UEFA Champions League review

 

UCL witnessed  plenty of goals as two English clubs triumphed emphatically whilst Totenham stumbled and Cristiano Ronaldo made his mark against a former club.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata scored late on for Real Madrid as they downed a courageous Sporting CP 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The reigning champions looked to be heading for defeate when Bruno Cesar netted after the break but Ronaldo fired in a stunning free-kick against his former club in his 350th appearance for Real before Morata broke Portuguese hearts with a 94th minute header.
Elsewhere Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as Manchester City comfortably beat Borussia Monchengladbach 4-0 in their Champions League opener at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night.
City took and an early lead when Aguero stabbed home a low cross from Aleksandar Kolarov in the eighth minute. The hosts continued to dominate the game and doubled their advantage when Aguero tucked home from the penalty spot on 28 minutes after Ilkay Gundogan was brought down by Christoph Kramer.
The second half continued in the same vein and Aguero completed his hat-trick in the 77th minute when he received a through ball from Raheem Sterling, before Kelechi Iheanacho rounded off the scoring in stoppage time.
Meanwhile, fellow English side Leicester City made their Champions League bow in fine style as a brace from Riyad Mahrez helped Claudio Ranieri's side to a 3-0 win over Club Brugge.
The Premier League champions were ahead early through Marc Albrighton before Mahrez doubled their lead with a curling free-kick in the 29th minute adding a penalty just after the hour mark to seal the win.
Borussia Dortmund eased to a comfortable 6-0 victory over Legia Warsaw in their UEFA Champions League Group F opener in Poland on Wednesday night.
Dortmund were in control early on as Mario Gotze headed home Ousmane Dembele's cross in the seventh minute. The visitors were dominant and Sokratis Papastathopoulos made it 2-0 from a set-piece situation in the 15th minute.
The game was effectively over as a contest two minutes later when Marc Bartra tapped home from close range after another set-piece.
After the break Legia rarely threatened as BVB added more goals to their tally. Raphael Guerreiro, Gonzalo Castro and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang completed the rout in the second half.
Europa League holders Sevilla frustrated Italian champions Juventus in Turin as they came away with a 0-0 draw.

Other Results:
Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 CSKA Moskva
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Monaco
Porto 1-1 Kobenhaven
Olympique Lyonnais 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb