Frank Lampard gets his first of two yellow cards [GALLO/GETTY]

France midfielder Diarra headed home from a Yoann Gourcuff corner with seven minutes remaining to cancel out Nicolas Anelka's 60th-minute opener.

Chelsea, who had England midfielder Frank Lampard sent off in the 86th minute, are now second in Group A with eight points from five matches, one point behind AS Roma, who won 3-1 at CFR Cluj.

Bordeaux are third on seven points and travel to Roma in two weeks' time with Chelsea hosting Cluj.

Early chances

The hosts, who looked more lively in the opening stages of the game, had the first real chance when a Matthieu Chalme attempt from the edge of the box was parried by Petr Cech on 20 minutes.

France playmaker Gourcuff was in a class of his own and had a 20-metre shot well saved by Cech six minutes later.

Bordeaux's superiority in the midfield frustrated the Premier League leaders and the Londoners had Ashley Cole, Lampard and John Terry already booked as the clock ticked past the half hour.

At halftime, Chelsea had yet to muster a shot on Mathieu Valverde's goal while Bordeaux had already made seven attempts at the other end.

However Chelsea showed more composure when it mattered and went ahead in the 60th minute when Bordeaux defender Franck Jurietti missed a back pass, allowing Anelka to intercept the ball and race to the area before flicking the ball past Valverde.

John Obi Mikel raises a few issues with Bordeaux [GALLO/GETTY]

Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc added steel to his front line when he replaced midfielders Yoan Gouffran and Wendel with striker Fernando Cavenaghi and Gabriel Obertan respectively.

In the 83rd minute, Bordeaux captain Diarra nodded in a Gourcuff corner at the near post to keep his side's chances of going through alive.

The home side had even more hope in the dying minutes of the game after Lampard was shown a red card for a second bookable offence.

But Chelsea regrouped in their half and held on.

Liverpool safe

Elsewhere five-time winners Liverpool, Italian champions Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid joined 10 other qualifiers for the last knockout phase.

Steven Gerrard headed Liverpool's winner in a 1-0 victory over Marseille and Atletico Madrid edged PSV Eindhoven 2-1 in the other Group D game.

Inter was beaten 1-0 at home by Panathinaikos but still qualified.

Their two nearest rivals, Panathinaikos and Anorthosis Famagusta, face each other on December 9 and only of the teams can finish above the Serie A leader.

Josu Sarriegi revived Panathinaikos' chances with the only goal at San Siro in the 69th minute.

One of the surprise teams of the competition on their debut, Cypriot team Anorthosis squandered a two-goal lead and were held 2-2 by Werder Bremen to slip from second to third.

The last 16 already includes eight teams who have won European football's biggest club competition with three more spots still to fill.

Ten teams had already qualified, Barcelona and Sporting Lisbon from Group C, Manchester United and Villarreal from Group E, Lyon and Bayern Munich from Group F, Arsenal and FC Porto from Group G and Juventus and Real Madrid from Group H.

Barcelona won 5-2 at Sporting in a meeting of two clubs who had already qualified.

With Shakhtar Donetsk beating FC Basel 5-0 helped by a hat-trick by Jadson, giving the two Group C games a combined 12 goals.