Champions League Roundup: Borussia Dortmund fall in Milan
Borussia Dortmund lost to Inter Milan on Wednesday in match day three in the Champions League, here we take a look at how the other teams fared.
Group F
Borussia Dortmund limply lost to Inter Milan and although Dortmund had the majority of possession they created very little with it. They had a couple small half chances, Sancho having the best of them but they lacked any creativity playing ball after ball horizontally until they either lost possession or swung in a pointless cross. In the end, Milan didn’t have to do anything special to get the victory. They weren’t overly impressive more so that Dortmund were unimpressive. Milan made their chances count converting on two of their big chances.
On the other side of Group F, Barcelona squeaked by Slavia Prague with a 2-1 victory. Barca currently sits top of the group with 7 points, while Dortmund and Inter are tied with 4 points. Slavia Prague face a tough task with only 1 point through 3 games.
Group A
PSG are currently running away with Group A smashing Club Brugge 5-0 yesterday to increase to 9 points through 3 games. Real Madrid beat Galatasaray 1-0 off a Toni Kroos goal to put them narrowly ahead of Club Brugge in Group A.
PSG sits first with 9 points, Real Madrid in second with 4 points, Club Brugge in third with 2 points and Galatasaray with a lone point through 3 games. PSG and Real Madrid are expected to move on in this group.
Group B
Bayern Munich beat Olymiacos 3-2 Tuesday on the back of a Lewandowski brace who doesn’t seem to be able to stop scoring. Tottenham thrashed FCKCrvena Zvezda 5-0 to jump into second place with only 4 points through 3 games. Although Tottenham should move on FK Crvena Zvezda Olympiacos rounds out the group with 1 point through 3 games.
Group C
Man City swept Atalanta aside on Tuesday in a 5-1 win with Sergio Aguero notching a brace and Raheem Stirling scoring a hattrick. With 9 points through 3 games City is all but through at this point. Shaktar Donetsk and Dinamo Zagreb battled out a 2-2 draw in what will be the battle for 2nd place. Both teams are on 4 points with Atalanta with 0 through 3 games.
Group D
Atletico Madrid and Juventus both have 7 points through 3 games and it will be a matter of who finishes first out of the two of them. Atletico squeaked by Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 through an Alvaro Morata goal in the 78th minute. Juventus also played a tighter game, beating Lokomotiv Moscow 2-1 thanks to a Paulo Dybala brace in the 77th and 79th minute.
Group E
Liverpool and Napoli both won today in Group E, Liverpool beating Genk 4-1 with Alex Oxlade-Chemberlain and Mo Salah both scoring braces. Oxlade Chamberlain scored a world class goal, going bar down an an outside the foot curler from outside the 18. Napoli edged Salzburg 3-2 in a back and forth game.
Napoli sits in first with 7 points, Liverpool in second with 6 points, Salzburg in third with 3 points and finally Genk in fourth with 1 point.
Group G
Group G is the tightest of the groups, with all the teams still in play. 1st place Leipzig is only 3 points ahead of 4th place Benfica. Leipzig beat Zenit 2-1 with Marcel Sabitzer scoring a wonder goal. If you haven’t seen it yet, go find it, it’s incredible. Benfica sweaked a 2-1 win over Lyon to keep things close.
Group H
Chelsea edged Ajax today winning 1-0, Christian Pulisic got the assist on the Michy Batshuayi goal. Two former Dortmund players hooking up to get the 3 points for Chelsea. Lille and Valencia played out a 1-1 draw on Wednesday.
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Chelsea and Ajax currently sit tied in 1st with 6 points while Valencia chases the two of them with 4 points. Lille only has 1 point through 3 games and will have a tough road to finish top 2 and move on.