Dortmund and Fiorentina prevail, Liverpool lose
Sunday, December 6, 2015
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Dortmund closed the gap in Germany, Fiorentina moved second in Italy and Liverpool's momentum was checked as the UEFA Europa League sides got down to domestic business.
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Dortmund closed the gap at the top of the Bundesliga and Fiorentina climbed up to second in Serie A as the UEFA Europa League teams contested their last domestic fixtures before matchday six.
Thomas Tuchel's Dortmund now lie five points behind Bayern München in Germany after posting a last-gasp 2-1 win at Wolfsburg, Shinji Kagawa making the difference deep in added time. Fiorentina were more comfortable, on the other hand, downing Udinese 3-0 to jump ahead of Napoli, who lost 3-2 at Bologna despite a Gonzalo Higuaín double.
Liverpool's promising recent run was halted, meanwhile, as they succumbed 2-0 at Newcastle, but there was joy for Beşiktaş as they returned to the Turkish summit at the expense of fellow group stage hopefuls Fenerbahçe. As for Monaco, they triumphed away to Bastia to go fourth in France, and Ajax scored five times against Heerenveen to maintain their three-point Eredivisie lead.
Group A
Molde concluded their Norwegian Eliteserien campaign on 8 November
Gaziantepspor 2-2 Fenerbahçe
Ajax 5-2 Heerenveen
Celtic P-P Hamilton
Group B
Newcastle 2-0 Liverpool
Zürich 1-0 Sion
Rostov 1-0 Rubin Kazan
Bordeaux 1-0 Guingamp
Group C
Kuban 2-3 Krasnodar
Wolfsburg 1-2 Borussia Dortmund
PAOK 2-1 Panionios
Xäzär Länkäran 0-1 Qäbälä
Group D
Bologna 3-2 Napoli
AGF 2-1 Midtjylland
Club Brugge 2-1 Charleroi
Wisła 0-2 Legia Warszawa
Group E
Villarreal 2-1 Rayo Vallecano
Rapid Wien 2-1 Ried
Viktoria Plzeň 3-0 Dukla
Dinamo Minsk concluded their Belarusian Premier League campaign on 8 November
Group F
Moreirense 0-0 Braga
Marseille 2-2 Montpellier
Liberec 2-1 Slavia Praha
Roda 0-0 Groningen
Group G
Lazio 0-2 Juventus
St-Étienne 1-1 Rennes
Dnipro 0-1 Volyn
Rosenborg concluded their Norwegian Eliteserien campaign on 8 November
Group H
Kayserispor 1-2 Beşiktaş
Lokomotiv Moskva 2-2 Ural
Marítimo 0-1 Sporting CP
Skënderbeu 4-0 Laç
Group I
Thun 0-2 Basel
Fiorentina 3-0 Udinese
Korona 0-1 Lech Poznań
Belenenses 0-3 Setúbal
Group J
West Brom 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Genk 0-0 Anderlecht
Bastia 1-2 Monaco
Qarabağ 1-0 İnter Bakı
Group K
Schalke 3-1 Hannover
Baník 0-1 Sparta Praha
Asteras 1-2 Iraklis
APOEL 0-1 Apollon
Group L
Athletic Club 0-0 Málaga
Partizan 0-2 Vojvodina
Köln 0-1 Augsburg
AZ 0-1 Den Haag