Match 5 of 16: Bayern Munich vs Ajax

Result: 1 – 1

Goal Scorers:

  • Bayern Munich: Mats Hummels 4′
  • Ajax: Noussair Mazraoui 22′

Match Statistics:

Bayern Munich Team Stats  Ajax
17 Shots 15
4 Shots On Target 7
60% Possession 40%
544 Passes 380
83% Pass Accuracy 78%
12 Fouls 17
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
9 Corners 2

Highlights:

Champions League

  • Bayern Munich’s ongoing battles with poor form proceeded, as Ajax held them to a 1-1 draw their Champions League Group E conflict on Tuesday.
  • In the wake of winning their opening 7 matches of the season under new mentor Niko Kovac, the Bundesliga champions had gotten only one point in their last two matches against Augsburg and Hertha Berlin before the Dutch side’s visit to the Allianz Arena.

  • They seemed as though they would get back on track when Mats Hummels’ 4th-minute header put them ahead, however Erik ten Hag’s young side skiped back in style, leveling halfway through the half because of Noussair Mazraoui’s fine strike.
  • Substitute James Rodriguez came nearest to finding an undeserved winning goal for Bayern in the 2nd half, while Donny van de Beek will be left to regret a brilliant chance a little ways from time for Ajax when he let go wide with just Manuel Neuer to beat.

  • Andre Onana kept out Arjen Robben’s whipped exertion in the opening trades, however was defenseless to prevent Hummels’ plain header from the Dutchman’s exact cross in the blink of an eye thereafter.
  • Ajax reacted well to that early mishap, however, with Dusan Tadic terminating over from eight yards and Hakim Ziyech testing Neuer from separation one after another.
  • Their reestablished certainty paid profits in the 22nd moment when Mazraoui played a savvy one-two with Tadic before boring past Neuer from 12 yards for his first Ajax goal.

  • The guests were prevailing for the rest of the opening time frame and were just denied a half-time lead when Neuer parried over Ziyech’s ground-breaking 30-yard drive.
  • Tadic squandered another awesome open door minutes after the restart, scraping a short proximity exertion from David Neres’ cross, while Nicolas Tagliafico’s low drive was kept out by Neuer.

  • Hummels was denied what looked an unmistakable penalty, subsequent to being rattled by Onana just before the hour check before Van de Beek controlled tortuously wide.
  • Onana did magnificently to tip James’ scraped exertion wide late on, while Ajax nearly anchored the win their execution merited in stoppage time, however Neuer tipped Lasse Schone’s effervescing free-kick onto the crossbar.

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Match 6 of 16: Manchester United vs Valencia

Result: 0 – 0

Match Statistics:

Manchester United Team Stats Valencia
18 Shots 8
4 Shots On Target 1
53% Possession 47%
483 Passes 457
85% Pass Accuracy 81%
16 Fouls 15
1 Yellow Cards 6
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 0
11 Corners 1

Highlights:

Champions League

  • Manchester United have now gone 4 matches without a win in all rivalries following Tuesday’s 0-0 Champions League draw with Valencia at Old Trafford.
  • Straight from a lowering week in which they left the EFL Cup to Derby County and lost 3-1 to West Ham in the Premier League, Jose Mourinho’s side delivered another dead showcase in their second mainland round of the season.
  • A sum of only 5 shots on target being gathered between the opposite sides over the entire match underlined the absence of assaulting quality, with United again unfit to get the best out of Alexis Sanchez, reestablished to the beginning line-up subsequent to being dropped at the end of the week.

  • The outcome implies the Red Devils are 2nd in Group H, 2 points behind Juventus and three above third-put Valencia, however the way of the showcase will do little to facilitate the weight on their under-flame supervisor, with Marcus Rashford’s late free-kick the nearest they amusement to a victor.
  • Joined began with far more noteworthy criticalness than they oversaw against West Ham after commencement had been postponed because of nearby movement issues, however Valencia before long quietened the Old Trafford swarm with some supported ownership and a couple of promising separates the left from Goncalo Guedes.

  • Rashford, beginning from the left of the United assault, attempted two hopeful endeavors from range yet there was little else of note from the home side in the last third, with Romelu Lukaku overseeing just a single bit of the ball in the Valencia confine the principal half.
  • Paul Pogba stung the palms of goalkeeper Neto with a free-kick as United finally expanded the weight in the second half, yet a shortage of any kind of connection up between the front three implied the Brazilian was to a great extent untested.

  • Valencia were similarly unconvincing going ahead yet Michy Batshuayi squandered a decent shot halfway during that time half, lashing over on the half-volley following a Francis Coquelin cross.
  • Lukaku finally woke up with a solid run and shot that Neto spared well on his right side, before Mourinho presented Anthony Martial for the disappointing Sanchez in an offer to start his assault into life.
  • Anthony Martial won a free-kick from a tight point from which Rashford cut the highest point of the crossbar, before Lukaku headed over when plain in the crate, yet that was as close as the hosts arrived at consummation their winless run.

