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Tight contests at UCL Day 2; Barcelona, United make it two from two
Álvaro Morata had three goals ruled out for offside as Barcelona, Manchester United, Paris, Chelsea, Dortmund and Sevilla all won.
Tight contests dominated the second night of Match Day 2 action, no more so than at Juventus where Álvaro Morata had three goals ruled out for offside as Barcelona edged victory.
Group E
Krasnodar 0-4 Chelsea
Chelsea survived a scare for their first win of the campaign, going ahead through Callum Hudson-Odoi’s first UEFA Champions League goal after Jorginho’s penalty hit the post. Yuri Gazinski rattled the crossbar but Timo Werner’s emphatic spot kick, Hakim Ziyech’s clinical finish and a close-range Christian Pulišić strike saw off Krasnodar.
Key stat: Chelsea are seven UEFA Champions League group stage matches unbeaten.
04/11: Sevilla vs Krasnodar, Chelsea vs Rennes
Sevilla 1-0 Rennes
The UEFA Europa League holders dominated from start to finish, but had to wait until 11 minutes after half-time for Luuk de Jong’s fine volley to force the breakthrough.
It ended the resistance of the excellent Alfred Gomis, and even when the Senegalese goalkeeper was beaten the woodwork intervened to deny Munir and Joan Jordán.
Key stat: Sevilla are undefeated in 13 European home games (W11 D2)
04/11: Sevilla vs Krasnodar, Chelsea vs Rennes.
Group F
Club Brugge 1-1 Lazio
Joaquín Correa gave depleted Lazio an early lead, but after Hans Vanaken converted from the spot before the interval the visitors were indebted to Pepe Reina for earning a point. They might have won themselves through Sergej Milinković-Savić but Simon Mignolet kept him out with a fine stop. Both teams move on to four points.
Key stat: Club Brugge have won only two of their last 20 UEFA Champions League matches
04/11: Club Brugge vs Dortmund, Zenit vs Lazio
Dortmund 2-0 Zenit
Jadon Sancho and Erling Braut Haaland left it late as the hosts claimed their first points in Group F. Dortmund were made to work as Zenit stood firm, but a lapse of concentration in the 78th minute allowed Sancho to score from the spot before Haaland rubber-stamped the win with a stoppage-time strike.
Key stat: Dortmund are yet to concede a goal at home in all competitions this season.
04/11: Club Brugge vs Dortmund, Zenit vs Lazio.
Group G
Ferencváros 2-2 Dynamo Kyiv
The Hungarian side completed a stunning comeback, thanks to fine efforts from Tokmac Nguen and, on 90 minutes, substitute Franck Boli.
Dynamo had led through Viktor Tsygankov’s penalty and Carlos de Pena’s close-range finish, but almost ended up with nothing as a volley from the hosts’ Ukrainian forward Oleksandr Zubkov flew just over.
Key stat: Dynamo Kyiv have drawn four of their last five UEFA Champions League away games.
04/11: Ferencváros vs Juventus, Barcelona vs Dynamo Kyiv.
Juventus 0-2 Barcelona
Ronald Koeman’s charges showed their intent from the off with Antoine Griezmann hitting the post inside two minutes, and went in front when Ousmane Dembélé’s deflected drive left Wojciech Szczęsny helpless.
Merih Demiral was dismissed late on, before the Blaugrana’s second victory in the section was capped off by Lionel Messi’s added-time penalty.
Key stat: Barça are 22 group stage matches unbeaten.
04/11: Ferencváros vs Juventus, Barcelona vs Dynamo Kyiv.
Group H
Başakşehir 0-2 Paris
Moise Kean’s second-half double secured Paris a hard-fought win in Istanbul. The visitors were largely second best until the 20-year-old headed in a 64th-minute opener.
Edin Višća went close several times and an injury to Neymar ended his involvement, but Kean’s well-taken second wrapped up the points.
Key stat: Aged 20 years and 243 days, Kean is the youngest Italian player to score on his first UEFA Champions League start.
04/11: Başakşehir vs Man. United, Leipzig vs Paris.
Man. United 5-0 Leipzig
Marcus Rashford came off the bench to net his first senior hat-trick as United romped to the top of Group H.
Mason Greenwood’s first UEFA Champions League goal elicited a half-time advantage, but it was Rashford’s treble – three calm right-footed finishes – and Anthony Martial’s penalty that added late gloss to an impressive all-round display.
Key stat: This was United’s biggest UEFA Champions League home win since a 7-1 defeat of Roma in the 2006/07 quarter-finals.
04/11: Başakşehir vs Man. United, Leipzig vs Paris.
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Chelsea move to third after playing 1-1 draw with Arsenal
Chelsea move to third after playing 1-1 draw with Arsenal
Chelsea and Arsenal shared the spoils in a tense 1-1 battle at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
The draw keeps the London sides level in the Premier League, but still nine points adrift of leaders Liverpool.
In a finely balanced game, the sides enjoyed almost equal possession and both had three shots on target.
It was Arsenal who looked the more disappointed at the whistle, Mikel Arteta holding his head in disbelief after substitute Leandro Trossard failed to put away two late chances.
