UEFA Champions League 2023 News
Roony Bardghji — a Kuwait-born, 17-year-old winger — capped a wild game that had just about everything by scoring an 87th-minute winner for FC Copenhagen in a 4-3 victory over 10-man United.
AC Milan, which lost 3-0 at PSG two weeks ago, started the day bottom of their group. Borussia Dortmund beat Newcastle 2-0 in the other match and now leads the group with seven points.
PSG leads with six points from three matches and Milan is last. In other group game, Newcastle lost 1-0 at home to Borussia Dortmund.
Another win against Braga at home in the next round in November will guarantee Real Madrid a spot in the UEFA Champions League knockout stage for the 28th consecutive time.
Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has become only the third footballer to score 100 goals in European club competition.
Manchester City were too hot for Real Madrid to handle as Bernardo Silva scored twice in the first half, Eder Militao scored an own goal after the break and substitute Julian Alvarez struck in time added on to seal a 5-1 aggregate win.
The second leg is on Tuesday, in what will surely be another special European night at San Siro. The winner will face either Real Madrid or Manchester City, who drew their first leg 1-1.
Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne played Erling Haaland through to settle it early in the second half against Bayern Munich, when the unfortunate Upamecano slipped as he tried to recover.
Real Madrid's Rodrygo scored twice in the second half to derail a spirited Chelsea comeback that lasted the best part of an hour, but ultimately ended in a fourth straight loss under interim manager Frank Lampard.
Karim Benzema scored his sixth goal in five matches against Chelsea by hitting the open net off the rebound of a save by Kepa Arrizabalaga after an attempt by Vinícius from close range in the 22nd minute at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
Manchester City took the lead over Bayern Munich through a wonder goal from Rodri in the 27th and capitalized on a mistake from Dayot Upamecano for Bernardo to make it 2-0 in the 70th.
Karim Benzema scored late and Madrid advanced to the last eight for the third straight season with a 6-2 aggregate score following a 5-2 win from the first leg in England, when it rallied from two goals down early in the first half.
At 22 years, 236 days old, Erling Haaland is also the youngest player to score 30 Champions League goals — beating Kylian Mbappé, who had broken Lionel Messi’s record.
All PSG can win this season is the French league title after being knocked out of the French Cup by Marseille last month after losing to Bayern Munich in the Round of 16 stage of UEFA Champions League.
Manchester City dominated the first half against Leipzig without Erling Haaland, their top scorer, getting a sight on goal and Riyad Mahrez netted the 27th-minute opener after Ilkay Gundogan flicked through a pass from Jack Grealish.
Vinicius Jr. and Karim Benzema scored two goals each to stun the hosts — Liverpool conceded four goals in a home European match for the first time to lose 2-5 at home to Real Madrid.
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