Manchester Utd. top Group E after an emphatic 3-0 away victory against Danish side AaB Aalborg last night that featured a brace for Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov - his first goals since leaving Spurs on the last day of the summer transfer window.

England centre-forward Wayne Rooney put the visitors ahead midway through the first half, running on to Ryan Giggs's through-ball to slot past the advancing keeper.

Villarreal lie second, level on points but with an inferior goal difference, after edging past Celtic at home with Spain midfielder Marcos Senna (photo) netting the only goal of the game - a curling free-kick over the wall and just inside the post midway through the second half.

Real Madrid also won, and top Group H two points clear of Juventus, who were held to a shock 2-2 draw away to Belarus champions, BATE Borisov.

Ruud van Nistelrooy secured Real's first away win in Europe for two years with an opportunistic 31st minute strike that boosts his career total in the competition to 55.

Earlier Danny had levelled the tie for Zenit St. Petersburg with a close range strike - gifted to him by a catastrophic mistake by Gabriel Heinze - to cancel out Tomas Hubocan's early own goal.

Tuesday, September 30

Group E
AaB Aalborg 0 Man Utd 3
Villarreal 1 Celtic 0

Group H
BATE Borisov 2 Juventus 2
Zenit St Petersburg 1 Real Madrid 2

Wednesday, October 1

Group C
Shakhtar vs Barcelona
Sporting vs Basel

Group D
Liverpool vs PSV
Atlético Madrid vs Marseille