Bayern crushes City, Real runs riot
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Bayern Munich and Real Madrid produced dominant performances in the Champions League on Wednesday as the likes of Arjen Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo found the net on a good night for Europe’s top forwards.
Robben helped Bayern outclass Manchester City 3-1 away, a demonstration that Bayern’s defense of the title is right on track with two wins from two games.
Ronaldo and Angel di Maria scored two goals each for Real Madrid in a 4-0 rout of Copenhagen, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic notched a brace for Paris Saint-Germain in a 3-0 demolition of Benfica. They were all, however, outdone by Kostas Mitroglou, who scored a hat-trick to lead Olympiakos to a 3-0 victory at Anderlecht.
Manchester United was held to a 1-1 draw at Shakhtar Donetsk, while City’s former coach Roberto Mancini steered Galatasaray to a 2-2 draw at Juventus, just two days after taking charge of the Turkish side.
Ronaldo’s two goals against Copenhagen raised his total for two games to five, following a hat-trick in a 6-1 win at Galatasaray earlier.
With 10 goals in two matches and six points Real is firmly in control of Group B, ahead of Juventus with two points.
Juventus nearly picked up all three points on the night when substitute Fabio Quagliarella made it 2-1 with an 87th minute header, only for Didier Drogba, who had earlier put the Turkish side in front, to find Umut Bulut for an immediate equalizer.
CSKA Moscow pulled level with City on three points with a 3-2 victory over Viktoria Plzen.
Bayern took a 1-0 halftime lead after City goalkeeper Joe Hart let Franck Ribery’s shot slip through his grasp in the seventh minute, before Thomas Mueller and Arjen Robben piled on the misery with goals in a four-minute span just before the hour.
On a sobering night for City, substitute Alvaro Negredo grabbed a 79th-minute consolation before Bayern had defender Jerome Boateng sent off for a professional foul on Yaya Toure with four minutes left.
United stayed true to its stuttering start by conceding a late equalizer in Donetsk. Danny Welbeck gave United the lead in the 18th as he slid in between two players to finish off Marouane Felliani’s low cross, but Shakhtar leveled in the 76th from Taison’s volley after Nemanja Vidic failed to clear a cross.
Bayer Leverkusen substitute Jens Hegeler scored from a free-kick in injury time for a 2-1 victory over Real Sociedad. Paris Saint-Germain also has six points at the top of Group C, with Benfica and Olympiakos both on three points.
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