UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – AFTER MD 2
Aston Villa, Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Brest, Juventus, and Liverpool continued their winning starts with another victory.
Arsenal, Atalanta, Inter Milan, and Manchester City followed their opening round draws with wins, while Monaco, Sparta Prague, and Sporting CP dropped points in a draw after winning their opening matches.
Barcelona, Club Brugge, Feyenoord, and Lille bounced back from their opening round defeats with a win, while Atlético Madrid, Bayern Munich, Celtic, Paris Saint-Germain, and Real Madrid followed their opening round victories with a loss.
Thirteen clubs remain without a win, with eight of them yet to pick up a point. AC Milan is part of the eight, PSV Eindhoven is part of the other five that completes the thirteen.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
RB Salzburg ( 0 ) – ( 4 ) Brest
Stuttgart ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) Sparta Prague
Arsenal ( 2 ) – ( 0 ) Paris Saint-Germain
Bayer Leverkusen ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) AC Milan
Borussia Dortmund ( 7 ) – ( 1 ) Celtic
Barcelona ( 5 ) – ( 0 ) Young Boys
Inter Milan ( 4 ) – ( 0 ) Red Star Belgrade
PSV Eindhoven ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) Sporting CP
Slovan Bratislava ( 0 ) – ( 4 ) Manchester City
::: Abdallah Sima netted twice as Brest cruised to a 4-0 win at Salzburg.
::: A goal apiece in the opening half saw Stuttgart and Sparta Prague share the points.
::: Two first-half goals were enough for Arsenal to beat Paris Saint-Germain in London.
::: Victor Boniface scored the game’s only goal in the 51st minute, giving Bayer Leverkusen a win over AC Milan.
::: Karim Adeyemi scored a first-half hat-trick in Dortmund’s 7-1 thrashing of Celtic.
::: Robert Lewandowski scored a brace in Barcelona’s 5-0 win over Young Boys.
::: Hakan Çalhanoğlu opened the scoring in the 11th minute with a free kick, setting Inter Milan on their way to a 4-0 home win over Red Star Belgrade, with three more players adding to the tally.
::: Sporting CP came from behind to earn a point in Eindhoven against PSV.
::: Manchester City secured a comfortable 4-0 away win over Slovan Bratislava.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Shakhtar Donetsk ( 0 ) – ( 3 ) Atalanta
Girona ( 2 ) – ( 3 ) Feyenoord
Aston Villa ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Bayern Munich
Dinamo Zagreb ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) Monaco
Liverpool ( 2 ) – ( 0 ) Bologna
Lille ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Real Madrid
RB Leipzig ( 2 ) – ( 3 ) Juventus
Sturm Graz ( 0 ) – ( 1 ) Club Brugge
Benfica ( 4 ) – ( 0 ) Atlético Madrid
::: Atalanta took a two-goal lead into the break and added another at the start of the second half, leaving with all three points from Shakhtar Donetsk.
::: Despite being first to get on the scoreboard with a goal from David López in the 19th minute, Girona conceded two own goals and suffered a 3-2 defeat at home to Feyenoord.
::: John Duran entered the game in the 70th minute and scored the only goal of the match 9 minutes later, handing Aston Villa a win over Bayern Munich.
::: Monaco was two goals down with a third of the game left to play but found the goals to avoid an away defeat, securing a 2-2 draw against Dinamo Zagreb.
::: A goal in each half secured Liverpool a 2-0 home win against Bologna, with Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah on the scoresheet.
::: Real Madrid lost to Lille, with Jonathan David scoring the game’s only goal through a penalty in added time of the first half.
::: Benjamin Sesko scored twice for RB Leipzig, including one from a penalty against a 10-man Juventus, but it wasn’t enough for a home win. Dusan Vlahovic scored twice for Juventus, both equalizers, before Chico Conceição scored the deciding goal in the 82nd minute, giving Juventus a 3-2 win in Leipzig.
::: Christos Tzolis scored the only goal of the match, securing an away win for Club Brugge over Sturm Graz.
::: Benfica thrashed Atlético Madrid 4-0.
THE STANDINGS:
1st | Borussia Dortmund – ( 6 )
2nd | Bayer Leverkusen – ( 6 )
3rd | Benfica – ( 6 )
4th | Brest – ( 6 )
5th | Aston Villa – ( 6 )
6th | Liverpool – ( 6 )
7th | Juventus – ( 6 )
8th | Inter Milan – ( 4 )
9th | Manchester City – ( 4 )
10th | Sparta Prague – ( 4 )
11th | Atalanta – ( 4 )
12th | Sporting CP – ( 4 )
13th | Arsenal – ( 4 )
14th | Monaco – ( 4 )
15th | Bayern Munich – ( 3 )
16th | Barcelona – ( 3 )
17th | Real Madrid – ( 3 )
18th | Paris Saint-Germain – ( 3 )
19th | Lille – ( 3 )
20th | Celtic – ( 3 )
21st | Club Brugge – ( 3 )
22nd | Atlético Madrid – ( 3 )
23rd | Feyenoord – ( 3 )
24th | Bologna – ( 1 )
25th | PSV Eindhoven – ( 1 )
26th | Stuttgart – ( 1 )
27th | Shakhtar Donetsk – ( 1 )
28th | Dinamo Zagreb – ( 1 )
29th | Girona – ( 0 )
30th | RB Leipzig – ( 0 )
31st | Sturm Graz – ( 0 )
32nd | AC Milan – ( 0 )
33rd | Red Star Belgrade – ( 0 )
34th | RB Salzburg – ( 0 )
35th | Young Boys – ( 0 )
36th | Slovan Bratislava – ( 0 )
