Chelsea made Red Bull Salzburg top of the table at half-time in the football Champions League Group E. The Londoners celebrated a well-deserved 3-0 home win over AC Milan on Wednesday, level on points with the Italians in second place. After their 1-0 win against Dinamo Zagreb, the “Bulls” have one point more than the two favorites, while Croatia at the bottom have one point less.
There was also success for Austria’s newly crowned Sportsman of the Year David Alaba, who won 2-1 with Real Madrid against Shakhtar Donetsk at the Estadio Bernabeu. Manchester City (5-0 against FC Copenhagen), Borussia Dortmund (4-1 at FC Sevilla), RB Leipzig (3-1 against Celtic Glasgow) and Juventus Turin (3-1 against Maccabi Haifa) also scored three points each . Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1.
In London, Chelsea put the stamp on the game, the 1-0 through Wesley Fofana from a stab (24th) had become apparent. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the second goal for the “Blues”, who achieved their first win of this Champions League season, after a cross from Reece James and a positional mistake by Fikayo Tomori (56′), James marked the final score (62′) .
Haaland “double pack” at 5-0 gala
Chelsea’s Premier League rivals Manchester City prevailed even more clearly. England’s champions scored a thumping victory in front of their home crowd against FC Copenhagen, with Erling Haaland scoring the first two goals (7′, 33′).
The 22-year-old Norwegian, who now has 28 goals in the “premier class”, was substituted at half-time to rest. He has held 19 goals in 12 appearances this season.
The other “Citizens” goals were an own goal by Davit Khocholava (39th) and goals by Riyad Mahrez (55th / penalty) and Julian Alvarez (76th). Incidentally, the former LASK striker Mamoudou Karamoko played for the Danes in the first 45 minutes.
City lead Group G with a maximum of nine points, followed by Dortmund (6), Sevilla FC and Copenhagen (1 each). BVB won in Andalusia thanks to Raphael Gueirrero (6th), Jude Bellingham (41st), Karim Adeyemi (43rd) and Julian Brandt (75th), the interim 1: 3 of Sevilla FC by Youssef En-Nesyri (51st). .) meant only result cosmetics.
Leipzig goalkeeper tore a cruciate ligament
In Group F, Real Madrid remain impeccable in first place after beating Shakhtar 2-1. Rodrygo (13th) and Vinicius Junior (28th) scored for the defending champion, with Alaba playing through in the center of defence. In the parallel match, RB Leipzig scored the first points of this CL season.
The Saxons celebrated a 3-1 home win over Celtic Glasgow and moved up to third place. The Scots are the new tail light. Christopher Nkunku (27th) and Andre Silva (64th, 77th) scored the hosts, where Xaver Schlager played through, to a deserved success.
Jota’s goal (47th) was not enough for Celtic. The bad news for Leipzig was Peter Gulacsi’s serious injury – the goalie tore a cruciate ligament.
Pool H leader Paris had to drop points at Benfica for the first time. Lionel Messi put the French ahead with a remarkable flick (22′), the 1-1 came from an own goal by Danilo (42′).
Juventus scored for the first time with a 3-1 home win against Maccabi Haifa, but are clearly behind PSG and Benfica (7 each) by three points.
Source: Nachrichten
