October 23, 2018
AEK Athens 0-2 Bayern Munich (Group E)
Bayern Munich – Javier Martinez 61’ Robert Lewandowski 63’
Ajax 1-0 Benfica (Group E)
Ajax – Noussair Mazraoui 90+3’
Bayern Munich back to winning ways after getting goals in quick succession to do the expected and beat AEK Athens.
A late injury-time winning goal sealed a dramatic win over Benfica for Ajax to keep their place at the top of Group E.
Hoffenheim 3-3 Lyon (Group F)
Hoffenheim – Andrej Kramaric 33’ 47’ Joelinton 90’+2’
Lyon – Bertrand Traore 27’ Tanguy Ndombele Alvaro 59’ Memphis Depay 67’
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Manchester City(Group F)
Manchester City – David Silva 30’ Aymeric Laporte 35’ Bernardo Silva 71’
In a 6-goal thrilling match, Hoffenheim and Lyon shared the points after both teams experienced having to come from behind to lead by a goal, and losing the lead.
Manchester City established their place at the top of the group after a 3-0 in Ukraine against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Real Madrid 2-1 Viktoria Plzen (Group G)
Real Madrid – Karim Benzema 11’ Marcelo 56’
Viktoria Plzen – Patrik Hrosovsky 79’
Roma 3-0 CSKA Moscow (Group G)
Roma -Edin Dzeko 30’ 43’ Cengiz Under 50’
Opening day defeat in the group hasn’t kept Roma from getting the results to rise to the top of Group G. A 3-0 home win against CSKA Moscow gave Roma the ‘goal difference’ to keep Real Madrid from the top of the group despite Madrid finding their needed victory against a Viktoria Plzen side that is dropping further away from the contest.
Manchester United 0-1 Juventus (Group H)
Juventus – Paulo Dybala 17’
Young Boys 1-1 Valencia (Group H)
Young Boys – Guillaume Hoarau 55’
Valencia – Michy Batshuayi 26’
Paulo Dybala scored the only goal of the match to give Juventus a perfect start in their campaign and a victory at Old Trafford against a Manchester United side that was showing signs of how much they’ve fallen away from their place as one of the ‘giants’ in European football.
A Valencia victory against Young Boys would have allowed them to take advantage of the results at Old Trafford and make the climb to second-place in the group. Valencia gets a point in Switzerland against Young Boys.
October 24, 2018
Club Brugge 1-1 Monaco (Group A)
Club Brugge -Wesley 39’
Monaco – Moussa Sylla 31
Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Atletico Madrid (Group A)
Borussia Dortmund – Axel Witsel 38’ Raphael Guerreiro 73’ 89’ Jadon Sancho 83’
Monaco winless run continues after a point against Club Brugge. It was the best opportunity in the group for both Club Brugge and Monaco to pick up a win but both teams ended up with their first point of the competition after a first-half goal for each side decided the result.
Borussia Dortmund has now scored 8 goals in their opening three matches in Group A without conceding any. Dortmund doubled their goal scored after ‘banging’ in 4 goals past Atletico Madrid to separate themselves in points accumulated while they remain top of the group.
PSV Eindhoven 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur (Group B)
PSV Eindhoven – Hirving Lozano 30’ Luuk de Jong 87’
Tottenham Hotspur – Lucas Moura 39’ Harry Kane 55’
Barcelona 2-0 Inter Milan (Group B)
Barcelona – Rafinha 32 Jordi Alba 83’
They had to do it without Lionel Messi but Barcelona gets a perfect start and a three-point lead in Group B after a dominant display at the Camp Nou to seal a ‘2-0’ win against Inter Milan.
PSV Eindhoven and Tottenham Hotspur ended their run of defeats in the group by sharing a point after a 2-all draw. Tottenham did their best to protect their second-half lead with a 10-man team after the sending off of goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, but Luuk de Jong flicked the ball into the next from a set-piece attempt to get PSV a point. On the balance of play, Tottenham might fell they deserved more from the match than a point.
Liverpool 4-0 Red Star Belgrade (Group C)
Liverpool – Roberto Firmino 20’ Mohamed Salah 45’ 51’(pen) Sadio Mane 80’
Paris St. Germain 2-2 Napoli (Group C)
Paris St. Germain – Mario Rui 61’(o.g) Angel Di Maria 90+3’
Napoli – Lorenzo Insigne 29’ Dries Mertens 77’
Mid-way through a group that has been considered to be one of the ‘group of death’, Liverpool established their place at the top of Group C after an expected home victory against Red Star Belgrade. All three of Liverpool’s attacking prongs were on the scoresheet, with Mohamed Salah scoring a brace.
Angel Di Maria’s injury-time goal saved Paris St. Germain from a humiliating defeat at home while denying Napoli an opportunity to top Group C.
Group C is very open.
Galatasaray 0-0 Schalke 04 (Group D)
Lokomotiv Moscow 1-3 Porto (Group D)
Lokomotiv Moscow – Anton Miranchhuk 38’
Porto – Moussa Marega 26’(pen) Hector Herrera 35’ Jesus Corona 47’
Their form in their domestic leagues made important for Schalke to get something from this match. A goalless draw between Galatasaray and Schalke 04 was the opportunity Porto needed to climb to the top of the group through victory in Russia against Lokomotiv Moscow.
