Sporting Lisbon 3-1 Maribor

Sporting Lisbon kept alive their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League courtesy of a <a href="/football/sporting-lisbon/champions-league/result/result-sporting-see-off-maribor-in-delayed-game_190131.html">3-1 victory</a> over Maribor this evening.

The home side cruised into a two-goal lead at the Estadio Jose Alvalde with strikes from Carlos Mane and Nani, although Nascimento Jefferson's own goal shortly before the interval gave the Slovenian outfit some hope.

A <a href="/football/sporting-lisbon/champions-league/news/floodlight-failure-halts-sporting-game_190122.html">50-minute delay</a> at half time due to floodlight failure led to a rather stop-start second half, but it was Sporting who took control of . . .