UEFA Champions League Review:Panathinaikos and APOEL take step towards Champions League playoffs with win's

Greek club Panathinaikos come from behind to beat visiting Club Brugge of Belgium 2-1 in a UEFA Champions League qualifying clash on Tuesday night.

Pana’ fell behind in front of their fans after just 10 minutes, but they showed great character to come back and win with goals in the 37 and 65 minutes.

And that was after they had defender Sergio Sanchez sent off two minutes from halftime and also missed a penalty in the 34 minute.

APOEL earned an important 1-2 win away to FC Midtjylland in the first leg of the Champions League third-round on Tuesday, though a late strike from the Danes keeps the tie alive after it looked to be over.

After their unconvincing performances in the previous round against FK Vardar, it was evident from their first-half display that APOEL were keen to silence some of their critics as well as a set a positive marker ahead of next week’s second leg.

Nektarios Alexandrou stood in for the injured Marios Antoniades and it was the long-serving Cypriot who caused the game’s first major talking point as, on 17 minutes, a clumsy challenge provoked strong appeals for a penalty from the hosts.

Robin van Persie could not inspire Fenerbahce to victory in the the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round as Shakhtar Donetsk left Turkey with a goalless draw.

Shakhtar made much of the early running, with Alex Teixeira flashing a shot wide in the 16th minute, while Fernandao headed off target from Nani's cross.

The home faithful had to wait until the 68th minute to see their other recruit from Manchester United brough off the bench, and Van Persie inspired sustained pressure during the closing stages, although he was unable to make decisive contact with a volley two minutes from time.

Monaco were convincing 3-1 victors at Young Boys on what proved to be a fruitful gameday for away sides.

All four goals in Bern arrived in a frantic 11-minute period during the second half, with highly-rated left-back Layvin Kurzawa putting Monaco ahead in the 64th minute.

Debutant Guido Carrillo doubled the lead and, although Raphael Nuzzolo hit back for Young Boys, Mario Pasalic - also making his first Monaco appearance - completed the scoring with 15 minutes remaining.

CSKA Moscow twice led against Sparta Prague but face an uphill task after being held to a 2-2 draw.

Alan Dzagoev opened the scoring after 14 minutes before Kehinde Fatai found an instant reply for the visitors.

Bebras Natcho then missed a penalty and Zoran Tosic restored CKSA's advantage in the 53rd minute following an error from Lukas Vacha, but the Sparta midfielder atoned for his mistake by crossing for Ladislav Krejci to head home four minutes later.

 Viktoria Plzen secured 2-1 win away from home against  Maccabi Tel-Aviv respectively.

KF Skenderbeu of Albania were also winners on the road as Hamdi Salihi's brace sealed a 2-0 triumph at Moldova's Milsami Orhei.

Paulo Vinicius' 89th-minute equaliser snatched a 1-1 draw for Hungary's Videoton against BATE Borisov, while 10-man Dinamo Zagreb and Molde shared the same scoreline in Croatia.