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ROME -- Barcelona slumped to a rare loss Wednesday, while Manchester United and Chelsea each needed late goals to win in a wild night of Champions League action. Michael Oher Womens Jersey . Barcelona was unbeaten in 12 consecutive matches in all competitions before falling 2-1 at Celtic, which is now just two points behind the Spanish giants with two group matches remaining. Meanwhile, United came back from a goal down to beat Braga 3-1 and qualify for the second round in a match that was stopped briefly because of a floodlight outage. Advancing with two matches to spare marked a sharp turnaround from last season, when United failed to make it to the knockout round. Elsewhere, defending champion Chelsea needed a header from Victor Moses four minutes into injury time to win 3-2 over Shakhtar Donetsk. Also, last seasons runner-up Bayern Munich thrashed Lille 6-1 and Italian champion Juventus also dominated in a 4-0 win over Danish side Nordsjaelland. In other matches, Galatasaray won its first away match in the competition in 10 years by beating CFR Cluj 3-1 with a hat trick from Burat Yilmaz; midfielder Sofiane Feghouli scored twice to help Valencia beat BATE Borisov 4-2 and take the lead in Group F; and Substitute Oscar Cardozo scored two second-half goals to give Benfica a 2-0 win over Spartak Moscow. In Scotland, Victor Wanyama headed Celtic in front in the 21st minute and teenage substitute Tony Watt rounded off another swift counterattack in the 83rd. All four-time champion Barcelona could muster was a stoppage time goal from three-time FIFA player of the year Lionel Messi. Barcelona has nine points in Group G, Celtic is next with seven, Benfica has four and Spartak three. Barcelonas only other loss this season was a 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup in August. "It is not the first time we have lost a game like this and it wont be the last," Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova said. In Portugal, Braga went ahead with a 49th-minute penalty from Alan and the score remained 1-0 when the game was suspended for about 10 minutes in the second half because of a floodlight failure. When the lights came back on, it was all United. Robin van Persie equalized in the 80th, Wayne Rooney converted a penalty in the 84th and Javier Hernandez tapped in from short range in injury time. United has an insurmountable 12 points in Group H. Cluj and Galatasaray are next with four each and Braga is last with three. In London, Chelsea was outplayed for large periods and surrendered the lead twice, with Willian scoring both of Shakhtars goals in the ninth and 47th minutes to enhance his burgeoning reputation. Fernando Torres had scored Chelseas opener in the sixth and Oscar had reclaimed the lead for the hosts in the 40th with a stunning 45-yard shot, with goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov to blame for both goals after botching attempted clearances. Moses had the last laugh as Chelsea finished strongly, the substitute heading in Matas cross with almost the last touch of the game. Shakhtar and Chelsea each have seven points atop Group E, with the Ukrainian side ahead on goal difference. Juventus is a point behind and Nordsjaelland is last with one point. Bouncing back from its first Serie A loss in two seasons at the weekend, Juventus got goals from Claudio Marchisio, Arturo Vidal, Sebastian Giovinco and substitute Fabio Quagliarella. "Clearly we need to beat Chelsea and then battle it out with Shakhtar," said Juventus assistant Angelo Alessio, who is filling in on the touchline while head coach Antonio Conte serves a four-month ban for match-fixing. In Germany, Claudio Pizarro scored a hat trick for Bayern, which also got goals from Bastain Schweinsteiger, Arjen Robben and Toni Kroos. Valencia and Bayern have nine points each in Group F, with Valencia leading on goal difference. 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The Pacers blew a big fourth quarter lead on Saturday for the second time in the set, but this time they came back to win in overtime. David West posted a game-high 26 points with 12 rebounds, and George Hills 12 points included the game-winning free throws with 2.2 seconds to play in the extra frame as the Pacers held on for a 101-99 decision over Orlando in Game 4, despite seeing a 19-point fourth-quarter lead erased. Ravens Ray Rice Jersey . Johns IceCaps 3-0 in American Hockey League action Friday. Chris Brown, Brett Hextall and Brendan Shinnimin each scored for the Pirates (4-3-1).(Sports Network) - Fresh off their first postseason win in 15 years, the Florida Panthers will try to keep the momentum in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinals when they visit the New Jersey Devils for tonights Game 3 at Prudential Center. You can watch the game live on TSN and TSN Mobile TV at 7pm et/4pm pt and join our Game Night Blog to get playoff updates. The third-seeded Panthers are in the postseason for the first time since 2000 after winning the franchises first-ever Southeast Division title. Floridas previous trip to the playoffs 12 years ago resulted in a sweep at the hands of the Devils, but the Panthers ended an eight-game postseason losing streak with a 4-2 victory in Sundays Game 2. Stephen Weiss netted a pair of power-play goals to lead the Panthers to Sundays victory, which evened this series at one win apiece. It was Floridas first victory in the postseason since April 17, 1997 against the New York Rangers in Game 1 of the conference quarterfinals. New York went on to win that set in five games. "Its nice to get the monkey off your back," Weiss said about the Panthers victory. Weiss tallies were the first two playoff goals of his 10-year career. The former first-round pick by Florida in the 2001 draft is in the playoffs for the first time as an NHLer. Marcel Goc and Tomas Fleischmann also lit the lamp for the Panthers, while Jose Theodore made 23 saves for the win. Florida hasnt won a road playoff game since it defeated the Pittsburgh Pengguins in Game 7 of the 1996 Eastern Conference finals. Courtney Upshaw Jersey. The Panthers were 17-17-7 as the guest during the 2011-12 regular season. The Devils, meanwhile, will try to take control of this series in Newark, where Thursdays Game 4 will also take place. New Jersey was 24-13-4 at the Prudential Center this season. Travis Zajac and Ilya Kovalchuk scored in Sundays loss for New Jersey, which had its seven-game win streak -- including the final six games of the regular season -- snapped. Martin Brodeur, who won the 100th postseason game of his career in the series opener, stopped 20-of-23 shots in defeat, falling to 5-1 in his career against the Panthers in the playoffs.. "I think when we play the way we are capable of playing were a better team than them," said Zajac. "We have just got to stick to our game and do what makes us successful." New Jersey did a nice job of getting back into Sundays game, as they entered the third period trailing 3-0, but got on the board just 48 seconds into the frame on Zajacs goal. Kovalchuk tallied just 1:14 later to cut the deficit to 3-2, but the score would stay that way until Fleischmann notched an empty- netter with less than a second to play. "We didnt panic when they scored two quick goals. Thats playoff hockey right there and you have got to stick with it and have confidence," said Theodore. This is only the second playoff series between the Devils and Panthers, following New Jerseys sweep in 2000. ' ' '
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