Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Edin Dzeko(Roma), and Neymar (PSG) were all hat-trick heroes in the second round of the 2018/19 UCL.
Lionel Messi secures a perfect start for Barcelona.
Manchester City gets their first win.
CSKA shocks Real Madrid by handing them a defeat.
Monaco continues to sink.
Bayern dropped unexpected points at home against Ajax.
Napoli defeats Liverpool.
October 2, 2018
Group F
It wasn’t their best performance but thanks to David Villa late winning goal, Manchester City avoided going winless in their opening two matches in the group.
Lyon avoided defeat at home but had to settle for a point after coming from 2 goals down to seal a point against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Hoffenheim 1-2 Manchester City
Hoffenheim – Ishak Belfodil 1’
Manchester City – Sergio Aguero 8’ David Silva87’
Lyon 2-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Lyon – Moussa Dembele 70’ Leo Dubois 72’
Shakhtar Donetsk – Junior Moraes 44’ 55’
Group H
While the best Manchester United could do at home against Valencia was a goalless draw, Paulo Dybala guide Juventus to make home advantage count with a hattrick that sends his side to the top of the group.
Juventus 3-0 Young Boys
Juventus – Paulo Dybala -5’ 33’ 69’
Manchester United 0-0 Valencia
Group E
Bayern fails to hold on to a lead at home and had to settle for a point against an Ajax side that might be punching above their weight in the group.
Alfa Semedo scored a stunner for Benfica to avoid the embarrassment of failing to hold on to a two-goal lead against AEK Athens.
AEK Athens 2-3 Benfica
AEK Athens -Viktor Klonaridis 53’ 63’
Benfica – Haris Seferovic 6’ Alex Grimaldo 15’ Alfa Semedo 74’
Bayern Munich 1-1 Ajax
Bayern Munich – Mats Hummels 4’
Ajax – Noussair Mazroui 22’
Group G
Despite having almost the entirety of the match to get back on level points and possibly get an expected victory, a second-team Real Madrid side couldn’t recover after going down a goal against CSKA Moscow. The group is open as Roma made up for the opening round defeat by thrashing Viktoria Plzen by 5 goals to nil.
CSKA Moscow 1-0 Real Madrid
CSKA Moscow – Nikola Vlasic 2’
Roma 5-0 Viktoria Plzen
Roma – Edin Dzeko 3’ 40’ 90+2’ Cengiz Under 64’ Justin Kluivert 73’
October 3, 2018
Group C
Lorenzo Insigne late winning goal sends Napoli to the top of the group after victory against Liverpool. Neymar contributed a hattrick to Paris St. Germain’s 6-1 victory over Red Star Belgrade to make up for opening round defeat.
We expected this group to be a ‘tricky’ one and it hasn’t let us down.
Paris St. Germain 6-1 Red Star Belgrade
Paris St. Germain -Neymar 20’ 22’ 81’ Edinson Cavani 37’ Angel Di Maria 42’ Kylian Mbappe 70’
Red Star Belgrade – Marko Marin 74’
Napoli 1-0 Liverpool
Napoli – Lorenzo Insigne 90’
Group D
Late winning goal hands Schalke a very important away victory in Moscow, while Porto manages to find a home win against Galatasaray.
Lokomotiv Moscow 0-1 Schalke 04
Schalke 04 – Weston McKennie 88’
Porto 1-0 Galatasaray
Porto – Moussa Marega 49’
Group B
Inter Milan survived going down a goal to win away against PSV Eindhoven, while Lionel Messi’s second-half brace proved to be the difference at Wembley against Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 Barcelona
Tottenham Hotspur – Harry Kane 52’ Erik Lamela 66’
Barcelona – Philippe Coutinho 2’ Ivan Rakitic 28’ Lionel Messi 56’ 90’
PSV Eindhoven 1-2 Inter Milan
PSV Eindhoven – Pablo Rosario 27’
Inter Milan – Radja Nianggolan 44’ Mauro Icardi 60’
Group A
Monaco’s woes continue as they made in 9 competitive winless games. Borussia Dortmund scored 3 goals in the second half to win at home and climb to the top of the group.
Antoine Griezmann scored the opening two goals of the match as Atletico Madrid also makes it 2 wins out of 2 in the group.
Borussia Dortmund 3-0 Monaco
Borussia Dortmund – Jacob Bruun Larsen 51’ Francisco Alcacer 72’ Marco Reus 90+2’
Atletico Madrid 3-1 Club Brugge
Atletico Madrid – Antoine Griezmann 28’67’ Koke 90+4’
Club Brugge – Arnaut Groeneveld 39’
