Tottenham proved tough to crack in their Champions League 1-1 draw at holders Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
Manchester City showed their credentials by downing Serie A leaders Napoli 2-1 while Liverpool hammered Maribor 7-0, the biggest margin of victory for an English club away from home in the competition.
Elsewhere, there were wins for Spartak Moscow, Shakhtar Donetsk, Besiktas and RB Leipzig, while Apoel Nicosia and Borussia Dortmund drew 1-1.
Real fell behind in the table-topping Group H clash on 28 minutes when Harry Kane's mistimed flick went in off defender Raphael Varane.
But Serge Aurier needlessly brought down Toni Kroos two minutes before halftime and Ronaldo scored from the spot.
Ronaldo and Karim Benzema were denied by Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris but Keylor Navas kept out Kane and Christian Eriksen as both sides threatened to snatch the three points.
"We are happy," Kane told BT Sport.
"A point at Bernabeu, you would take that every day of the week. It shows how far we have come as a team."
The draw leaves the pair joint top of the table on seven points ahead of their return match in a fortnight.
"We'll try to win at Wembley. We don't need to change a lot," Real coach Zinedine Zidane said.
"We aren't happy as we were at home and we always want to win, but we had our chances."
Mickael Pote put Apoel ahead in 62 after keeper Roman Buerki passed straight to Lorenzo Ebecilio then spilled his shot but Sokratis Papastathopoulos headed home an equaliser for Dortmund five minutes later.
Napoli, who have a 100 per cent domestic record, fell behind in Manchester as Raheem Sterling fired home a ninth minute opener and Gabriel Jesus tapped in another in the 13th.
"They are one of the best teams I have ever faced as a professional, as a player, as a trainer," Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said.
"That is why I am so proud with what we have done."
Dries Mertens had a 38th minute spot kick saved by Edersen before Amadou Diawara converted a 73rd minute penalty, after Fernandinho fouled Faouzi Ghoulam.
"We have proved that we can play at this level but we are very angry, especially because we did not manage to play our usual game in the early stages and because we missed very good chances later on," Mertens said.
City top Group F on nine points, three clear of Shakhtar who won 2-1 at Australian goalkeeper Brad Jones's Feyenoord thanks to Bernard's double.
Steven Berghuis had given the Dutch an early lead but even Yaroslav Rakitskiy's late red card did not offer them a way back.
Napoli are third on three while Feyenoord remain pointless.
In Slovenia, goals from Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho and two from Mohamed Salah capped off a brilliant first half for Liverpool.
"Our attitude was outstanding - we were spot on from the first second," Reds manager Juergen Klopp said.
Firmino, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Trent Alexander-Arnold all netted after the interval against hapless Maribor.
Liverpool top Group E on five points, ahead of Spartak Moscow on the same tally after the Russians thrashed Sevilla 5-1.
A double from Quincy Promes, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Denis Glushakov and Luiz Adriano gave the hosts victory despite Simon Kjaer's equaliser.
Sevilla are third on four and Maribor bottom on one.
In Group G, Leipzig claimed their first-ever Champions League win with a thrilling 3-2 success over Porto.
Willi Orban, Emil Forsberg and Jean-Kevin Augustin scored for the hosts while Vincent Aboubakar and Ivan Marcano replied in a dramatic first half.
Besiktas top the group on nine points, after they became the first Turkish side to open their group campaign with three successive wins.
Cenk Tosun's double gave them a 2-1 victory at Monaco, who had led through Radamel Falcao.
Leipzig have four points, Porto three and Monaco one.
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