Real go through

Beckham shows his frustration against Partizan

Real Madrid became the first team into the second round of the Champions League despite being held to a goalless draw by Partizan Belgrade.

Madrid fielded a strong side with David Beckham, Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Raul and Ronaldo all starting.

But both keepers were in good form and Djorde Pantic denied Ronaldo while Iker Casillas in the visiting goal saved from Andrija Delibasic and Sasa Ilic.

"We had an outstanding game and it's a pity that we didn't win," said Pantic.

Real are top of Group F on 10 points with FC Porto, who beat Olympic Marseille 1-0, in second place with seven.

Porto beat their French visitors courtesy of a first-half Dimitri Alenitchev goal to leave Marseille third in the group with three points while Partizan are on two.

In Group G, Chelsea took a massive step into the next round with a 4-0 drubbing of Lazio in Italy.

Lazio 0-4 Chelsea

Hernan Crespo, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Damien Duff and Frank Lampard each scored at the Stadio Olimpico against a Lazio side who had Sinisa Mihajlovic sent-off.

Chelsea are now top of the group with nine points while Besiktas are in second place on six points with Lazio and Sparta Prague trailing with four points apiece.

Besiktas won by a solitary goal as Ronaldo Guiaro struck late on when he converted a Sergen Yalcin cross.

Manchester United beat Rangers 3-0 at Old Trafford but are second in Group E after Vfb Stuttgart won 3-1 against Panathinaikos.

Man Utd 3-0 Rangers

Diego Forlan and two Ruud van Nistelrooy goals gave United the win and, even though they are level on nine points with Stuttgart, the German side top the group following their win over the English side in an earlier game.

Stuttgart came back from a goal down see off Panathinaikos in Greece.

AC Milan's players celebrate their win over Club Brugge

Michalis Constantinou's opener stunned the Bundesliga team into action and got back on level terms through a Takis Fyssas own goal.

Kevin Kuranyi and Andreas Hinkel added further goals for Stuttgart to put them in the ascendancy in the group.

Rangers face a struggle to qualify with four points while Panathinaikos are out of the competition with just one point to their credit.

Group H is still a tight contest with the four teams separated by just three points.

Champions League holders AC Milan recovered from their surprise defeat to Club Brugge last time out by beating the Belgian side in the reverse fixture.

The Italian side were reduced to 10-men after Alessandro Nesta's first-half dismissal for two bookable offences but won through Brazilian Ricardo Kaka's volley after 86 minutes.

In the other group fixture, Celta Vigo earned an exciting 3-2 win over Ajax in Spain.

The La Liga team went ahead through a controversial Peter Luccin penalty when Abubakari Yakubu was deemed to have brought down Savo Milosevic.

Milosevic added a second with a header for Celta before half-time and, despite a Wesley Sonck goal for the visitors, a Vagner shot put the home side two goals in front again.

A stunning Rafael van der Vaart strike for Ajax set up an enthralling finish but Celta held on with the Dutch side's misery being compounded by the dismissal of Zdenek Grygera.

AC Milan top the group with seven points while Ajax are in second with six points with Celta Vigo on five and Club Brugge with four points.

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