Champions League Wrap: 6 Clubs Secure Places in Last 16

A night of unrelenting tension and drama ended with the final six clubs securing their places in the last 16 of the Champions League Wednesday -- and none got a luckier break than Olympique Lyon of France.

Lyon joined Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Lokomotiv Moscow, Monaco, Deportivo Coruna, Juventus and Real Sociedad in the last 16 from the teams that played Wednesday.

Juve crowned its campaign and celebrated its already-secured place with a 7-0 trouncing of Olympiakos Piraeus -- the biggest win in Champions League history.

AS Monaco already knew its place was secure too so its 0-0 draw at AEK Athens had little bearing on their future.

There was drama almost everywhere but none more than at the Stade Gerland in Lyon where the fates of Lyon and Celtic turned throughout the match.

Then with just four minutes to play Juninho Pernambucano scored from a penalty awarded after Swiss referee Urs Meier ruled that Dianbobo Balde's raised arm brushed against the ball in the box -- but it was the faintest of touches.

With the score at 2-2 Celtic was through and Lyon out but the penalty changed that and put Lyon through instead.

Lyon had earlier led thanks to a Giovane Elber header which John Hartson canceled out. Then Juninho's second for Lyon was canceled out by a reply from Chris Sutton, until the final joy and heartbreak for the two teams.

While Lyon qualified with its win over Celtic, UEFA Cup runner-up last season, four-time European champion Bayern Munich also made it through to the knockout phase from the same group with a 1-0 win over Anderlecht.

Bayern, which began the night bottom of the group and topped the standings before Lyon's late winner, went through in second place thanks to a 42nd minute penalty from Dutchman Roy Makaay.

Lyon finished first with 10 points, Bayern second on nine, Celtic (7 points) finished third to take a UEFA Cup spot, while Anderlecht, which started the night second, was eliminated.

In Group B Arsenal got the perfect start against Lokomotiv Moscow at Highbury when Robert Pires scored with a well-taken near-post shot after only 12 minutes that left goalkeeper Sergei Ovchinnikov embarrassed for not covering his post properly.

That goal set Arsenal up for the victory confirmed with a second from Fredrik Ljungberg after 67 minutes.

But Lokomotiv Moscow, which had Jacob Lekgetho sent off after 45 minutes, also qualified because Dynamo Kiev scored a late equalizer against Inter Milan in the other match.

Daniele Adani scored for Inter after 69 minutes but Diogo Rincon's equalizer five minutes from time effectively knocked out Inter.

Arsenal, bottom after three matches, finished top on 10 points followed by Lokomotiv (8), which pipped Inter (8) on a better head-to-head record. Inter goes into the UEFA Cup, which it last won in 1998, while Kiev goes out.

Monaco was already sure of qualifying from Group C while Deportivo Coruna would accompany it as long as it avoided either a 2-0 defeat or a three-goal loss at PSV Eindhoven.

AEK's goalless draw with Monaco merely confirmed the French team as group winner but there was real drama in Eindhoven where PSV went 2-0 up through John De Long (14) and Arjen Robben (48), before Deportivo struck back with Albert Luque (58) and Walter Pandiani (83) scoring.

De Jong's second goal and PSV's third three minutes into stoppage time could not save the Dutch side, so Monaco and Deportivo qualify for the last 16, PSV goes into the UEFA Cup while AEK is eliminated.

Juventus, which was already assured of advancing from Group D, crushed Olympiakos Piraeus 7-0 in front of only 12,578 home fans who at least had a Champions League record victory to savor.

After a bright opening by the Greeks, who were chasing a UEFA Cup place, Juve totally dominated.

David Trezeguet scored twice in the first 25 minutes and other goals rained in from Fabrizio Miccoli (19), Enzo Maresca (28), Marco Di Vaio (62), Alessandro Del Piero (67) and Marcelo Zalayeta (79).

Real Sociedad clinched a place in the knockout phase with a nervy 1-1 home draw with Galatasaray which led after 26 minutes thanks to striker Hakan Sukur.

Real equalized through Oscar de Paula six minutes into the second half and weathered the storm to move into the next phase. Galatasaray goes into the UEFA Cup, which it won in 2000 when it became the first Turkish side to win a European trophy.

Juventus finished clear at the top on 13 points, followed by Sociedad (9), Galatasaray (7) and Olympiakos (4).

Reigning European champion AC Milan, Manchester United, VfB Stuttgart, Real Madrid, Porto, Chelsea, Sparta Prague and Celta Vigo are the other eight teams into Friday's second phase draw after completing their opening group matches Tuesday.