A record matchday saw a stunning set of results with Tuesday's games featuring a total of 40 goals including 20 from just three teams as the group stage reached the midway point.
A
Atletico Madrid cruised to a 5-0 win over Malmo but at the halfway point, the sides were level at 0-0 before Koke opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Two strikes in as many minutes from Mario Mandzukic and Antoine Griezmann put the hosts in control at 3-0 before two late goals from Diego Godin and Cerci in the 87th and 90th minutes completed the rout.
Olympiakos also secured a win as they edged past Juventus who as a result are three points off the top two with former Fulham striker Pajtim Kasami struck the winning goal in the 35th minute.
B
Real Madrid continued their 100% record in the group stage with a comfortable 3-0 win over Liverpool who were shown just how far away they are from challenging in Europe and went behind to a stunning strike from Cristiano Ronaldo in the 23rd minute. The lead was doubled on the half hour mark by a clever header from Karim Benzema before the French forward tapped in a second in the 41st minute for a 3-0 lead at the interval. Liverpool did well to keep Real out in the second half but were unable to reduce the deficit as Real claimed a 3-0 win.
Ludogorets claimed their first points with a last-gasp strike from Minev securing a 1-0 win over 10-man Basel who played two thirds of the game with with a disadvantage after Serey Die was dismissed in the 18th minute.
C
Bayer Leverkusen moved to the top of the group after claiming a 2-0 win at home to Zenit with Donati opening the scoring in the 58th minute before Papadopoulos added a second just five minutes later in the 63rd minute and despite suffering a blow in the 79th minute with the dismissal of Borges, they held on for a comfortable win.
Benfica claimed their first point of the campaign as they drew 0-0 away to Monaco and did well to hold on after having Lopez dismissed with 14 minutes remaining of the 90.
D
Arsene Wenger came close to a disastrous 65th birthday when his Arsenal side fell behind away to Anderlecht but a late charge from the Gunners secured a 2-1 win. Anderlecht went ahead in the 71st minute when Najar struck but with time ticking down Kieran Gibbs rifled in a 89th minute leveller before Lukas Podolski snatched the win in the final minute.
Borussia Dortmund continued their 100% record with a comfortable 4-0 win away to Galatasaray who as a result sit eight points behind the Germans. Pierre Aubameyang put Dortmund in control with two early strikes in the sixth and 18th minutes before a third from Marco Reus left the Turks with a huge deficit to overturn. Galatasaray were unable to score and had their night made even worse when Andre Ramos completed the rout in the 83rd minute.
E
Manchester City's mixed start to the campaign continued as they let a 2-0 lead slip away to CSKA Moscow with the Russians securing a point in a 2-2 draw. Sergio Aguero and James Milner put City in control at the interval with strikes in the 29th and 38th minute before Doumbia reduced their lead in the 64th minute. However, City suffered a late blow as a controversial penalty was awarded to CSKA with Natcho converting to level the score n the 86th minute and deny City a vital win.
Bayern Munich sit comfortably at the top of the group after a devastating 7-1 win away to a lacklustre Roma side who fell behind inside nine minutes when Arjen Robben struck before four goals in the space of 13 minutes left Roma in big trouble. Mario Gotze made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute before Robert Lewandowski added a third two minutes later, Arjen Robben hit his second and Bayern's fourth on the half hour before Thomas Muller converted a penalty in the 36th minute for a 5-0 lead.
Roma reduced the arrears with a strike from former Arsenal forward Gervinho in the 66th minute but it proved to be only a consolation when a duo of strikes from Franck Ribery and Xherdan Shaqiri in the 78th and 80th minutes completed a stunning 7-1 victory.
F
PSG sit atop the group after sealing a late 1-0 win away to Apoel with Edinson Cavani striking the vital winning goal in the 87th minute. Barcelona also look comfortable in second place after a 3-1 win at home to Ajax with Neymar opening the scoring in the seventh minute before Lionel Messi struck in the 24th minute for 2-0.
Ajax reduced the gap to one with an 88th minute goal from El Ghazi but their hopes of salvaging a draw were ruined when Ramirez fired in a third for the Catalan side to confirm the win.
G
Chelsea continued their good start by easing to a 6-0 win at home to Maribor with summer signing Loic Remy opening the scoring in the 13th minute and injuring himself in the process with hit replacement Didier Drogba converting from the spot in the 23rd minute for 2-0. John Terry tapped in a third in the 31st minute before Viler hit into his own net in the 54th minute for 4-0 and the rout was completed by a brace from Eden Hazard who converted a penalty in the 77th minute before striking in the 90th minute.
Schalke left it late to come out on top in a seven goal thriller at home to Sporting with the visitors opening the scoring in the 16th minute via Nani before suffering a double blow in the 33rd minute when Dos Santos was dismissed and Obasi levelled for Schalke just seconds later. Klass-Jan Huntelaar put Schalke ahead in the 50th minute before Howedes made it 3-1 on the hour but Sporting responded well with a brace from Silva in the 64th and 78th minutes levelling the score at 3-3. Both sides looked to hit a late winner and it came in the final minute as Choupo-Moting secured a 4-3 win.
H
FC Porto sit atop the group after securing a 2-1 win at home to Atletico Bilbao with the hosts opening the scoring on half-time as Herrera struck but Bilbao levelled in the 58th minute when Hierro's effort made it 1-1 but Bilbao's hopes of securing a point were dented in the 75th minute when Ricardo Quaresma secured all three points for the hosts.
Shakthar ran riot in their away trip to BATE as they demolished the hosts in a 7-0 thumping which began with an 11th minute opener from Teixeira before Luis Adriano took control of the game with four goals in 16 minutes before halftime. The Shakthar forward converted from the penalty spot in the 28th minute before adding further strikes in the 37th, 40th and 44th minutes with Douglas Costa also scoring in the 35th minute as they stormed to a 6-0 lead. BATE's only positive from the game will be that they kept Shakthar to just one goal in the second half as Luis Adriano hit his fifth and the Ukranian's seventh in the 82nd minute with his second penalty.
AAtletico Madrid cruised to a 5-0 win over Malmo but at the halfway point, the sides were level at 0-0 before Koke opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Two strikes in as many minutes from Mario Mandzukic and Antoine Griezmann put the hosts in control at 3-0 before two late goals from Diego Godin and Cerci in the 87th and 90th minutes completed the rout.
Olympiakos also secured a win as they edged past Juventus who as a result are three points off the top two with former Fulham striker Pajtim Kasami struck the winning goal in the 35th minute.
BReal Madrid continued their 100% record in the group stage with a comfortable 3-0 win over Liverpool who were shown just how far away they are from challenging in Europe and went behind to a stunning strike from Cristiano Ronaldo in the 23rd minute. The lead was doubled on the half hour mark by a clever header from Karim Benzema before the French forward tapped in a second in the 41st minute for a 3-0 lead at the interval. Liverpool did well to keep Real out in the second half but were unable to reduce the deficit as Real claimed a 3-0 win.
Ludogorets claimed their first points with a last-gasp strike from Minev securing a 1-0 win over 10-man Basel who played two thirds of the game with with a disadvantage after Serey Die was dismissed in the 18th minute.
CBayer Leverkusen moved to the top of the group after claiming a 2-0 win at home to Zenit with Donati opening the scoring in the 58th minute before Papadopoulos added a second just five minutes later in the 63rd minute and despite suffering a blow in the 79th minute with the dismissal of Borges, they held on for a comfortable win.
Benfica claimed their first point of the campaign as they drew 0-0 away to Monaco and did well to hold on after having Lopez dismissed with 14 minutes remaining of the 90.
