Champions League Wrap: Real Madrid, Man City, PSG win easy; Juve, Chelsea stumble

Real
scored
twice
in
the
closing
stages
as
they
battled
to
a
2-0
win
over
RB
Leipzig.

The
reigning
European
champions
had
endured
a
frustrating
day
at
the
Santiago
Bernabeu
until
Federico
Valverde
broke
the
deadlock
with
10
minutes
to
play.

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Substitute
Marco
Asensio
then
wrapped
up
the
points
in
stoppage
time
to
move
Los
Blancos
to
the
top
of
Group
F
and
give
Carlo
Ancelotti
his
100th
win
in
Europe’s
premier
club
competition.

Chelsea
held

Chelsea
remain
winless
in
this
season’s
Champions
League
after
being
held
to
a
1-1
draw
at
home
to
Salzburg
in
Graham
Potter’s
first
game
as
head
coach.

The
Blues
slumped
to
a
shock
1-0
loss
at
Dinamo
Zagreb
in
their
Group
E
opener
last
week,
with
that
proving
to
be
Thomas
Tuchel’s
final
match
in
charge.

Potter’s
tenure
looked
like
getting
off
to
a
winning
start
against
Salzburg
when
Raheem
Sterling
opened
the
scoring
early
in
the
second
half.

But
Salzburg,
who
also
held
Milan
last
week
and
are
now
unbeaten
in
nine
games
in
all
competitions,
hit
back
through
Noah
Okafor
in
the
75th
minute
to
leave
Potter
and
his
players
frustrated.

City
win

Erling
Haaland
came
back
to
haunt
his
former
club
with
a
stunning
acrobatic
winner
as
Manchester
City
came
from
behind
to
earn
a
hard-fought
2-1
win
over
Borussia
Dortmund
at
the
Etihad
Stadium.

Haaland,
who
averaged
over
a
goal
per
game
in
the
Champions
League
during
a
two-year
spell
at
Dortmund,
met
Joao
Cancelo’s
fine
cross
with
a
sensational
backheeled
volley
to
seal
the
hosts’ victory
in
the
84th
minute.

City
had
appeared
set
for
a
surprise
defeat
when
Jude
Bellingham
nodded
Dortmund
ahead
after
the
break,
only
for
John
Stones’
long-range
effort
to
beat
Alexander
Meyer
for
the
leveller.

Napoli
score
big

Napoli
needed
three
attempts
to
beat
Allan
McGregor
from
the
spot
before
coasting
past
10-man
Rangers
3-0.

Rangers
defied
UEFA
to
go
ahead
with
pre-match
plans
to
sing
God
Save
The
King
before
the
game
following
the
death
of
Queen
Elizabeth
II.

McGregor,
though,
could
not
deny
Napoli
a
third
time
after
Borna
Barisic
was
deemed
to
have
handled
in
the
area,
Politano’s
penalty
squeaking
under
his
hand
and
into
the
bottom-right
corner.

Giacomo
Raspadori
fired
home
a
late
second
after
a
one-two
with
fellow
substitute
Mathias
Olivera
and
Tanguy
Ndombele
added
further
gloss
to
the
scoreline
as
Napoli
moved
three
points
at
the
top
of
Group
A.

Benfica
down
Juve

David
Neres
scored
a
second-half
winner
as
Juventus
continued
their
poor
start
to
the
season
with
a
2-1
defeat
at
home
to
Benfica.

Arkadiusz
Milik
took
just
four
minutes
to
open
the
scoring,
flicking
past
Odisseas
Vlachodimos
to
seemingly
put
the
hosts
in
control.

However,
Joao
Mario
levelled
things
up
with
a
first-half
penalty
and
Neres
volleyed
in
the
winner
after
55
minutes,
putting
Benfica
joint-top
of
Group
H
alongside
Paris
Saint-Germain.

PSG
win

Lionel
Messi,
Kylian
Mbappe
and
Neymar
were
all
on
target
as
Paris
Saint-Germain
came
from
behind
to
beat
Maccabi
Haifa
3-1.

Tjaronn
Chery
gave
the
Israeli
side
hope
of
a
famous
victory
when
he
powered
home
from
close
range
in
the
24th
minute.

But
PSG
responded
well
to
that
early
setback
and
pulled
level
before
the
break
when
Messi
stroked
home
following
fine
work
by
Mbappe.

France
international
Mbappe
put
the
visitors
ahead
and
Neymar
then
sealed
the
three
points
late
on
as
PSG
made
it
two
wins
from
two
in
Group
H
following
last
week’s
victory
over
Juventus.

Celtic
held

Celtic’s
five-year
wait
for
a
group-stage
victory
in
the
Champions
League
was
extended
following
a
1-1
draw
with
Shakhtar
Donetsk
in
Warsaw.

A
dominant
first
half
saw
Ange
Postecoglou’s
side
take
the
lead
courtesy
of
an
own
goal
from
Artem
Bondarenko,
but
Mykhailo
Mudry’s
impressive
campaign
continued
as
he
netted
the
equaliser.

Milan
stroll
to
win

Milan
earned
their
first
win
of
this
season’s
Champions
League
group
stage,
but
were
made
to
work
for
it
by
Dinamo
Zagreb
as
the
Italian
champions
secured
a
3-1
victory
at
San
Siro.

Goals
either
side
of
half-time
from
Olivier
Giroud
and
Alexis
Saelemaekers
gave
Stefano
Pioli’s
men
a
strong
lead.

They
were
made
to
sweat
after
Mislav
Orsic
–
who
scored
the
winner
against
Chelsea
for
Dinamo
last
week
–
pulled
his
team
within
one
goal.

The
Rossoneri
appeared
to
tire
in
the
closing
stages
of
the
game,
but
sealed
the
points
when
substitute
Tommaso
Pobega
swept
in
a
third
for
Milan’s
first
home
win
in
the
Champions
League
since
they
beat
Celtic
in
September
2013.

Milan
now
move
on
to
four
points
in
Group
E
from
their
first
two
games,
a
point
ahead
of
Dinamo.

(With
OPTA
inputs)