PORTO - Porto and Arsenal drew 0-0 to qualify for the Champions League knockout phase on Wednesday.

The teams finished level on 11 points in the top two positions in Group G with Arsenal, losing finalists last season, taking first place on their head-to-head record.

The match began with both sides knowing a draw would see them go through but a win for one could have eliminated the other if CSKA Moscow, who go into the UEFA Cup in third place, had won their final match at Hamburg SV.

In the event, the Germans won 3-2 to pick up their first points in the competition.

There was some fine attacking play by Arsenal and especially Porto, whose winger Quaresma hit the base of Jens Lehmann's right-hand post twice in the second half, but the match lacked the urgency of teams needing to win.

(Reporting by Carlos Pontes in Lisbon)