Champions League: the Matchday Six games - in pictures

Borussia Dortmund v Manchester City Dortmund's yellow wall lives up to its name as the teams line up ahead of kick-off. Click here to read David Conn's special report from Dortmund and click here to see Gary Calton's photo essay from Signal Iduna Park Photograph: Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images

Dortmund's Oliver Kirch closes down Scott Sinclair, who is making a rare appearance in the City starting XI, which is Hart; Maicon, Kompany, Lescott, Nastasic; Garcia, Barry; Nasri, Tevez, Sinclair; Dzeko. The subs are: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Aguero, Nimely, Balotelli, Meppen Walters, Evans Photograph: Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images

Javi Garcia goes up for a header with Mats Hummels Photograph: Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images

Just before the hour mark the home side finally do what they've had been threatening to do for most the first half - they take the lead. Dortmund winger Blaszczkowski makes a tricky chest control look easy on the right before powering past Nastacic. He then slides across a peach of a low cross between centre-half and goalkeeper towards the far post where Schieber has scampered past a dozing Maicon to slide in and tap the ball home Photograph: Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images

The look on the face of City's captain Vincent Kompany says it all Photograph: Ina Fassbender/Reuters

Carlos Tevez has been City's most industrious player and causing problems for the Dortmund defence on a number of occasions Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images

Mario Balotelli is brought on in place of Edin Dzeko but is kept in check by Marcel Schmelzer and his fellow defenders Photograph: Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images

In the dying seconds Balotelli is penalised for a foul and his frustration shows as he picks up the ball and throws it down onto the ground in a fit of pique. He earns a yellow card for his trouble Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images

Carlos Tevez and team-mates cut dispondant figures as they trudge off the pitch, their European football adventure over for another season. Roberto Mancini's side tumbled out of the Champions League without a victory to their name and the with the lowest group stage points tally, 3 points, of any English team in the competition's history. Final score 1-0 Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

Real Madrid v Ajax Former Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo could have done United's neighbours and bitter rivals City a favour as he puts Real ahead in the Bernabéu. Both City and Real need to win for Roberto Mancini's side to make it into the Europa League Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images

Callejón adding two more either side of a fine Kaká strike, which he celebrates to leave Ajax with only Derk Boerrigter's consolation goal. With José Mourinho's side already knowing they would finish second to Borussia Dortmund, Ajax might have harboured hopes of improving on a run of five successive defeats by Madrid, but were cruelly put to the sword by Real Madrid's Kaka. Final score: 4-1 Photograph: Daniel Ochoa De Olza/AP

Olympiakos v Arsenal Having already qualified for the knockout round Arsenal manager Arène Wenger has rested a number of his players with Jack Wilshere, Santi Cazorla, Mikel Arteta, Per Mertesacker, Theo Walcott and Lukas Podolski all sitting this one out. Gervinho is playing and here he is challenging Olympiakos's Ljubomir Fejsa Photograph: Jed Leicester/Action Images

As an uninspiring half is heading to a close, the visitors spark a bit of life into it when Tomas Rosicky, seen here steaming past Giannis Maniatis, gives Arsenal the lead. Gervinho gets to the byline and cuts the ball back for Rosicky, who sidefoots confidently home from the penalty spot Photograph: Jed Leicester/Action Images

Just after the hour mark Giannis Maniatis, right, equalises for Olympiakos when he forces the ball home from close range after a goalmouth scramble Photograph: John Kolesidis/Reuters

Rafik Djebbour and Sebastien Squillaci, right, await with anticipation the delivery of a cross into the Arsenal box Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Djamel Abdoun holds off a flapping Carl Jenkinson Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA

Kostas Mitroglou, seen here rising highest as a cross comes in, puts the home side ahead in the 73rd minute with a magnificant finish. He picks up the ball on the left-hand corner of the Arsenal box, takes a tap inside, turns, then finesse a curler into the bottom right. Final score 2-1 Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA

Montpellier v Schalke Montpellier's Remy Cabella, right, loses out in his tussle on the touchline with Schalke's Atsuto Uchida Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images

Montpellier's keeper Jonathan Ligali grabs the ball just in time as Schalke's Ciprian Marica hovers. Final score: 1-1 Photograph: Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images

AC Milan v Zenit St Petersburg Milan's Bojan Krkic attempts to block the clearance of Zenit's Bruno Alves. With Milan already through in second spot, Massimiliano Allegri elected to leave the in-form Stephan El Shaarawy on the bench and the Rossoneri looked somewhat blunted in attack as a consequence Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images

Zenit took control of the game in the first half and landed the telling blow ten minutes before the break when captain Danny stroked in a shot from inside the penalty area. The win means that Zenit qualified for the UEFA Europa League. Final score 1-0 Photograph: Claudio Villa/Getty Images

Malaga v Anderlecht Two Duda goals looked to have sealed victory from the home side ... Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

However Anderlecht who showed invention and ambition, replied with two strikes by Milan Jovanović and Dieudonné Mbokani, above. The Spanish side finish on top of the group whilst Anderlecht languished in bottom position Photograph: Jorge Zapata/EPA

Dinamo Zagreb v Dynamo Kiev The visiting Andriy Yarmolenko doesn't seem to be put off by the heavy snow as he charges down the wing. Though the severity of the snow got too much for the referee who took the teams off for ten minutes in the first half Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Dinamo Zagreb keeper Ivan Kelava makes a save but he was helpless when Yarmolenko volleyed home at the end of the first half. Deep in injury time another Ivan - Krstanović - rescued a deserved draw when he scored from the spot. It was Dinamo's first goal in this season's competition and stopped Zagreb from equalling RCS Anderlecht's unwanted record of 12 straight group stage defeats. Final score 1-1 Photograph: Darko Bandic/AP

Paris St Germain v FC Porto With both sides already though to the last 16 today's game was about who was going to get top spot in the group, so it's no wonder things got a tad heaten Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

It was the French side who clinched top spot, with a win courtesy of Ezquiel Lavezzi's second-half goal. Final score 1-0 Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters