No absolutely fantastic news with English Premier League representatives in the Champions League and no win to be precise.
Arsenal let three goals pass through them and Liverpool lost to Real Madrid in Spain, which seemed to be old stories.
But here we are, Manchester City the one closer to the danger zone were shocked at home by CSKA Moscow with Doumbia striking twice.
Manuel Pellegrini’s men will have to hope for the best as they meet their European rivals Bayern Munich because they sit at the bottom of the log in group E as it stands.
Chelsea on the other hand could have sealed up the round of 16 spot but the luck came so hard with Eden Hazard missing out the spot kick chance, ‘unlike him’.
Group A
Malmo 0 – 2 Atlético Madrid
Juventus 3 – 2 Olympiakos
Group B
Basel 4 – 0 Ludogorets Razgrad
Real Madrid 1 – 0 Liverpool
Group C
Zenit 1 – 2 Bayer Leverkusen
Benfica 1 – 0 AS Monaco
Group D
Arsenal 3 – 3 Anderlecht
Borussia Dortmund 4 – 1 Galatasaray
Group E
Manchester City 1 – 2 CSKA Moscow
Bayern Munich 2 – 0 Roma
Group F
Paris St. Germain (PSG) 1 – 0 Apoel Nicosia
Ajax 0 – 2 Barcelona
Group G
Maribor 1 – 1 Chelsea
Sporting 4 – 2 Schalke
Group H
Shakhtar Donetsk 5 – 0 BATE Borisov
Athletic 0 – 2 Porto
So many other talking points as Barcelona gets a win in Holland defeating Ajax and Lionel Messi equalling the record of Raul’s 71 Champions League goal feat and surpasing Cristiano Ronaldo which leaves the trio as top three UCL scores.
Check
• Lionel Messi 90 games 71 goals
• Raul 142 games 71 goals
• Cristiano Ronaldo 106 games 70 goals
The UCL returns soon.
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