UEFA Champions League
Round 2
At the end of the second round of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League
Bayern Munich, Liverpool, and Manchester City made it 2 wins in 2 rounds.
Real Madrid avoided another defeat but failed to pick up the maximum points.
Inter Milan were involved in another draw.
Atletico Madrid and Porto found the first win of the tournament at home.
Ajax blew a 2-goal lead at Atalanta.
Chelsea and Sevilla get their winning start.
Lazio escaped Belgium with a point against Club Brugge
A Cristiano-less Juventus side are beaten at home by Barcelona.
Dynamo Kyiv blew a 2-goal lead to settle for a point against Ferencvaros.
Marcus Rashford lead Manchester United to thrash RB Leipzig
Moise Kean delivered the goals for Paris St. Germain to get their first win of the tournament.
Group A
Lokomotiv Moscow1-2 Bayern Munich
Lokomotiv Moscow – Anton Miranchuk 70′
Bayern Munich – Leon goretzka 13′ Joshua Kimmich 79′
Atletico Madrid 3-2 Salzburg
Atlético Madrid – Marcos Llorente 29′ Joao Feleix 52′ 85′
Salzburg – Dominik Szoboszlai 40′ Felipe 47′(og)
Group B
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-0 Inter Milan
Borussia Monchengladbach 2-2 Real Madrid
Borussia Monchengladbach – Marcus Thuram 33′ 35′
Real Madrid – Karim Benzema 87′ Casemiro 90+3′
Group C
Porto 2-0 Olympiacos
Porto – Fábio Vieira 11′ Sergio Oliviera 85′
Marseille 0-3 Manchester City
Manchester City – Ferran Torres 18′ Ilkay Gundogan 76′ Raheem Sterling 81′
Group D
Liverpool 2-0 Midtjylland
Liverpool – Diogo Jota 55′ Mohamed Salah 90+3′(pen)
Atalanta 2-2 Ajax
Atalanta – Duvan Zapata 54′ 60′
Ajax – Dusan Tadi 30′(pen) Lassina Traore 38′
Joshua Kimmich scored the winning goal for Bayern Munich after Anton Miranchuck cancelled out the early lead from Leon Goretzka’s opening goal for the match. Bayern leaves Russia with a win.
After ending the first half on a 1-1 score, two goals from Joao Felix won the game for Atletico Madrid against RB Salzburg.
Two matches played and Inter Milan are without a win in Group B. A goalless draw in Ukraine was enough for Shakhtar Donetsk; the only side with a win in the group.
Real Madrid fought late to come from 2-goals down and avoid consecutive defeats in their opening games. It looked like Marcus Thuram’s two goals would do the job for Borussia Monchengladbach.
Porto picked up three points at home against Olympiacos.
Manchester City doubled their wins.
It hasn’t been convincing but Liverpool picked up their second win in Group D from a 2-0 win against Midtjylland.
It can be seen as a point gained on the road, but Ajax blew a 2-goal lead against Atalanta. Duvan Zapata scored a second-half brace to get the score even for Atalanta.
Group E
Krasnodar 0-4 Chlesea
Chelsea – Callum Hudson-Odoi 37′ Timo Werner 76′(pen) Hakim Ziyech 79′ Christian Pulisic 90′
Sevilla 1-0 Rennes
Sevilla – Luuk de Jong 56′
Group F
Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Zenit
Borussia Dortmund – Jadon Sancho 78′(pen) Erling Braut Haaland 90+1′
Club Brugge 1-1 Lazio
Club Brugge – Hans Vanaken 42′(pen)
Lazio – Joaquin Correa 14′
Group G
Juventus 0-2 Barcelona
Barcelona – Ousmane Dembele 14′ Lionel Messi 90+1′ (pen)
Ferencvaros 2-2 Dynamo Kyiv
Ferencvaros – Tokmac Nguen 59′ Franck Boli 90′
Dynamo Kyiv – Viktor Tsigankov 28′ Carlos De Pena 41′
Group H
Manchester United 5-0 RB Leipzig
Manchester United – Mason Greenwood 21′ Marcus Rashford 74′ 78′ 90+2′ Anthony Martial 87′(pen)
Istanbul Basaksehir 0-2 Paris St. Germain
Paris St. Germain – Mosie Kean 64′ 79′
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Chelsea and Sevilla pick up their first win in their group.
Chelsea found three goals in the final minutes to make it an emphatic win against Krasnodar.
Sevilla takes three points at home from a narrow victory against Rennes.
Dortmund bounced back from the opening round defeat and brought their goal-difference back to zero with a 2-0 win at home against Zenit.
Lazio escaped Belgium with a point against Club Brugge
A Cristiano-less Juventus side are beaten at home by Barcelona.
Dynamo Kyiv blew a 2-goal lead to settle for a point against Ferencvaros.
Four Manchester United goals were scored when Rashford stepped on the field. He went from being responsible for one historic win to another. Marcus Rashford entered the match with less than half an hour to play; but finished the game with a hat trick for Manchester United to trash RB Leipzig by 5 goals.
Neymar left the match injured but Moise Kean delivered the goals for Paris St. Germain to get their first win of the tournament.
Group A stands as expected; Bayern Munich leading and Atletico Madrid following. We can’t say the same for Group B as Real Madrid are at the bottom of the standings, and Inter Milan are not doing anything special. The Group is led at the moment by Shakhtar Donetsk.
Real Madrid are currently the only side among the elite teams that is sitting in a rank that many won’t have predicted. They are also the only Spanish La Liga team that haven’t had a win.
Barcelona are the only La Liga side to win both of their opening matches. They were joined by Sevilla and Atletico Madrid who found their opening win.
Despite defeat, Juventus sit second in Group G.
Dynamo Kyiv couldn’t hold on to their 2-goal lead against Ferencvaros. It would have allowed them to take advantage of the Juventus vs Barcelona fixture.
Marseille are without a point in Group C. Manchester City leads the group with a
Chelsea became the last English Premier League side to win. They joined Liverpool, Manchester City, and Manchester United, who have all made it 2 wins out of 2.
Manchester United lead Group H after putting aside the two teams that were supposed to be their toughest competition in the group.
Lazio and Club Brugge lead Group F after sharing the points.
