African Stars in UEFA Champions League

22h40 - That is full time in the eight UEFA Champions League games on Tuesday night. 27 goals were scored in total, two of which were by Africans as Algerian Sofiane Feghouli fired Valencia to a 1-0 win over Lyon while Cote d'Ivoire international Gervinho also found the back of the net, but was on the losing side for Roma against Bate, 3-2.

Ideye Brown's Olympiakos beat Arsenal 3-2; Barcelona beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1; Cote d’Ivoire striker Gervinho and Egyptian Mohamed Salah saw their Roma side lose 3-2 to Bate; It is a night to forget for Algerian El Arbi Soudani as he saw his Dinamo Zagreb side lose 5-0 to Bayern Munich; Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar and Algerian Yacine Brahimi saw their Porto side beat Nigerian John Obi Mikel's Chelsea 2-1; Algerian Sofiane Feghouli scored the only goal as Valencia beat Lyon 1-0; Dynamo Kiev beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0; Ghana’s Nana Asare saw his Gent side lose 2-1 to Zenit Petersburg.

22h27 - Gervinho's Roma have pulled another goal back against Bate after a strike from Vassilios Torosidis. It is now 3-2 to Bate, can Roma pull-off a comeback?

22h25 - And just like that it is 2-1 to Barcelona against Bayer Leverkusen thanks to a goal from Luis Suarez.

22h23 - No Africans involved in this match, but Barcelona have equalised against Bayer Leverkusen thanks to a strike from Sergi Roberto, 1-1.

22h12 - Gervinho has pulled a goal back for Roma as they trail Bate 3-1.

22h10- Two quick goals in the Arsenal versus Olympiakos game. First Arsenal equalise through Alexis Sanchez, but an immediate response from Alfred Finnbogason sees Olympiakos maintain their lead, 3-2.

22h08 - Petersburg have re-taken the lead against Nana Asare's Gent thanks to a goal from Oleg Shatov and now lead 2-1.

22h02 - Robert Lewandowski has completed his hat-trick as Bayern Munich go 5-0 up against Zagreb.

22h00 - Nana Asare sees his Gent side equalise against Petersburg thanks to a goal from Thomas Matton.

21h55 - Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar and Algerian Yacine Brahimi see their Porto side take a 2-1 lead against Chelsea thanks to a strike from Maicon.

21h52 - No Africans involved in this game, but Kiev have taken a 2-0 lead against Tel Aviv thanks to a goal from Junior Moraes.

21h50 - The second half of the eight UEFA Champions League matches are underway. Let's hope it is a better half for Africans and their teams.

21h35 - That is half time in the eight UEFA Champions League matches on Tuesday night. 16 goals have been scored, only one of which has been netted by an African in Algerian Sofiane Feghouli.

Olympiakos lead Arsenal 2-1; Bayer Leverkusen lead Barcelona 1-0; Bate lead Roma 3-0; Bayern Munich lead Zagreb 4-0; Valencia lead Lyon 1-0; Kiev lead Tel Aviv 1-0; Petersburg lead Gent 1-0; Porto and Chelsea are locked at 1-1.

21h32 - Willian has equalised just before the break for Mikel's Chelsea against Porto, 1-1.

21h30 - Algerian Sofiane Feghouli has found the back of the net for Valencia as they lead 1-0 in their match against Lyon.

21h27 - Olympiakos have taken the lead again against Arsenal thanks to a goal from Konstantinos Fortounis. Ideye Brown now sees his side leading 2-1.

21h25 - Some more good news for Africa as Cameroon's Vincent Aboubakar and Algerian Yacine Brahimi see their FC Porto side take a 1-0 lead against Chelsea thanks to a goal from Andre.

21h23 - Ghana’s Nana Asare sees his Gent side go a goal down to Zenit Petersburg after a goal from Hulk.

21h21 - Ideye Brown's Olympiakos sees their lead short-lived as Theo Walcott has equalised for Arsenal, 1-1.

21h20 - Finally some good news for Africans as Nigeria's Ideye Brown sees his Olympiakos Piraeus side take a 1-0 lead against Arsenal thanks to a goal from Felipe Pardo.

21h18 - It real isn't going well for African's in the UEFA Champions League tonight as Filip Mladenović's second goal of the night sees Bate leading Gervinho and Mohamed Salah's Roma 3-0.

21h15 - OH NO!!! Robert Lewandowski grabs his second and Bayern Munich's fourth goal as they now lead 4-0 over Dinamo Zagreb.

21h12 - Matters get even worse for El Arbi Soudani's Dinamo Zagreb as Mario Götze gives Bayern Munich a 3-0 lead after only 25 minutes played.

21h10 - No Africans are involved, but Beyer Leverkusen have taken a surprise lead away from home against Barcelona thanks to a goal from Kyriakos Papadopoulos.

21h06 - Robert Lewandowski has made it 2-0 for Bayern Munich against Dinamo Zagreb. El Arbi Soudani's side now have a mountain to climb.

21h02 - El Arbi Soudani's Dinamo Zagreb have gone behind against Bayern Munich in their Group F match following a goal by Douglas Costa.

21h00 - Gervinho and Mohamed Salah's Roma have gone two goals behind early on against Bate in their Group E match after strikes from Igor Stasevic and Filip Mladenović.

20h50 - In one of the two games without Africans, Kiev have taken a 1-0 lead against Maccabi Tel Aviv in their Group G match thanks to a goal from Andriy Yarmolenko.

20h45 - The eight UEFA CHampions League games are underway.

20h30 - Nigerian Ideye Brown is in the starting line-up for Olympiakos Piraeus in their Group F match against Arsenal.

Algerian El Arbi Soudani is in the starting line-up for Dinamo Zagreb against Bayern Munich in their Group F match.

Cote d’Ivoire striker Gervinho and Egyptian Mohamed Salah are in the starting line-up for AS Roma in their Group E match.

Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar and Algerian Yacine Brahimi are in the starting line-up for FC Porto in their Group G match against Chelsea who boast Nigerian John Obi Mikel in their starting line-up while Ghanaian Abdul Baba is on the bench for the Londoners.

Tunisian Aymen Abdennour and Algerian Sofiane Feghouli are in the starting line-up for Valencia in their Group H match against Lyon.

Ghana’s Nana Asare is in the starting line-up for Gent in their Group H match against Zenit Petersburg. Gent also have two Africans on the bench in Mali’s Kalifa Coulibaly and Nigerian Moses Simon.