Super Eagles forward Ahmed Musa
inspired his team to their first Champions League win this season as
CSKA Moscow put up a fine first half show to defeat PSV Eidhoven 3-2 in
Russia.
Musa opened the scoring for CSKA Moscow as early as the seventh minutes before Ivorian International Seydou Doumbia grabbed a brace to give the home side a 3-0 lead at the break.
Two second half goals from Maxime Lestienne was however not enough for the Dutch Champions as they tried to crawl their way back into the game. It ended 3-2 in favour of Musa’s CSKA Moscow.
In the other games, Manchester United and Manchester City got vital
wins to spare English teams’ blushes after London sides Arsenal and
Chelsea went down last night to Olympiacos and Porto respectively.
In the game at Old Trafford, Daniel Caligiuri got an early lead for the away team Wolfsburg but Juan Mata restored parity for Red Devils from the spot before a 53 minutes winner from Chris Smalling.
Manchester City on their part bounce back from an opening defeat to Juventus as an own goal from Andreas Christensen cancelled out Raffael opener for German side Borussia Moenchengladbach.
A late Sergio Aguero strike from the spot grabbed all three points for the Manuel Pellegrini side.
In the other games, Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a brace for Madrid as they got a 2-0 victory at Sweden against Malmo. Ronaldo scored in the 29th minute and 90th minute to give Madrid the 3 points. While in faraway Ukraine, Serge Aurier, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and an own goal from Darijo Srna gave PSG a vital away win and all three points against Shakhtar Donetsk.
In the first game of the night FC, Astana and Galatasaray played out a
2-2 draw while, Benifica defeated Atletico Madrid 2-1 away from home.
Musa opened the scoring for CSKA Moscow as early as the seventh minutes before Ivorian International Seydou Doumbia grabbed a brace to give the home side a 3-0 lead at the break.
Two second half goals from Maxime Lestienne was however not enough for the Dutch Champions as they tried to crawl their way back into the game. It ended 3-2 in favour of Musa’s CSKA Moscow.
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Ahmed Musa celebrates scoring for CSKA Moscow
In the game at Old Trafford, Daniel Caligiuri got an early lead for the away team Wolfsburg but Juan Mata restored parity for Red Devils from the spot before a 53 minutes winner from Chris Smalling.
Manchester City on their part bounce back from an opening defeat to Juventus as an own goal from Andreas Christensen cancelled out Raffael opener for German side Borussia Moenchengladbach.
A late Sergio Aguero strike from the spot grabbed all three points for the Manuel Pellegrini side.
In the other games, Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a brace for Madrid as they got a 2-0 victory at Sweden against Malmo. Ronaldo scored in the 29th minute and 90th minute to give Madrid the 3 points. While in faraway Ukraine, Serge Aurier, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and an own goal from Darijo Srna gave PSG a vital away win and all three points against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Last season runners up Juventus got their second win of the tournament courtesy strikes from Alvaro Morata and Simone Zaza.
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