Chelsea and Roma battle to breathtaking Champions League draw

  • 19/10/2017

Manchester United have battled to a 1-0 win at Benfica in the Champions League, while Chelsea and Roma produced thrilling draw.

The 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge kept both clubs firmly 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.

Marcus Rashford drove an innocuous-looking long range free kick from the left touchline straight at the youngster, who caught the ball but back-pedalled 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.

Kylian Mbappe, Edinson Cavani and Neymar all netted, while Angel Di Maria added a fourth with a late strike, in a win that 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 in which the 72-year-old Heynckes became the oldest coach in the competition's history.

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 by Alex Sandro.

Miralem Pjanic levelled with a superb free kick 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.

Reuters