APOEL Nicosia 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid came from behind to grab a precious 1-1 draw against APOEL Nicosia in Cyprus to keep their Europa League dream alive.

APOEL opened the scoring in the first five minutes. A great run and cross from Nektarios Alexandrou on the left was turned in by Nenad Mirosavljevic six yards out leaving Madrid keeper Sergio Asenjo with no chance.
Amazingly it was the first goal scored by an APOEL player in the Champions League.
But Atletico Madrid's push for the Europa League stayed afloat for another day when captain Simao scored after an hour. APOEL goalkeeper Dionisis Chiotis could only palm Sergio Aguero's cross into his path and the Portugese winger made no mistake.
Diego Forlan did have a chance midway through the first half but his right-footed effort from 15 yards was weak and straight at Chiotis in the APOEL goal.
Madrid's chances were few and far between and lacked conviction.
You could not accuse APOEL of that. They gave everything and were roared on by an unwavering crowd.