Robert Lewandowski got Poland out of jail as his injury-time goal sealed a 2 -1 win over Armenia.
Armenia looked to have battled to a creditable draw, having played since the 30th minute a man down following Gael Andonian’s two yellow cards, and subsequent red.
Lewandowski first pounced just after half-time but the visitors equalised through Marcos Pizzelli’s free-kick shortly afterwards.
The Bayern Munich striker then settled the game in the fourth minute of stoppage time when he got his head to a Jakub Blaszczykowski cross and Poland joined Montenegro on seven points at the top of Group E.
Fatos Beciraj was Montenegro’s match-winner against Denmark in Copenhagen. The Dynamo Moscow forward struck the only goal of the game, while the third match in the group saw Romania draw 0-0 in Kazakhstan.
The other games in Group C saw Czech Republic and Azerbaijan draw 0-0 while Norway got their campaign up and running with a 4-1 success over San Marino.
Norway led through Davide Simoncini’s 11th-minute own goal but San Marino equalised nine minutes after half-time through Mattia Stefanelli.
Adama Diomande restored Norway’s lead with a curling effort from the edge of the penalty area in the 77th minute before Martin Samuelsen’s powerful 12- yard effort gave Per-Mathias Hogmo’s team a cushion.
Bournemouth forward Josh King completed the scoring and made it a more respectable scoreline in Norway’s favour with an 83rd-minute finish.
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