Match 13 of 16: Benfica vs Bayern Munich

Result: 0 – 2

Goal Scorers:

  • Bayern Munich: Robert Lewandowski 10′, Renato Sanches 54′

Match Statistics:

Benfica Team Stats Bayern Munich
14 Shots 14
4 Shots On Target 6
43% Possession 57%
476 Passes 622
79% Pass Accuracy 84%
9 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
5 Corners 4

Highlights:

Champions League

  • Bayern Munich midfielder Renato Sanches scored a goal and also bagged an assist in his arrival to Benfica in a 2-0 triumph.
  • Sanches, a Benfica youth result who joined Bayern in 2016, yet barely played before being lent out to Swansea City last season, earned an uncommon beginning because of the injury of Thiago Alcantara.

  • He benefited as much as possible from his shot as Bayern traveled in spite of a string of injury nonattendances that additionally included Corentin Tolisso, Kingsley Coman and Rafinha.
  • Sanches rose as a teenaged sensation following Portugal’s Euro 2016 triumph, yet Bayern fans had seen little of his capacities until today.

  • Bayern, who have won all their domestic league matches so far this season, opened the scoring following 10 minutes when Sanches sent Franck Ribery down the wing. Ribery charged through and Robert Lewandowski finished the move with a fine turn.
  • Benfica, who have not scored more than once in their last 10 Champions League home matches, needed to sit tight 30 minutes for their own first shot, a header that was avoided wide.

  • Sanches at that point got where he had left off before the break and, with a 40-meter run, propelled a fast Bayern move that he completed off with a tap-in as he got an overwhelming applause.

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Match 14 of 16: Plzen vs CSKA Moscow

Result: 2 – 2

Goal Scorers:

  • Plzen: Michael Krmencik 29′, 41′
  • CSKA Moscow: Fyodor Chalov 49′, Nikola Vlasic 90+5′ (P)

Match Statistics:

Plzen Team Stats CSKA Moscow
9 Shots 16
4 Shots On Target 7
42% Possession 58%
335 Passes 474
71% Pass Accuracy 80%
17 Fouls 16
3 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
5 Corners 6

Highlights:

  • Garry Rodrigues, Eren Derdiyok and Selcuk Inan were right on the mark, as a 10-man Galatasaray opened their Champions League Group D crusade with a 3-0 prevail upon Lokomotiv Moscow.
  • The Turkish side began brutally before a factional home group and took a merited lead inside the opening 10 minutes when Cape Verde national, Rodrigues scored from a wide position.
  • Lokomotiv twice verged on evening out through Solomon Kvirkvelia and Jefferson Farfan as Galatasaray appeared as though they may be rebuffed for neglecting to double down on their initial predominance.

  • Derdiyok had different thoughts, however, whipping in a sublime free-kick from 25 yards in the 67th moment, before Inan got a penalty in stoppage time after Emre Akbaba had been brought down in the region.
  • Not by any means the late expulsion of Badou Ndiaye for two appointments could take the sparkle off a fine night for Fatih Terim’s side, who open their Champions League battle with a twist.
  • The hosts began with a spring in their progression and opened the scoring following 9 minutes when Rodrigues’ low shot from outside the penalty zone fueled through Guilherme’s less robust defense.

  • The Russian victors recuperated well and cut out various open doors, as the principal half wore on. Kvirkvelia saw a short proximity exertion tidied up the line and after that a plain Farfan headed over from 6 yards when it looked simpler to score.
  • The sides traded speedy fire risks not long after the restart, Aleksey Miranchuk’s bubbling exertion palmed away by Fernando Muslera and Guilherme tipping over Ndiaye’s deafening drive from 30 yards.
  • There was little Guilherme could do about Galatasaray’s 2nd goal, as Derdiyok’s free-kick found the net.
  • Ndiaye got his walking orders a little ways from time for a rash second reserving, however that did not stop the hosts including a third profound into included time from the spot after Guilherme stumbled Akbaba to suddenly end a streaming counter-assault.

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Match 15 of 16: Manchester City vs Lyon

Result: 1 – 2

Goal Scorers:

  • Manchester City: Bernardo Silva 67′
  • Lyon: Maxwel Cornet 26′, Nabil Fekir 43′

Match Statistics:

Manchester City Team Stats Lyon
22 Shots 11
8 Shots On Target 4
70% Possession 30%
711 Passes 316
90% Pass Accuracy 76%
14 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 4
7 Corners 1

Highlights:

Champions League

  • Manchester City endured a stunning 2-1 defeat at home to Lyon in their opening Champions League match today.
  • Lyon led the pack in the 26th moment through Maxwel Cornet, who scored after Fabian Delph neglected to clear a Nabil Fekir cross from the left.
  • Fekir at that point made it 2-0 in the 43rd moment in the wake of being set up by Memphis Depay.

  • It could have been 3-0 when Depay hit the post on the hour, yet City earned themselves some relief through Bernardo Silva, who created a keen finish after a jinking pass from substitute Leroy Sane.
  • Lyon, be that as it may, covered City’s assault well and downplayed risks in the last stages as they hung on for a noteworthy triumph with City manager, Pep Guardiola compelled to watch from the stands on account of a suspension.

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Match 16 of 16: Young Boys vs Manchester United

Result: 0 – 3

Goal Scorers:

  • Manchester United: Paul Pogba 35′, 44′ (P), Anthony Martial 66′

Match Statistics:

Young Boys Team Stats  Manchester United
18 Shots 16
4 Shots On Target 5
43% Possession 57%
385 Passes 513
81% Pass Accuracy 87%
12 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
9 Corners 7

Highlights:

Champions League

  • Paul Pogba scored two 1st-half goals, as ‘The Red Devils’ ruined Young Boys’ first appearance in the group phase of the Champions League by cruising to an agreeable 3-0 triumph at the Stade de Suisse.
  • Anthony Martial additionally scored for United, the 3-time victors who were thumped out of the Champions League last season in the round of 16.

  • Young Boys, the Swiss Super League champions, spent a great part of the initial 20 minutes in assault, with Mohamed Ali Camara relinquishing a shot from 30 yards in the 16th moment that United goalkeeper David De Gea was compelled to tip over the crossbar.
  • Christian Fassnacht had two chances to put Young Boys ahead early – one in the 30th moment, when he scraped his shot after debutant Diogo Dalot tumbled down, and one in the 33rd, when De Gea punched his endeavor from 24 yards over the bar – before Pogba struck.

  • The midfielder, who entered with two Champions League goals in his 37 vocation appearances, scored his first in the opposition for United in the 35th moment.
  • He played a brisk give-and-run with Fred on the edge of the territory and, in the wake of changing to one side foot under strain from Camara, he put in with a screamer towards the close post that Young Boys defender David Von Ballmoos could not stop.
  • Pogba at that point multiplied the lead just before half-time, scoring from a penalty in the 44th minute after Luke Shaw’s shot hit Young Boys’ Kevin Mbabu in the correct hand, which was stuck to his side.

  • Manchester broadened the lead in the 66th moment, with Pogba setting him up on the left wing for the simple complete to the counter-assault, and Romelu Lukaku almost made it four in the 93rd moment yet was administered offside.
  • Young men about pulled one, thinking back to the 73rd minute when Camara’s header from a corner looked off the close post, however they never recouped and tumbled to their first thrashing in 10 matches this season.

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