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A round-up of how the opposition to British Champions League sides fared this weekend, with Liverpool's opponents Lyon hammered by Nice.

GROUP E

Lyon (face Liverpool at Stade Gerland on November 4)

Nice 4-1 Lyon

Lyon slumped to a second consecutive Ligue 1 defeat, falling 4-1 at Nice in the aftermath of their 2-1 win at Liverpool to slip behind Bordeaux at the top of the French standings.

The Cote D'Azur side were 2-0 up at the break thanks to a Mamadou Bagayoko strike just after the quarter hour and an own-goal by Aly Cissokho.

David Hellebuyck and Loic Remy made it 4-0 before Ederson hit a consolation for Les Gones with eight minutes left.

Lyon top Group E with a maximum nine points.

Fiorentina 0-1 Napoli

Fehervar 3-0 Debrecen

GROUP G

Unirea Urziceni (face Rangers at Tineretului on November 4)

Pandurii Targu Jiu 0-0 Unirea Urziceni

Dan Petrescu's Unirea suffered a mini-hangover after their 4-1 win at Ibrox by stumbling to a goalless draw at the mid-table side.

The hosts played the last six minutes with 10 men after midfielder Alexandru Pacurar saw red for a second bookable offence.

Unirea sit sixth in the Romanian Liga, although only three points separate them from leaders Timisoara.

The Romanian champions lie second in Group G.

Sevilla 0-0 Espanyol

Hannover 1-0 Stuttgart

GROUP H

AZ Alkmaar (face Arsenal at the Emirates on November 4)

AZ Alkmaar 2-4 Ajax

AZ's indifferent start to the Eredivisie season continued as a heavy loss at home to second-placed Ajax followed up their defeat to leaders FC Twente.

Mounir El Hamdaoui gave the hosts a half-time lead, but three goals in eight minutes by Urby Emmanuelson, Luis Suarez and Gregory van der Wiel gave Ajax a comfortable lead.

Suarez added his second and Ajax's fourth in injury-time before Gabor Pelle hit a late consolation for AZ.

Olympiacos 2-1 Ergotelis

Standard Liege 1-1 Zulte Waregem

GROUP B

CSKA Moscow (face Manchester United at Old Trafford on November 3).

CSKA Moscow 1-3 FK Moscow

Juande Ramos lost his job after a humiliating home defeat to their less-fancied local rivals left CSKA 10 points off leaders Rubin Kazan with four games of the season remaining, all-but ending their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

An abject first-half performance saw CSKA 3-0 down at half-time thanks to goals from Dmitri Tarasov, Alexei Rebko (penalty) and Alexandru Epureanu.

Tomas Necid pulled one back for the hosts with seven minutes left but it was too little too late and Spaniard Ramos was sent packing after just over six weeks at the helm.

Hertha Berlin 0-0 Wolfsburg

Eskisehirspor 0-1 Besiktas

GROUP D

Atletico Madrid (face Chelsea at Vicente Calderon on November 3).

Atletico Madrid 1-1 Mallorca

The travelling circus that is Atletico conceded a late equaliser to nine-man Mallorca in another shocking performance by Los Rojiblancos.

A day after coach Abel Resino was fired - which led to a comical merry-go-round of job offers, press leaks, public announcements and public rejections - the Madrid strugglers were given two penalties and a two-man advantage.

Diego Forlan missed the first spot-kick, which saw Josemi sent off for deliberate handball, but converted the second, which resulted in Ivan Ramis seeing red.

Yet they somehow they failed to kill Mallorca off and West Brom flop Borja Valero levelled for the visitors to leave Chelsea's opponents one point above the relegation zone.

FC Porto 3-2 Academica

APOEL Nicosia 2-0 Ethnikos

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