Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed an injury-time winner as Manchester United came from behind to secure a 2-1 Champions League Group F win over Villarreal at Old Trafford on Thursday (NZ time).
After squandering a series of chances in the first half, Villarreal took a deserved lead in the 53rd minute, when a counter-attack was finished off by Paco Alcacer who turned in Arnaut Danjuma's low cross.
Yet United struck back seven minutes later with a cleverly worked free kick, as Bruno Fernandes chipped the ball deep to Alex Telles on the left and the Brazilian fired home a perfect volley.
United, who lost their opening group game away to Young Boys in Bern, had been far from impressive, but a cross from Fred in the final moments found its way to Ronaldo at the back post and he fired home the winner.
Juventus forward Federico Chiesa's strike 10 seconds into the second half earned his side a hard-fought 1-0 win over holders Chelsea in their Group H clash.
After a subdued first half, Chiesa exploded into life immediately after the restart, rifling in what proved to be the winner on the end of Federico Bernardeschi's clever pass.
Chelsea continued to dominate possession but struggled to create a killer chance, while Bernardeschi wasted a glorious opportunity to make it 2-0 after Chiesa again breached the Blues' backline.
The one big Chelsea opening came and went late on as Romelu Lukaku, who had a very quiet evening, blazed over after turning Leonardo Bonucci inside out.
Juve held on to continue a fine start to their Champions League campaign under returning coach Massimiliamo Allegri as they sit top on six points from two games, while Chelsea stay second on three points.
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scored twice, as the German champions crushed Dynamo Kyiv 5-0 in their Group E game to secure their ninth consecutive win in all competitions.
The Pole, who had failed to score in the league on Sunday to end a 19-game scoring run in all competitions, opened his account in the 12th minute with a well-taken penalty.
He added another in the 27th, latching on to a superb through ball from Thomas Mueller to beat the Dynamo keeper before Serge Gnabry thundered in to make it 3-0. Leroy Sane drilled in their fourth in the 74th and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting completed the rout with a header three minutes from the fulltime.
Bayern, who next travel to Benfica on October 21, are on six points with two wins out of two matches. Benfica are second on four following their win over Barcelona.
Reuters.