The Champions League harvest. Real Madrid and Manchester City full mark and Paris Saint-Germain stumble
Real Madrid secured their third consecutive victory and continued their good Champions League campaign with Manchester City, in contrast to Milan collapsing with a Chelsea stadium, missing PSG's first two points of the competition this season.
On Wednesday, Real Madrid welcomed Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk to the group stage.
Despite the 2-1 win thanks to the goals of Rodrigo and Vinicius, the Royal Club missed a large number of opportunities due to haste and gave the Ukrainian team the opportunity to return to the game after the goal of reducing the gap from Alexander Zubkov
Real Madrid returned to the winning rail, halted Sunday at 6 consecutive league wins and 9 in various competitions when they fell to a tie trap against hosts Osasuna 1-1 in the league.
Real Madrid, who have a record number of titles in the competition (14), secured their third consecutive victory and took their tally to 9 points at the top of the group by 5 points against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Germany's Leipzig rekindled their hopes in another group game when they beat Scottish hosts Celtic 3-1.
The victory was the first for Leipzig after two consecutive losses to Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid, eliminating the latter position by taking their tally to 3 points, two against last-place Celtic by one point.
Haaland shines
In Group G, Manchester City consolidated their lead with a big win over Danish hosts Copenhagen (5-0), and Borussia Dortmund of Germany secured a big win away from Sevilla (4-1).
Manchester City took their tally to 9 points at the top of the group, 3 points behind second-placed Dortmund, while Sevilla and Copenhagen are third and fourth on both points, with the Spanish side outscoring the goal difference.
Norwegian Erling Haaland scored twice for Manchester City raising his tally to 28 goals in 22 Champions League games, an average of 1.27 goals per game, which is higher than the tally of 98 teams in the competition according to the Opta statistical network.
Chelsea stuns Milan
Chelsea beat Italy's host Milan (3-0), in the Champions League soccer group competition.
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