Bayern Survive: Cruz acts as supersub

Champions' League Round-up/GROUP A: Substitute Roque Santa Cruz headed a 74th-minute equaliser and gave 10-man Bayern Munich…

Champions' League Round-up/GROUP A: Substitute Roque Santa Cruz headed a 74th-minute equaliser and gave 10-man Bayern Munich a 1-1 draw away to Anderlecht.

The German champions were a man short for 55 minutes of the game after Peru striker Claudio Pizarro was sent off for two bookable offences in the space of one minute.

Croatian Ivica Mornar had struck in the 53rd to put the Belgian side ahead, side-footing the ball into the net from close range after winger Aruna Dindane had rounded his marker and pulled it back.

There was little that German World Cup goalkeeper Oliver Khan, playing in his 100th match in European club competition, could do to prevent the goal.

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GROUP B: A last-minute header from substitute Christian Vieri gave Inter Milan a dramatic 2-1 win over Dynamo Kiev at the San Ciro. Inter had taken a 23rd-minute lead through Daniele Adani, who fired home after a Fabio Cannavaro header was parried by Dynamo goalkeeper Olexander Shovkovsky.

But the Ukrainians drew level 11 minutes later when Inter goalkeeper Francesco Toldo failed to hold a harmless low cross from Tiberiu Ghioane's and Serhiy Fyodorov reacted quickly to drive the ball into the unguarded goal.

But in the final minute, Vieri, returning after three weeks out with injury, rose to glance home a Kily Gonzalez free-kick to give Inter maximum points from their opening two games and top spot in the group.

GROUP C: A deflected Sergio free-kick and a Walter Pandiani penalty gave Deportivo Coruna a 2-0 win over PSV Eindhoven. The home side took the lead after 20 minutes when Sergio's shot clipped the edge of the PSV wall and flew past Ronald Waterreus. They wrapped up the win six minutes after the break with Pandiani converting from the spot after Juan Carlos Valeron had been pushed by Andre Ooijer.

In the other Group game Fernando Morientes struck twice to inspire Monaco to a comfortable 4-0 victory over AEK Athens at the Louis II Stadium. Captain Ludovic Giuly opened the scoring for the French league leaders in the 23rd minute while Dado Prso struck the fourth.

GROUP D: A double strike from Pavel Nedved gave Juventus a 2-1 win at Olympiakos. The Czech star struck against the run of play in both halves. Olympiakos opened the scoring with a looping header from Leroklis Stoltidis, but the Italian side responded with a goal in their only attack of the half, Nedved lashing in a low 21st minute free-kick. The same player wrapped up the points 11 minutes from time with a long-distance drive that flew through the hands of goalkeeper Fanis Katergiannakis.

Meanwhile, a second-half strike from Xabi Alonso earned Real Sociedad a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Galatasaray. Striker Darko Kovacevic netted Sociedad's first in the third minute before HakanSukur equalised just after the hour mark. But 12 minutes later Alonso struck the winner. Galatasaray's frustration bolied over in the 83rd minute when Hasan Sas lunged at Mikel Aranburu with an ill-timed tackle from behind and was sent off.