Title holders, Real Madrid, and Premier League winners, Leicester City, must both wait to take their place in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League after they could only manage draws on Wednesday on a night which saw just Dortmund advance.
Leicester, who had previously rattled off three wins in this their debut season after their unlikely Premier League title success, could only secure a goalless draw at Copenhagen.
“Ten points is good, but not enough. Porto are close behind us. We have our destiny in our hands,” said Leicester coach, Claudio Ranieri, whose side have yet to concede a goal in the group.
Avoiding a loss at the Parken Stadium means the shock English league title winners are the first debut side to avoid defeat over their opening four encounters.
In Group F, 11-time champions Real Madrid were held 3-3 by Legia Warsaw despite a goal in the opening minute from Gareth Bale.
Karim Benzema added a second but Legia, looking for their first point, roared back with goals from Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Miroslav Radovic and Thibault Moulin until Mateo Kovacic levelled for the defending champions.
Dortmund, champions in 1997, thanked a first half goal from Adrian Ramos for a 1-0 home win over Sporting Lisbon which guaranteed their passage from Real’s group as they moved onto ten points – two clear of the Spaniards.
Ramos was playing in place of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who was suspended by the club just before kick-off.
Elsewhere, Tottenham Hotspur saw their Wembley jinx strike again as they went down 1-0 to Bayer Leverkusen while their White Hart Lane venue undergoes a revamp.
The new Wembley has not proven a lucky venue for Spurs, who have lost four domestic cup encounters and also their opener this season against Monaco at English football’s headquarters.
This time, the Londoners succumbed to a Kevin Kampl goal midway through the second half which left Spurs two points adrift of the Germans and four behind Group E leaders Monaco.