D
Arsene Wenger came close to a disastrous 65th birthday when his Arsenal side fell behind away to Anderlecht but a late charge from the Gunners secured a 2-1 win. Anderlecht went ahead in the 71st minute when Najar struck but with time ticking down Kieran Gibbs rifled in a 89th minute leveller before Lukas Podolski snatched the win in the final minute.Borussia Dortmund continued their 100% record with a comfortable 4-0 win away to Galatasaray who as a result sit eight points behind the Germans. Pierre Aubameyang put Dortmund in control with two early strikes in the sixth and 18th minutes before a third from Marco Reus left the Turks with a huge deficit to overturn. Galatasaray were unable to score and had their night made even worse when Andre Ramos completed the rout in the 83rd minute.
Manchester City's mixed start to the campaign continued as they let a 2-0 lead slip away to CSKA Moscow with the Russians securing a point in a 2-2 draw. Sergio Aguero and James Milner put City in control at the interval with strikes in the 29th and 38th minute before Doumbia reduced their lead in the 64th minute. However, City suffered a late blow as a controversial penalty was awarded to CSKA with Natcho converting to level the score n the 86th minute and deny City a vital win.
Bayern Munich sit comfortably at the top of the group after a devastating 7-1 win away to a lacklustre Roma side who fell behind inside nine minutes when Arjen Robben struck before four goals in the space of 13 minutes left Roma in big trouble. Mario Gotze made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute before Robert Lewandowski added a third two minutes later, Arjen Robben hit his second and Bayern's fourth on the half hour before Thomas Muller converted a penalty in the 36th minute for a 5-0 lead.
Roma reduced the arrears with a strike from former Arsenal forward Gervinho in the 66th minute but it proved to be only a consolation when a duo of strikes from Franck Ribery and Xherdan Shaqiri in the 78th and 80th minutes completed a stunning 7-1 victory.
FPSG sit atop the group after sealing a late 1-0 win away to Apoel with Edinson Cavani striking the vital winning goal in the 87th minute. Barcelona also look comfortable in second place after a 3-1 win at home to Ajax with Neymar opening the scoring in the seventh minute before Lionel Messi struck in the 24th minute for 2-0.
Ajax reduced the gap to one with an 88th minute goal from El Ghazi but their hopes of salvaging a draw were ruined when Ramirez fired in a third for the Catalan side to confirm the win.
GChelsea continued their good start by easing to a 6-0 win at home to Maribor with summer signing Loic Remy opening the scoring in the 13th minute and injuring himself in the process with hit replacement Didier Drogba converting from the spot in the 23rd minute for 2-0. John Terry tapped in a third in the 31st minute before Viler hit into his own net in the 54th minute for 4-0 and the rout was completed by a brace from Eden Hazard who converted a penalty in the 77th minute before striking in the 90th minute.
Schalke left it late to come out on top in a seven goal thriller at home to Sporting with the visitors opening the scoring in the 16th minute via Nani before suffering a double blow in the 33rd minute when Dos Santos was dismissed and Obasi levelled for Schalke just seconds later. Klass-Jan Huntelaar put Schalke ahead in the 50th minute before Howedes made it 3-1 on the hour but Sporting responded well with a brace from Silva in the 64th and 78th minutes levelling the score at 3-3. Both sides looked to hit a late winner and it came in the final minute as Choupo-Moting secured a 4-3 win.
HFC Porto sit atop the group after securing a 2-1 win at home to Atletico Bilbao with the hosts opening the scoring on half-time as Herrera struck but Bilbao levelled in the 58th minute when Hierro's effort made it 1-1 but Bilbao's hopes of securing a point were dented in the 75th minute when Ricardo Quaresma secured all three points for the hosts.
Shakthar ran riot in their away trip to BATE as they demolished the hosts in a 7-0 thumping which began with an 11th minute opener from Teixeira before Luis Adriano took control of the game with four goals in 16 minutes before halftime. The Shakthar forward converted from the penalty spot in the 28th minute before adding further strikes in the 37th, 40th and 44th minutes with Douglas Costa also scoring in the 35th minute as they stormed to a 6-0 lead. BATE's only positive from the game will be that they kept Shakthar to just one goal in the second half as Luis Adriano hit his fifth and the Ukranian's seventh in the 82nd minute with his second penalty.
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