Four minutes that shook Manchester United

paris: manchester united's recent inability to turn domestic dominance into continental class returned to haunt them again in the champions league on tuesday as they threw away the lead to go down 2-1 at spain's deportivo la coruna. paul scholes' right-foot blast five minutes before the break briefly brought a hushed atmosphere to the riazor stadium after a neat move involving ryan giggs and ruud van nistelrooy.united were less than five minutes away from breaking a 44-year hoodoo regarding winning a tie in spain, but then their discipline deserted them in the teeth of never-say-die deportivo's late onslaught. substitute walter pandiani smacked home the equaliser in the 86th minute and nourredine naybet blasted the 90th-minute winner. it was a classic case of deja-vu for united, as david beckham had brought the three points with his last-gasp effort at old trafford against battling lille last week. at lens, debutants lille dominated their encounter as they beat olympiakos 3-1 to score their first win in the competition with goals from dagui orphie bakari, bruno cheyrou and gregory tafforeau. stylianos giannakopoulos pulled a goal back for olympiakos in the dying seconds. there was much better news for scottish champions celtic, who won their first match in group e, courtesy swedish striker henrik larsson's ninth goal of the season in the 36th minute to see off portuguese side and 1987 european champions fc porto at parkhead. larsson missed a corner swung over by bobby petta. but the ball bounced off his english strike partner chris sutton and the swede pounced on his second bite at the cherry. now celtic can look forward to next month's return match in portugal with renewed confidence --although they thanked goalkeeper rob douglas for several fine saves in the second period. juventus dropped two points in a 1-1 draw at norway's rosenborg as they themselves, for once, were the victims of a penalty furore. the italians dominated the match, hitting the woodwork three times before alessandro del piero finally scored what looked like a winner after 84 minutes. but within four minutes the side from trondheim squared the match when bent skammelsrud converted a penalty after goalkeeper gianluigi buffon had committed a foul. bayern munich redeemed themselves with a fine 3-1 win at spartak moscow in group h at the luzhniki stadium with a composed performance despite the wet conditions. brazilian forward giovane elber and bosnian international hasan salihamidzic wreaked havoc with the russian defence. bayer leverkusen made it a good night for germany as they came from behind to score a thrilling 2-1 success over barcelona which moves the germans top of group f. in istanbul, french outfit lyon snatched a last gasp 1-0 win over turkish side fenerbahce with a header from christophe delmotte in their group f encounter.