Chelsea and Arsenal suffered surprise defeats as English clubs continued to struggle in the Champions League this morning.
Chelsea, the reigning EPL champions, were beaten 2-1 by Porto on Jose Mourino's return to his former club while the Gunners lost 3-2 at home to Olympiacos.
Elsewhere, defending champions Barcelona had to come from behind to beat Bayer Leverkusen with Luis Suarez scoring a stunning winner in the absence of injured star Lionel Messi.
In Germany, goalscoring machine Robert Lewandowski's phenomenal run continued when he bagged a hat-trick in Bayern Munich's 5-0 mauling of Dinamo Zagreb as their 45-match unbeaten run was halted in emphatic fashion.
-AAP