Goalie gaffe hands win to Man U
Manchester United battled to a 1-0 win at Benfica in the Champions League courtesy of a bizarre goal, which embarrassed teenage goalkeeper Mile Svilar.
The result left United top of group A with three straight wins, three ahead of second-placed Swiss side Basel who won 2-0 at CSKA Moscow.
Belgian 18-year-old Svilar became the youngest keeper to make his Champions League debut and gifted United victory.
Marcus Rashford drove an innocuous-looking long-range freekick straight at the youngster, who caught the ball but backpedalled with it beyond the goalline with his arms outstretched.
Paris Saint-Germain’s attacking trio all got on the scoresheet as the French side recorded a comfortable 4-0 away victory over Anderlecht in group B. The win maintains the Ligue 1 side’s 100 per cent record.
Bayern Munich eased past Celtic 3-0 to hand coach Jupp Heynckes a winning return to the competition he won with them in 2013.
First-half goals from Thomas Mueller and Joshua Kimmich put them in the driving seat and Mats Hummels grabbed a third in the
51st minute to round off a dominant performance .
Chelsea and Roma served up a
3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge as both clubs stayed on course for a place in the last 16.
Edin Dzeko scored twice for Roma as the Italians stormed back from 2-0 down to lead 3-2 with 20 minutes remaining, only for Eden Hazard to salvage a point for group C leaders Chelsea.
Atletico Madrid’s poor start to the campaign continued as they were held to a frustrating goalless draw at Qarabag, who picked up their first point in Champions League action.
Gerard Pique was sent off at the end of the first half for Barcelona but they beat Olympiacos 3-1 to stay top of group D.
A first-half own goal, Lionel Messi’s 100th goal in European competition - 97 in the Champions League - and a Lucas Digne effort put Barca in control before Dimitrios Nikolaou scored a late conmsolationm for the visitors.
Juventus hit back to snatch a late 2-1 win at home to Sporting after gifting the Portuguese side an early lead with a bizarre own goal.
Miralem Pjanic levelled with a superb freekick in the 29th minute and, just as Sporting seemed set to frustrate the hosts, Mario Mandzukic scored the winner with a superb diving header in the 84th minute.