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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: WEEK 1 AS IT HAPPENED

• CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: WEEK 1 AS IT HAPPENED

• RE: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Wednesday 18th September

  StrumSolo > 18/09/2013, 21:30

  Basel have just taken the lead through Marco Streller. Mourinho's not been having a great time of things, has he?
  
  Less than 10 minutes to find a response...

• RE: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Wednesday 18th September

  StrumSolo > 18/09/2013, 21:33

  That Aaron Ramsey's on fire at the moment. He's just put Arsenal 2-0 and you'd imagine that's that at the Velodrome.
  
  Heartbreak for Celtic though. They managed to hold on for 81 minutes but they've just fallen behind thanks to an own goal from Emilio Izaguirre. UPDATE - 2-0 to Milan now, former Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari has doubled their lead.

• RE: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Wednesday 18th September

  StrumSolo > 18/09/2013, 21:46

  Not quite as many goals as last night but still a fair bit of drama, especially in the second halves.
  
  Where else to start than with Chelsea's shock loss to Basel. That's two defeats on the bounce now for Mourinho, and it's rare to see a side of his get turned over in a home game. Big upset.
  
  Jordan Ayew converted a late penalty for Marseille but it was nothing more than a consolation in the end as Arsenal ran out 2-1 winners.
  
  Celtic did well to hold on for so long but Milan had too much for them and took the 3 points with a pair of late goals.
  
  Elsewhere, Barcelona were comfortable as they brushed Ajax aside 4-0, a hat-trick for Messi too. Still going in Naples and Dortmund have pulled a goal back, can they salvage anything?
  
  Here are the results in full:
  
  AC Milan 2-0 Celtic
  Chelsea 1-2 FC Basel
  Marseille 1-2 Arsenal
  Atl Madrid 3-1 Zenit St P'sbg
  Aust Vienna 0-1 Porto
  Barcelona 4-0 Ajax
  Napoli 2-1 Bor Dortmund
  Schalke 3-0 Steaua Buch't
  
  So, what did you make of all that?

• RE: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Wednesday 18th September

  imrani > 19/09/2013, 07:59

  I thinkthe Arsenal result was pretty impressive. Any away win in the champions league is a terrific result but to do it in marseille who are no mugs is probably more than they were expecting

• RE: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Wednesday 18th September

  StrumSolo > 19/09/2013, 09:29

  (19/09/2013, 07:59)imrani Wrote: I thinkthe Arsenal result was pretty impressive. Any away win in the champions league is a terrific result but to do it in marseille who are no mugs is probably more than they were expecting

  
  Yep, massive result. As you say, they're no mugs, but they are probably the weakest team in the group so the win was crucial.
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