UEFA Champions League Wrap : IDEYE SCORES, MIKEL BENCHED.
Olympiakos boosted their hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stages after aBrown Ideye goal helped them to a 1-0 Group F win at Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.
The result left Olympiakos level with Bayern Munich at the top of the section with six points from three games after the German side suffered a 2-0 setback at Arsenal. Dinamo and Arsenal have three points each.
Nigerian Ideye scored the 79th-minute winner with a superb finish from a tight angle, redeeming himself for an astonishing miss earlier in the second half.
Dinamo had the upper hand in the opening period but the best chance fell to the visitors when a viciously dipping shot by defender Arthur Masuaku forced a good save from the home team’s goalkeeper Eduardo.
Dinamo pounded a series of fizzing crosses into the penalty area but to no great effect as a packed Olympiakos defence held their own.
Both sides missed a sitter each in the space of a minute shortly after the break when Dinamo’s Domagoj Antolic hit the post from close range before Ideye skewed his shot wide from three yards with the goal at his mercy.
Marko Rog’s trickling shot shaved the Olympiakos woodwork before Ideye raced clear of his marker on the left flank and buried the ball past Eduardo with a crisp finish.
The substitute Ángelo Henríquez missed Dinamo’s last chance to salvage a point, heading inches wide of the far post after a good cross from the right by full-back Alexandru Mățel.
The result left Olympiakos level with Bayern Munich at the top of the section with six points from three games after the German side suffered a 2-0 setback at Arsenal. Dinamo and Arsenal have three points each.
Nigerian Ideye scored the 79th-minute winner with a superb finish from a tight angle, redeeming himself for an astonishing miss earlier in the second half.
Dinamo had the upper hand in the opening period but the best chance fell to the visitors when a viciously dipping shot by defender Arthur Masuaku forced a good save from the home team’s goalkeeper Eduardo.
Dinamo pounded a series of fizzing crosses into the penalty area but to no great effect as a packed Olympiakos defence held their own.
Both sides missed a sitter each in the space of a minute shortly after the break when Dinamo’s Domagoj Antolic hit the post from close range before Ideye skewed his shot wide from three yards with the goal at his mercy.
Marko Rog’s trickling shot shaved the Olympiakos woodwork before Ideye raced clear of his marker on the left flank and buried the ball past Eduardo with a crisp finish.
The substitute Ángelo Henríquez missed Dinamo’s last chance to salvage a point, heading inches wide of the far post after a good cross from the right by full-back Alexandru Mățel.
As expected, Nosa Igiebor for Maccabi Tel Aviv in their 2 - 0 loss to Porto. He is battling to overcome a knee problem that he picked up against Basel in the qualifying round.
Elsewhere, John Obi Mikel was an unused substitute in Chelsea’s goalless draw with Dynamo Kiev at the NSK Olimpijs’kyj.
The 28 - year - old’s only appearance in the Champions League this season was against Porto on match day two.
Super Eagles winger Moses Simon passed a late fitness test was introduced six minutes from time in Gent’s 2 - 1 loss to Valencia at Estadio de Mestalla.
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Finally at the Emirates, Arsenal got their Champions League campaign back on track with a 2 - 0 win over Bayern Munich. Austria star David Alaba worked a full shift for the German champions.
English Premier League club Arsenal earned their
first points of their European campaign with a hard foughtBayer Leverkusen 4-4 Roma
Arsenal 2-0 Bayern Munich
Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Olympiakos
Porto 2-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dynamo Kiev 0-0 Chelsea
Zenit 3-1 Olympique Lyonnais
Valencia 2-1 Gent
Arsenal 2-0 Bayern Munich
Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Olympiakos
Porto 2-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dynamo Kiev 0-0 Chelsea
Zenit 3-1 Olympique Lyonnais
Valencia 2-1 Gent
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