Champions League Review

The 2nd match-day of the Champions League came to a close earlier this week with some shocking results! Manchester United drew 1-1 against Shakhtar Donetsk away from home, Italian side Juventus also drew 2-2 at home against Galatasaray whilst in-form English side Arsenal eased past Italian giants SSC Napoli with two goals for The Gunners coming from newly signed German star Mesut Özil and Oliver Giroud (his goal assisted by the same Özil).

Arsenal celebrating their 2-0 victory over SSC Napoli

In my opinion, the most outstanding match of the night was that between Manchester City and Bayern München. An early goal from Ribéry [7'] and two successive goals from Müller [56'] and Robben [60'] were enough to secure the German side a win after a late goal for Man.City, (coming from Spanish striker Negredo [88']) was not enough to save his side from a humiliating home defeat. With this win, Bayern are sitting comfortably at the top of Group D, with a 3 point advantage over the same Manchester City.

German striker Thomas Müller scoring the 2nd goal for his side's 3-1 victory against Manchester City

The other results from the other Groups in the Champions League were as following:

Group A                                                                            

Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Real Sociedad

Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1 Manchester United

Group B 

Juventus 2-2 Galatasaray

Real Madrid 4-0 FC København

Group C 

Anderlecht 0-3 Olympiakos

Paris Saint Germain 3-0 Benfica

Group D 

CSKA Moscow 3-2 Viktoria Plzen

Manchester City 1-3 Bayern München

Group E 

Basel 0-1 Schalke 04

Steaua Bucuresti 0-4 Chelsea

Group F 

Arsenal 2-0 SSC Napoli

Borussia Dortmund 3-0 Marseille

Group G 

Zenit Petersburg 0-0 Austria Wien

FC Porto 1-2 Atletico Madrid

Group H 

Ajax 1-1 AC Milan

Celtic 0-1 Barcelona