a goal - bettering Miguel Reina's 824-minute shutout run achieved in the 1972-73 season.
Premier League sides Chelsea and Arsenal still have work to do to reach the knockout phase after draws against Racing Genk and Olympique Marseille respectively when victories could have sealed their passage out of their groups.
"I am happy for the match,polo ralph lauren pas cher, the result and the goals,abercrombie and fitch, " Messi told Spanish television. "Given the result of the Milan game it was important to win. (Plzen) are not as well known as some clubs but it's not easy to come here."
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