Real escape, but Inter not so lucky

Goals from Sidney Govou and Sonny Anderson gave impressive Olympique Lyon a 2-1 victory over Inter Milan last night.

Goals from Sidney Govou and Sonny Anderson gave impressive Olympique Lyon a 2-1 victory over Inter Milan last night.

Lyon broke through in the 21st minute with a classic counter-attack. Anderson played the ball forward to Eric Carriere and Govou latched on to the cross to drive the ball past Inter goalkeeper Francesco Toldo.

Anderson doubled the lead on the hour with a thundering drive from 20 metres out which flew into the top right-hand corner of Toldo's goal.

Inter were hugely disappointing but found a way back into the game with a 73rd minute goal from defender Fabio Cannavaro.

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Rosenborg Trondheim held Ajax Amsterdam to a 0-0 draw in the other Group D game.

Two goals from Zinedine Zidane helped Real Madrid to a 3-3 draw away to AEK Athens in Group C.

The inspired Vassilis Tsartas was at the heart of a stunning first-half from the hosts, scoring a sixth-minute free-kick past Casillas before setting up two more goals.

A 24th-minute corner from the Greece midfielder found Christos Maladenis before another free kick was diverted in by Demis Nikolaidis four minutes later.

In between, Zidane hit back with a 10th-minute shot and the Frenchman scored again before the break. Guti flicked the visitors level on the hour.

A long-range header from Antonio Cassano earned Roma all three points from their clash with Genk at the Fenixstadion.

Valencia struck four times inside the opening half-hour to set up a devastating 6-2 victory over Basel and continue their impeccable progress in Group B.

And Borussia Dortmund moved a step closer the second stage when they beat PSV Eindhoven 3-1 in Group A, their first away win in the competition since 1997.