Tottenham’s reported January target Yevhen Konoplyanka scored a decisive penalty against them as Dnipro won 1-0 in their Europa League first leg in Ukraine.

Arsene Wenger hit out at “useless” officiating in Arsenal’s shock Champions League defeat in Braga where captain Cesc Fabregas suffered a fresh hamstring problem and Emmanuel Eboue was carried off with a knee injury.

ARSENE WENGER accused Braga of using “every trick in the book” as Arsenal went down 2-0 in Portugal — and now captain Cesc Fabregas is set to be out for a couple of weeks with a hamstring problem.

Braga 2 Arsenal 0

Braga v Arsenal

REAL MADRID took a giant step towards the knock-out stages of the Champions League last night after defeating AC Milan 2-0 thanks to two quickfire goals at the start of the match.

CELTIC manager Neil Lennon put up a brave face despite his side crashing out of the Champions League last night following a 4-2 aggregate defeat by Sporting Braga.

Celtic 2 Sporting Braga 1 (Braga win 4-2 on aggregate)

CELTIC gave themselves a mountain to climb bigger than the rockface overlooking AXA Stadium after crashing to Braga in last night’s Champions League third qualifying round first leg.

Braga 3 Portsmouth 0