Rangers are all-but out of the Europa League after unbeaten Ferencvaros came from behind in Budapest to inflict a fifth defeat in six matches on the Ibrox outfit.
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Bojan Miovski gave Danny Rohl's side a lead against the run of play with a spectacular acrobatic volley.
But Rangers were unable to hold on to their slim advantage until half-time as Bence Otvos found the bottom corner via a deflection to level for Robbie Keane's side.
The Hungarian hosts squandered several chances to go in front - with striker Bamidele Yusuf particularly profligate - but eventually their dominance told as Barnabas Varga nodded in Callum O'Dowda's cross on 72 minutes.
Findlay Curtis almost snatched a point for Rangers late on, but was denied by a fine save from home goalkeeper David Grof.
Rohl's side - still without a win in the competition - must now beat both Ludogorets and Porto in their final two league-stage matches and hope for results elsewhere to fall in their favour.
Even then, seven points is highly unlikely to be enough with 22 sides already on at least eight.
Substitute Igor Jesus scored late on as Nottingham Forest boosted their hopes of progressing automatically to the Europa League knockout phase with victory at Utrecht.
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The striker grabbed the winner just 82 seconds after coming off the bench, slotting in after Dan Ndoye's header had been parried towards him.
Arnaud Kalimuendo had given Forest the lead early in the second half when he slotted in after an attempted clearance bounced off him and the ball fell favourably for the finish.
Forest were dominant after that and looked to be heading towards a comfortable win, but former Swansea defender Mike van der Hoorn headed in an equaliser from a free-kick.
That buoyed the home crowd and the hosts looked most likely to snatch a winner, with Forest leaving gaps as they pushed forward in search of a second goal.
That duly arrived with two minutes remaining as Igor Jesus secured Forest's third win in six games in Europe.
Defeat for Utrecht means they are without a win in Europe this season after six games.
Celtic conceded three goals in a horror Europa League first half against Roma as Wilfried Nancy became the first manager of the club to lose his opening two games amid a turbulent eight days in charge.
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After defeat against Hearts in the Scottish Premiership on his debut last Sunday, Nancy's side trailed early after Liam Scales headed into his own goal from a corner.
The misery was compounded by a double from boyhood Celtic fan Evan Ferguson.
That put the game well beyond the Scottish champions even before Arne Engels struck a post with a penalty in stoppage time at the end of the first period, summing up the home team's ineptitude.
The ironic cheering of the Roma fans rang round the stadium moments before a chorus of boos accompanied the Parkhead side off the pitch.
No further damage was done by the impressive Italian visitors during a second half in which Roma's Leon Bailey and Celtic's Kelechi Iheanacho both had goals ruled out.
However, defeat has dented Celtic's hopes of progressing to the knockout stage, with Nancy's side poised perilously just inside the qualification places with two games remaining.
Manchester City recovered from a goal down to deliver a magnificent Champions League victory at perennial winners Real Madrid and leave the La Liga side's manager Xabi Alonso precariously holding on to his job.
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Alonso is under severe pressure following a poor run in the league and a reported clash of culture with his players, and the heat will now crank up after Real failed to hold on to their early advantage.
The hosts suffered a blow as leading goalscorer Kylian Mbappe was deemed only fit enough to be on the bench, but the France captain did not make an appearance as his team-mates fell to a demoralising defeat.
City almost suffered a nightmare start when Matheus Nunes tripped Vinicius Jr inside the first two minutes and the referee pointed to the spot, but then awarded a free-kick on the edge of the box after consultation with the video assistant referee (VAR).
Federico Valverde almost converted the resulting effort but his drilled shot deflected narrowly wide, while the sprightly Vinicius dinked wide at the far post shortly after.
It seemed like City had weathered the early storm and were controlling the possession, before being hit on the break as Rodrygo collected Jude Bellingham's cross-field pass and rifled in his first goal since March.
City were behind for just seven minutes as the visitors scored with their first clear opportunity of the contest, academy left-back Nico O'Reilly poking home from close range after Josko Gvardiol's header was scooped back into the danger zone by Thibaut Courtois.
The English side turned the game around on the stroke of half-time courtesy of Erling Haaland's penalty after the striker was bundled over in the box by Antonio Rudiger.
Real attempted to draw level in the second half, with Bellingham chipping over and substitute Endrick flicking a header which clipped the crossbar, but City held on for a tremendous victory.
Noni Madueke scored twice as Arsenal beat Club Brugge to maintain their 100% record in the Champions League and all but secure their place in the knockout phase.
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Mikel Arteta made five changes to the side that lost to Aston Villa on Saturday and it was one of those players, Noni Madueke, who opened the scoring with an excellent strike.
The England winger shrugged off one defender before smashing a shot from 20 yards which went in off the crossbar.
Club Brugge did threaten Arsenal's much-changed backline just before the break but David Raya made smart saves from Christos Tzolis and Aleksandar Stankovic to keep the Gunners in the lead.
Madueke got his second goal of the evening just two minutes into the second half when he nodded in Martin Zubimendi's excellent cross, and Gabriel Martinelli ensured it would be a comfortable end to the game when he curled in a superb strike in the 56th minute for Arsenal's third.
There were also other positives for the Gunners as Gabriel Jesus made his first appearance for 342 days, after recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, and 16-year-old Marli Salmon was brought on for his first-team debut.
And Jesus almost made it the perfect comeback but his strike from the edge of the area late on hit the bar.
The win leaves Arsenal on 18 points, two more than was required for a top-eight finish last season, meaning they are likely to avoid the play-offs in February and can prepare for the last 16.