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Porto beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 in the Champions League

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Portuguese football club FC Porto beat Spaniards Athletic Bilbao 2-1 in the European Champions League to keep their top spot in Group H.

Mexican midfielder Hector Herrera opened the scoring in the 43rd minute Tuesday night before Guillermo Fernandez equalised in the 58th, reports Xinhua.

Substitute Ricardo Quaresma secured the win for Porto in the 75th minute, four minutes after coming into the game, with an effort from the left wing that slipped below goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz and flew into the net.

Porto have now stretched their advantage at the top, with seven points, two ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Athletic have just one point so far.

 

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First Published: Oct 22 2014 | 11:22 AM IST

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