2016/17 UEFA Champions League Round 1/Day 2

September 14, 2016

Manchester City                               4-0        Borussia Monchengladbach

Sergio Aguero 9’ 28’(pen) 77’

Kelechi Iheanacho 90+1

Monchengladbach had to stay an extra day in Manchester because of bad weather, just to receive a 4-0 thrashing.

Sergio Aguero came back after his break from the Manchester Derby and got himself a hattrick against Borussia Monchengladbach.

Lyon                            3-0           Dinamo Zagreb

Corentin Tolisso 13’

Jordan Ferri 49’

Gnaly Maxwell Cornet 57’

It was an easy night for Lyon as they put away Dinamo Zagreb in front of their home crowd. 

Juventus 0-0 Sevilla

Juventus and Sevilla couldn’t find a goal when they met. Sevilla will be feeling like the winner with this draw.

Club Brugge                       0-3         Leicester City

                                                               Marc Albrighton 5’

                                                               Riyad Mahrez 29’ 61′ (pen)

Leicester City started their Champions League debut with a bang. A massive win away in Belgium shoot the team to the top of their group.

Marc Albrighton gave Leicester and early lead to get them comfortable. Club Brugge could not deal with the quick counter-attacking style of Leicester City.

Porto                          1-1                Copenhagen

Otavio 13                                       Andreas Cornelius 52’

Bayer Leverkusen           2-2      CSKA Moscow

Admir Mehmedi 9’                       Alan Dzagoev 36’

Hakan Calhanoglu 15’                 Roman Eremenko 38’

Two quick goals gave Bayer Leverkusen a two-goal cushion early in the first half, but two quicker goals from CSKA Moscow towards the end of the half canceled the lead to finish the match a 2-2 draw.

Tottenham Hotspur             1-2                 Monaco

Toby Alderweireld 45’                                 Bernardo Silva 16’

                                                                         Thomas Lemar 31’

Monaco form continues from Ligue 1 to the Champions League. A 2-1 win over Tottenham makes Monaco undefeated in all competitions this season.

Tottenham was playing home but not at their home stadium. Wembley stadium was the venue for Tottenham v Monaco champions league match.

Real Madrid                  2-1              Sporting CP

Cristiano Ronaldo  89’                     Bruno Cesar 48’

Alvaro Morata 90’+5

Real Madrid had come from a goal down to avoid a shocking loss at home to Sporting CP.  

Ronaldo scored a late free kick for Real Madrid in the 89th minute to equalize Bruno Cesar’s 48th-minute goal for Sporting CP.  

The last action of the match was Alvaro Morata header into the back of the net to give Real Madrid the win. A whipping cross from James Rodriguez was perfectly placed for Morata to powerhead it to the corner of the net.

Legia Warsaw        0-6            Borussia Dortmund

                                                      Mario Gotze 7’

                                                      Sokratis Papastathopoulos 15’

                                                      Marc Bartra 17’

                                                      Raphael Guerreiro 51’

                                                      Gonzalo Castro 76’

Borussia Dortmund scored three goals in each half to leave Poland with a massive win.  

Legia Warsaw is having a tough time in the start of their domestic league and it showed when they met a quality side like Borussia Dortmund