Matchday three in the Champions League and we saw two teams hit five with one player scoring four goals for his team as Wednesday saw a goal fest in contrast to Tuesdays more closer games.
Chelsea ruined Schalke's good start to the group with a 3-0 away win thanks to a Torres brace and a late Hazard strike while Steaua and Basel drew 1-1 with Diaz giving the Swiss the lead just after half time and Tatu levelling for the Romanians with two minutes remaining to seal a point.
Arsenal suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Dortmund despite levelling through Giroud just before half time after Mkhitarayan gave the Germans a 19th minute lead but the home fans hopes of a draw were crushed by a 82nd minute winner by Lewandowski. Marseille remain pointless after a 2-1 home loss to Napoli who too a 2-0 lead courtesy of strikes from Callejon and Zapata with Ayew scoring late on to give the French side hope.
Zenit claimed a 1-0 win away to 10 man Porto who had Herrera sent off in the sixth minute but looked to be holding on for a draw until Kerzhakov hit a breakthrough winner in the 85th minute while Atletico Madrid maintained their 100% record with a 3-0 win over Austria Vienna thanks to an early Garcia strike and a brace from the in-form Costa.
Celtic sealed a 2-1 win at home to Ajax with a Forrest penalty on half time followed by Kayal strike but with two minutes to go they had Biton dismissed and Schone pulled a goal back to set up a tense finish but the Bhoys held on for the win. A meeting between two European giants at the San Siro saw AC Milan and Barcelona draw 1-1 with Robinho giving the Italians and early lead and after returning from injury, Messi equalised to share the points.
Groups A-D have shook the competition with a number of one sided games and this week was no different, Leverkusen stunned Shakthar 4-0 with a Kiessling brace and strikes from Rolfes and Sam while in the other game in the group, Manchester United won 1-0 at home to Real Sociedad after a second minute own goal from Martinez sealed the three points.
Galatasaray claimed a 3-1 win at home to Copenhagen after Melo opener set them on their way with Sneijder and Drobga scoring before half time with Claudemir scoring a late consolation for the Danes. Just like the previous night, two European giants faced off this time in the guise of Real Madrid and Juventus and in what is becoming a tradition for the Spaniards, Ronaldo scored both goals either side of a leveller from Llorente and Juve's hopes suffered a blow with the dismissal of Chellini early in the second period.
Benfica and Olympiakos drew 1-1 with the Greeks taking a first half lead through Dominguez but their hopes of a win were dashed by a 83rd minute leveller by Cardozo to ensure a sharing of the points but the story of the night came as PSG trounced Anderlecht 5-0 with Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring four including a 36 minute first half hat-trick with Cavani striking in the second half before the Swede hit his fourth to condemn the Belgians to a heavy loss.
Manchester City came back from an early Tosic strike to claim a 2-1 win away to CSKA Moscow with a brace from Aguero ensuring their long trip home would be a happy one but in the other game another five star performance saw defending champions Bayern Munich thrash Plzen 5-0 with a Ribery brace sandwiching a goal from Alaba to put them 3-0up on the hour mark with Schweinsteiger's strike and a late fifth from Gotze confirming the win.
So an exciting week with a couple of surprise defeats for Arsenal and Shakthar but the 5-0's for PSG and Bayern again prove that despite their opponents being champions, they are not necessarily in the same league in terms of skill.
Chelsea ruined Schalke's good start to the group with a 3-0 away win thanks to a Torres brace and a late Hazard strike while Steaua and Basel drew 1-1 with Diaz giving the Swiss the lead just after half time and Tatu levelling for the Romanians with two minutes remaining to seal a point.
Arsenal suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Dortmund despite levelling through Giroud just before half time after Mkhitarayan gave the Germans a 19th minute lead but the home fans hopes of a draw were crushed by a 82nd minute winner by Lewandowski. Marseille remain pointless after a 2-1 home loss to Napoli who too a 2-0 lead courtesy of strikes from Callejon and Zapata with Ayew scoring late on to give the French side hope.
Zenit claimed a 1-0 win away to 10 man Porto who had Herrera sent off in the sixth minute but looked to be holding on for a draw until Kerzhakov hit a breakthrough winner in the 85th minute while Atletico Madrid maintained their 100% record with a 3-0 win over Austria Vienna thanks to an early Garcia strike and a brace from the in-form Costa.
Celtic sealed a 2-1 win at home to Ajax with a Forrest penalty on half time followed by Kayal strike but with two minutes to go they had Biton dismissed and Schone pulled a goal back to set up a tense finish but the Bhoys held on for the win. A meeting between two European giants at the San Siro saw AC Milan and Barcelona draw 1-1 with Robinho giving the Italians and early lead and after returning from injury, Messi equalised to share the points.
Groups A-D have shook the competition with a number of one sided games and this week was no different, Leverkusen stunned Shakthar 4-0 with a Kiessling brace and strikes from Rolfes and Sam while in the other game in the group, Manchester United won 1-0 at home to Real Sociedad after a second minute own goal from Martinez sealed the three points.
Galatasaray claimed a 3-1 win at home to Copenhagen after Melo opener set them on their way with Sneijder and Drobga scoring before half time with Claudemir scoring a late consolation for the Danes. Just like the previous night, two European giants faced off this time in the guise of Real Madrid and Juventus and in what is becoming a tradition for the Spaniards, Ronaldo scored both goals either side of a leveller from Llorente and Juve's hopes suffered a blow with the dismissal of Chellini early in the second period.
Benfica and Olympiakos drew 1-1 with the Greeks taking a first half lead through Dominguez but their hopes of a win were dashed by a 83rd minute leveller by Cardozo to ensure a sharing of the points but the story of the night came as PSG trounced Anderlecht 5-0 with Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring four including a 36 minute first half hat-trick with Cavani striking in the second half before the Swede hit his fourth to condemn the Belgians to a heavy loss.
Manchester City came back from an early Tosic strike to claim a 2-1 win away to CSKA Moscow with a brace from Aguero ensuring their long trip home would be a happy one but in the other game another five star performance saw defending champions Bayern Munich thrash Plzen 5-0 with a Ribery brace sandwiching a goal from Alaba to put them 3-0up on the hour mark with Schweinsteiger's strike and a late fifth from Gotze confirming the win.
So an exciting week with a couple of surprise defeats for Arsenal and Shakthar but the 5-0's for PSG and Bayern again prove that despite their opponents being champions, they are not necessarily in the same league in terms of skill.
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