Real Suffer Shock UCL Loss, Liverpool Net Five
29 September, 2021
Group A
RB Leipzig 1-2 Club Brugge
Club Brugge got their first win in the group after coming from behind to defeat RB Leipzig 2-1 on Tuesday evening.
Christopher Nkunku opened the scoring on five minutes, but the visitors hit back through Hans Vanaken on 22 minutes and Mats Rits before the break.
Group B
Porto 1-5 Liverpool
Liverpool maintained their winning start to the group stages with a 5-1 thrashing of FC Porto.
Mohamed Salah continued his fine form after opening the scoring on 18 minutes before Sadio Mane doubled the lead on the stroke of halftime.
Salah completed his brace on 60 minutes, before Mahedi Taremi pulled one back for Porto however Roberto Firmino bagged a late brace for the Reds.
AC Milan 1-2 Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid rallied from behind to secure a 2-1 win over AC Milan.
Milan broke the deadlock in the 20th minute courtesy of a strike from Rafael Leao, but they were reduced to 10 men nine minutes later when star midfielder Franck Kessie was sent off.
Antoine Griezmann eventually got Atletico level on 84 minutes, before it was left to Luis Suarez to bag the winner in second-half stoppage time.
Group C
Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Sporting Lisbon
A solitary strike from Donyell Malen guided Borussia Dortmund to a 1-0 win over Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday evening.
The win sees Dortmund maintain their winning start.
Ajax 2-0 Besiktas
Ajax made it two wins from two matches in Group C after defeating Besiktas 2-0 at the Johan Cruijff Arena.
First-half goals from Steven Berghuis and Sebastian Haller got the job done on the night.
Group D
Real Madrid 1-2 Sheriff Tiraspol
Sheriff Tiraspol caused one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history by defeating Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Jasurberk Yakhshiboev put the visitors ahead on 25 minutes but Karim Benzema restored parity for Los Blancos on 65 minutes.
With time running out, Sebastien Thill popped up with an impressive winner for the away side in the 89th minute,
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-0 Inter Milan
Shakhtar Donetsk and Inter Milan remain without a win in Group D after playing to a goalless draw on Tuesday evening.
Sheriff currently top Group D after two rounds of matches with two wins from two games.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za