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Match 7 of 16: Lyon vs Shakhtar Donetsk

Result: 2 – 2

Goal Scorers:

  • Lyon: Moussa Dembele 70′, Leo Dubois 72′
  • Shakhtar Donetsk: Junior Moraes 44′, 55′

Match Statistics:

Lyon Team Stats Shakhtar Donetsk
22 Shots 16
7 Shots On Target 7
51% Possession 49%
516 Passes 523
86% Pass Accuracy 87%
11 Fouls 16
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
7 Offsides 1
3 Corners 4

Highlights:

Champions League

  • Lyon scored twice inside two 2nd-half minutes to rescue a late 2-2 home draw with Shakhtar Donetsk and remain best of Group F in the Champions League.
  • Memphis Depay’s second-half presentation started a striking fightback that saw Moussa Dembele and Leo Dubois net 119 seconds separated at a void Groupama Stadium on Tuesday.
  • Lyon, stun 2-1 champs at Manchester City a fortnight prior, were compelled to play this match past shut entryways as discipline for group aggravations amid last season’s Europa League, and the ghostly air at first played into Shakhtar’s hands.

  • Junior Moraes struck twice either side of half-time to put the guests inside reach of a second Champions League away triumph in 10 endeavors be that as it may, in spite of their prior predominance, Dembele and Dubois’ save demonstration at last left them sticking onto a second successive draw.
  • Lyon started as splendidly as they had at Etihad Stadium however there was no early reward this time, ex-Celtic striker Dembele unfit to beat Andriy Pyatov in a one-on-one.
  • Shakhtar before long settled and released a trio of caution endeavors preceding Moraes’ merited opener, the Brazilian clearing home Ismaily’s reduction a moment before half-time.

  • Moraes hoped to have terminated Shakhtar best of the gathering by multiplying his count 10 minutes into the second half with an awe inspiring side-footed complete from a restricted point.
  • In any case, the landing of the supernatural Depay prompted a shocking recuperation, Dembele first heading in Nabil Fekir’s cross in the 70th moment before centre back Dubois ghosted into the case to hide Houssem Aouar’s pass.
  • The two sides had opportunities to win it at the demise as Dembele scraped a short proximity shot and substitute Olarenwaju Kayode hit the crossbar at the opposite end, yet an offer of the focuses appeared a fitting end.

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Match 8 of 16: Roma vs Plzen

Result: 5 – 0

Goal Scorers:

  • Roma: Edin Dzeko 3′, 40′, 90+2′, Cengiz Under 64′, Justin Kluivert 73′

Match Statistics:

Roma Team Stats Plzen
22 Shots 7
13 Shots On Target 1
66% Possession 34%
711 Passes 378
89% Pass Accuracy 77%
12 Fouls 7
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 3
11 Corners 1

Highlights:

Champions League

  • Edin Dzeko scored his first Champions League hattrick, as Roma pulverized Viktoria Plzen 5-0 with Cengiz Under and Justin Kluivert likewise on target.
  • The Giallorossi lost vigorously at Real Madrid, however were feeling sure after triumphs over Frosinone and most despised adversaries Lazio. Kostas Manolas was not even on the seat because of influenza side effects, while Aleksandar Kolarov played on notwithstanding a cracked little toe.

  • Injuries had forced Daniele De Rossi, Diego Perotti and Javier Pastore to sit out. Viktoria Plzen began their Champions League battle with a 2-2 draw  at home to CSKA Moscow, yet had been 2-0 up at half-time through a Michael Krmencik double strike.
  • These sides had just met in the 2016-17 Europa League, when Roma won 4-1 at home with a Dzeko hattrick and drew 1-1 away.
  • It took the Bosnian only 3 minutes to add another goal to that count, as he sprung the offside trap and put an exact left-foot calculated crash into the far base corner.

  • Dzeko likewise let go wide of the close post and Justin Kluivert was obstructed from a Cengiz Under assist, however Plzen additionally undermined, as Jan Kovarik got to the by-line and pulled back for Krmencik to impact over and Radim Reznik diverted a free header wide from 12 yards.
  • Lorenzo Pellegrini flung himself at the Dzeko cross, only unfit to reach, yet Cengiz Under smacked his long-extend styler against the crossbar on 29 minutes.

  • The Turkish ability additionally set up the 2nd goal, as Dzeko chested down his cross, let it ricochet and crushed the half-volley with relatively superfluous savagery into the top of the net from six yards.
  • Alessandro Florenzi nearly included a 3rd goal at the stroke of half-time when sent clear by Pellegrini, yet Matus Kozacik stood out a toe to redirect the complete simply past the far post.
  • Cengiz Under felt he was pushed in the back while falling asleep target, at that point his help for Dzeko was excessively near the goalkeeper.

  • Viktoria Plzen stayed in it and Robin Olsen covered a Prochazka strike, however Cengiz Under at long last got his merited goal when sent clear by a Pellegrini through ball, controlling it into the far base corner with within the left boot.
  • Dzeko would have had a hattrick, however his ground-breaking strike was redirected over the bar by Kozacik’s outstretched leg.

  • Pellegrini kept on having an astounding amusement only days after a solid execution against Lazio, as his ball super discovered Cengiz Under for a strike that Kozacik just palmed into the way of Justin Kluivert for his debut Roma goal.
  • He celebrated by holding up the shirt of Abdelhak Nouri, his previous Ajax colleague who is still in healing center after a heart assault.
  • Federico Fazio’s header went in off the underside of the ban from a Florenzi free kick, yet he was hailed offside in a tight choice. Dzeko additionally constrained another spare from a tight edge and finished his hattrick in stoppages with a header from a corner.

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