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Roma eased to a 3-0 win over CSKA Moscow, who had beaten Real in their last outing, with Edin Dzeko scoring a first-half brace before Cengiz Under sealed the points.
That game was overshadowed by reports that around 20 people had been injured — at least one seriously — when an escalator leading to a metro station in central Rome collapsed. Italian media said Russian football fans caused the accident. MAN CITY IRRESISTIBLE
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City had little trouble against Shakhtar Donetsk, winning 3-0 in Ukraine to atone for a defeat there last season.
David Silva and Aymeric Laporte scored before Bernardo Silva sealed the win with a brilliant goal within seconds of coming off the bench in the second half.
After losing at home to Lyon in their Group F opener, City have now won back-to-back games on the road and the result in the night’s other match went their way.
Brazilian forward Joelinton’s stoppage-time goal earned Hoffenheim a 3-3 draw at home to Lyon, allowing City to lead the group from the French side.
Andrej Kramaric netted twice for Hoffenheim in between strikes from Bertrand Traore and Tanguy Ndombele, but Memphis Depay appeared to have won it for Lyon before Joelinton intervened.
“In Europe, 0-3, we were outstanding,” Guardiola told BT Sport. “If we are able to win the next game
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Shakhtar will be out. After our defeat in Lyon we were under pressure. I’m very pleased with our performance.”
Meanwhile, Javi Martinez and Robert Lewandowski scored secondhalf goals as Bayern beat AEK Athens 2-0 in Greece.
Niko Kovac’s team are level atop Group E with Ajax, who defeated Benfica 1-0 thanks to a deflected stoppage-time winner from young full-back Noussair Mazraoui.