Below are the highlights of Wednesday night’s Champions League matches.
Gatekeepers News reports that the campaign of the 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League continued with the second group stage games on Wednesday.
See details below:
Juventus Vs Benfica
Benfica took their 2022/2023 winning run to 12 matches after defeating Juventus 2-1 on Wednesday, putting them level with Champions League Group H leaders Paris Saint-Germain.
Although Arkadiusz Milik scored the opener for Juve, Roger Schmidt’s team came back to a perfect six points courtesy of Joao Mario’s penalty and David Neres’ strike nine minutes after half-time.
Boos and whistles rang out around the Allianz Stadium after another deeply disappointing display from Juve, whose coach Massimiliano Allegri will be under even more pressure from disgruntled supporters.
Chelsea Vs RB Salzburg
Chelsea’s fate of qualifying for the round of 16 at the UEFA Champions League grows thinner as the English Club are currently bottom on the table after playing a 1-1 draw with RB Salzburg on Wednesday.
This is Graham Potter’s first game in charge as manager following Thomas Tuchel’s surprising sack last week.
However, the Blues seem to be finding their way to Europa following their poor performance of one point in two games.
Manchester City Vs Borussia Dortmund
Manchester City scored two late goals to secure a hard-fought 2-1 comeback victory over Borussia Dortmund in their UEFA Champions League (UCL) on Wednesday night.
John Stones equalised Jude Bellingham’s opener before Erling Haaland (a former Dortmund player) put in the winning goal for City at the Etihad Stadium.
Real Madrid Vs RB Leipzig
Meanwhile, European Champions Real Madrid didn’t find it easy at the beginning of Wednesday’s match but they eventually maintained their perfect start with a 2-0 victory over RB Leipzig at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Champions League.
The Wednesday night victory made it Los Blancos’ seventh clean victory in the 2022-23 season and of course with maximum points taken every time.
See full results below:
AC Milan 3-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Rangers 0-3 Napoli
Chelsea 1-1 RB Salzburg
Real Madrid 2-0 RB Leipzig
FC Copenhagen 0-0 Sevilla
Manchester City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
Juventus 1-2 Benfica
Maccabi Haifa 1-3 Paris Saint-Germain