Gabriel Martinelli had put the visitors in front in the 60th minute, turning in a neatly lifted ball from captain Martin Odegaard, whose influence on his return from injury proved crucial after the Gunners’ failure to score in their last two games.
Chelsea equalised 10 minutes later when substitute Enzo Fernandez pushed the ball to the ever-lively Pedro Neto just outside the Arsenal area and the Portuguese stepped to one side and shot low to David Raya’s left.
“We came to win, so we’re not as happy as we wanted to be, but we didn’t want to lose and it’s a good point against a good team,” Neto told Sky Sports.
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Chelsea’s Cole Palmer had almost made the perfect start but his third-minute rocket was tipped over by the ever-vigilant Raya.
Arsenal thought they had gone ahead in the 32nd when former Chelsea striker Kai Havertz latched on to a speedily taken free kick and sent the ball across Robert Sanchez into the bottom corner.
But VAR showed the German was fractionally offside.
Sanchez had been called into action five minutes earlier, getting his hand to a shot from Martinelli.
Chelsea fluffed a couple of second-half chances with Levi Colwill shooting just over and Noni Madueke firing high and wide.
But as the minutes ticked down it was Arsenal who pushed forward. Sanchez kept out substitute Mikel Marino, before Trossard fired over from close range
In time added on, William Saliba sent the ball across the six-yard box but Trossard could not connect with it despite an open goal.
The result lifted Chelsea to third and Arsenal, who have gone four Premier League games without a win, to fourth in the table, both on 19 points.
Chelsea move to third after playing 1-1 draw with Arsenal
(Reuters/NAN)
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EPL: Liverpool win, Man City lose again, Iwobi helps Fulham in 2-0 victory
EPL: Liverpool win, Man City lose again, Iwobi helps Fulham in 2-0 victory
Liverpool secured a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa in a Premier League encounter at Anfield on Saturday.
Darwin Nunez opened the scoring in the first half, before Mohammed Salah made sure of a big three points with six minutes left in the second half.
Liverpool took full advantage of Manchester City’s slip-up to move five points clear at the top of the league table.
It was yet another defeat for champions Manchester City as they squandered a one-goal lead to lose 2-1 to Brighton.
Erling Haaland had opened scoring on 23 minutes before João Pedro and Matt O’Riley both scored late into the second half to compound City’s problem.
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Elsewhere, Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi provided an assist to help Fulham seal a 2-0 win against their hosts Crystal Palace.
In the other Premier League games played concurrently, Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Southampton 2-0 for their firsg win this season, while West Ham and Everton played a goalless draw.
Earlier on Saturday, Brentford and Bournemouth played a five-goal thriller, with hosts Brentford carrying the day with a 3-2 victory.
EPL: Liverpool win, Man City lose again, Iwobi helps Fulham in 2-0 victory
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Lookman, Zaniolo fire Atalanta to 2-0 win over Stuttgart
Lookman, Zaniolo fire Atalanta to 2-0 win over Stuttgart
Second-half goals from Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman and Nicolo Zaniolo earned Atalanta a 2-0 win at VfB Stuttgart in the Champions League on Wednesday.
The result means the Italian side are still yet to concede a goal in this season’s competition.
The opener came in the 51st minute when Ademola Lookman tapped in a cross from Charles De Ketelaere and, with the home side struggling to find a way through, Zaniolo struck the decisive second two minutes from time.
The defeat ended Stuttgart’s impressive home record of not losing a game in any competition for more than a year, while Atalanta continued their excellent form, unbeaten in their last eight matches.
Atalanta moved up to ninth in the standings on eight points, with Stuttgart dropping out of the playoff zone as they slipped to 27th with four points.
“We came here with ambition but from there to winning is a long way off,” Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini told Sky Sport.
“These are difficult pitches, Stuttgart had won in Turin against Juventus. It is the way this victory came that gives us confidence. We won with personality.”
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The visitors had the bulk of the possession in the opening half but it was Stuttgart who looked the more likely to score, with Anthony Rouault heading over from inside the six-yard box.
Stuttgart’s best chance of the half came right at the end when Chris Fuhrich’s pass set Deniz Undav up for a shot from close range but he hit the side netting.
Atalanta sent De Ketelaere on at the start of the second half and it was his silky skills which led to the breakthrough as he went past two defenders and his ball across the goal gave Lookman the easiest of tap-ins.
Stuttgart, who had beaten Juventus 1-0 in their last Champions League game, could not find a way past the Atalanta defence, and the visitors wrapped up the win near the end.
Substitute Zaniolo pounced on sloppy Stuttgart defending and in a one-on-one with the keeper he coolly slipped the ball past Alexander Nubel.
Atalanta and Inter Milan are the only two sides in the competition who have not conceded a goal after four games, and Gasperini’s side have put themselves in an excellent position at the halfway stage of the league phase.
“In all the games we have played we have shown solidity and we haven’t suffered much,” Gasperini said.
“We were able to have a good defensive phase and we built the points on that.”
Lookman, Zaniolo fire Atalanta to 2-0 win over Stuttgart
(Reuters/NAN)
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