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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24013064" data-attributes="member: 158020">Monaco 0 Borussia Dortmund 2:  Guerreiro double snatches top spot from Atletico  <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/12/11/21/7304552-0-image-m-21_1544564957669.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Raphael Guerreiro scored twice as Borussia Dortmund pounced on Atletico  Madrid's slip-up to advance as Group A winners with a 2-0 victory at Monaco on  Tuesday.   Portugal international Guerreiro struck in each half to help the Bundesliga  leaders dispose of their hapless hosts and leapfrog Atleti, held to a goalless  draw against Club Brugge, thanks to a superior head-to-head record.    Dortmund's largely straightforward win was achieved despite Lucien Favre  resting nine members of the team that triumphed 2-1  over Revierderby rivals Schalke on the weekend.  Chances were scant after they went ahead in the 15th minute, but top  spot and a fifth clean sheet in six Champions League engagements made for a  successful trip to the principality.   Favre's changes eroded none of his team's rhythm and it was no surprise when  Maximilian Philipp squared for Guerreiro to tap in the opener.Monaco, though  starved of possession and territory, were unfortunate not to be awarded a  spot-kick midway through the half, Sofiane Diop's cross striking Abdou Diallo's  arm.   They were soon pressed back into defence and ex-Monaco man Diallo should have  extended the margin, but the defender steered wide from Guerreiro's first-time  ball across the face of goal.Another chance came and went for Thierry Henry's  team moments after the restart as Kamil Glik headed Youri Tielemans' corner over  the bar at close range.   It proved their final real hope of avoiding a seventh successive European  home defeat at the conclusion of a forgettable continental campaign, Dortmund's  decisive three points confirmed with Guerreiro sweeping home Christian Pulisic's  cut-back via a deft Paco Alcacer touch in the 88th minute.</blockquote>

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