Wednesday 25 November 2015

UCL UPDATE: DRAMA DOR MADRID IN UKRAINE AS IBRAHIMOVIC SCORES AT HOME





In Ukraine, Ronaldo opened the scoring after 18 minutes, turning Gareth Bale's lob across goal over the line, before teeing up Luka Modric to smash home a second just after half-time.

Shakhtar needed a win and a favour from Malmo against Paris Saint-Germain in order to keep their chances of reaching the knockout rounds alive but a fine third goal from Dani Carvajal appeared to end any hopes of a comeback.

Ronaldo steered in his second and Madrid's fourth after some more good work from Bale to cap an impressive display, though Alex Teixeira got a goal back from the penalty spot, before Dentinho's header and Teixeira's clever finish gave Shakhtar hope.  

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored on his return to former club Malmo as Paris Saint-Germain ran out 5-0 winners at the Swedbank Stadion.

PSG star and Swedish national hero Ibrahimovic, who began his glittering career at Malmo, netted the third goal of a routine victory for the French champions, who are now guaranteed to finish second behind Real Madrid in Group A.

A double from the impressive Angel Di Maria, as well as Adrien Rabiot's early opener and a stunning late free-kick from Lucas Moura, gave the scoreline a one-sided, but fair look, as PSG outclassed the pool's bottom-placed side.

Malmo's evening was summed up by Markus Rosenberg missing a penalty on the hour with PSG 3-0 up, and the home fans' biggest cheer of the evening was reserved for Ibrahimovic, who received a standing ovation when he was substituted five minutes from time.

PSG thrash Malmo in Sweden


 Man City fell to Mario Mandzukic's first-half goal which secured a 1-0 victory for Juventus over Manchester City and sent the Italians through to the knockout stage and back into first place in Group D. Mandzukic got Juve's first goal when they came from behind to secure a 2-1 win in Manchester on matchday one and the Croatia striker's 18th-minute strike was enough to seal the points this time around and completed a double over the Citizens.

Having made sure of their own last-16 berth with a superb 3-1 win at Sevilla in their previous game, City manager Manuel Pellegrini urged his team to grab top spot with victory in Turin.

On the back of their humiliating 4-1 loss to Liverpool on Saturday, the Premier League side turned in a much-improved showing but lacked a cutting edge to lend Juve the advantage in the battle for a seeded place in the knockout draw.

Juve 1 Man City 0
Other results:
 
Group A
Malmoe FF 0 - 5 Paris Saint Germain  
Shakhtar Donetsk 3 - 4 Real Madrid

CSKA Moscow 0 - 2 Wolfsburg
Manchester United 0 - 0 PSV Eindhoven

FC Astana 2 - 2 Benfica
Atletico Madrid 2 - 0 Galatasaray

Borussia Moenchengladbach 4 - 2 Sevilla
Juventus 1 - 0 Manchester City

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