CHAMPIONS LEAGUE wrap-up- Wednesday

Barcelona 4-0 Manchester City

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Lionel Messi scored a sensational hat-trick on his full return from injury after another goal over the weekend. Fernandinho's slip allowed Messi to score the first of the game. Rakitic nodded a Lionel Messi free-kick over Bravo's goal after being left unmarked. Nolito, Ilkay Gundogan drew saves from save from Marc-Andre ter Stegen although he was powerless when Stones headed inches wide from close range. Bravo was shown the red card off Suarez and Messi scored moments later shooting in from the edge of the area. Messi got his hat-trick when Suarez layed a pass for him after darting pass Stones to make it 3-0. Two fouls in three minutes on the still-lively Sterling saw Mathieu join Bravo in the changing rooms.Caballero made a case for himself when he guessed right to save Neymar's penalty after Kolarov brought Messi down in the box.

However he added gloss to the scoreline as he danced through a weary City back line to crown the win leaving Guardiola winless in four matches.

Arsenal 6-0 Ludogorets

Mesut Ozil scored a hat-trick as Arsenal moved closer to securing a place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 6-0 hammering of Ludogorets on Wednesday night. Sanchez’s perfect lob opened the scoring after 12 minutes after getting past one defender. Wanderson almost levelled when his effort struck the post. Walcott’s eighth goal of the season made it 2-0 shortly before half-time curling home a 25-yard shot. Oxlade-Chamberlain struck in the 46th minute to kill off any remaining Ludogorets hope as Kieran Gibbs' low delivery fell to him. Ozil added a fourth 10 minutes later smashing home a magnificent ball over the top from Santi Cazorla. An unmarked Ozil finished off a Lucas Perez's cross for his second and the fifth of the match. He soon had his hat-trick when he met yet another Perez ball in from the edge of the area with a fierce volley that left Stoyanov with no chance to give Arsene Wenger his 100th Champions league win. Arsenal will progress from Group A should they replicate the victory in the reverse fixture in Bulgaria and PSG avoid defeat against Ludogorets.

Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 Basel

Angel Di Maria fired in his first goal of the season for the opener five minutes from the interval when Cavani layed down Matuidi's deflected cross for Di Maria to lash home. Lucas Moura capitalised on a mistake from Marek Suchy, who later became the third Basel player to hit the goal frame- Lang’s header clattered the woodwork and Doumbia nodded Matias Delgado’s superb cross against the far post- to make it 2-0 finifhing from close range. Edinson Cavani scored a late penalty after being guilty of missing several chances after Lang fell him in the box.

Napoli 2-3 Besiktas

 Vincent Aboubakar’s dramatic late header saw Besiktas claim an away victory in Naples. Napoli started well but Besiktas went in front with their first meaningful attack through Adriano who beat Manuel Reina from close range off Ricardo Quaresma low cross to the back post. Napoli continued to dominate and got a deservedly equaliser on the half-hour mark as Jose Callejon sprung the offside trap to meet Marek Hamsik’s ball over the top and he drilled in a low cross for Mertens to tap home inside the six-yard box. However, Besiktas caught Napoli cold again seven minutes before the break when Jorginho’s poor pass was easily picked off by Aboubakar and he dispatched expertly. Napoli had a great chance to level early after the break when referee Sergei Karasev pointed to the spot after Fabricio brought down Mertens inside the area, however the goalkeeper made amends for his error by pushing Insigne’s tame effort wide after guessing the right way.However, the hosts had another chance from the spot in the 69th minute when Caner Erkin was adjudged to have hauled down Mertens inside the box, this time Gabbiadini made no mistakes. Then reality struck when Aboubakar headed past a helpless Reina from Quaresma’s free-kick to leave a bad taste in the mouth for the home side.

Bayern Munich 4-1 PSV

Thomas Muller found the net for just the second time this season in the 13th minute as Robben was allowed to pick out a completely unmarked Muller who found the roof of the net from close range, before the in-form Joshua Kimmich made it seven goals in his last eight appearances with superb a close-range header after Alaba's deflected cross fell for him. PSV responded through a Luciano Narsingh breakaway goal just before the break, but Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben helped Bayern extend their record-breaking run of consecutive Champions League home wins to 14- First, Robben cut in from the right and rifled in a fierce, left-footed shot which Zoet could only parry out to the lurking Lewandowski who headed into an empty net from six yards, Robben headed in a clever chip from Thiago over the advancing Zoet with six minutes left.
The victory was a first in four games for Carlo Ancelotti’s men. The result puts Bayern five points clear of PSV and Rostov in Group D after the first three rounds.

Rostov 0-1 Atletico Madrid

Atletico began with the confidence of a side that scored seven on Sunday and should have been ahead in just the second minute when Correa flashed wide of the target after Soslan Dzhanaev failed to hold on to Carrasco’s free-kick. Athletico found the breakthrough in the 62nd minute when Juanfran's inviting cross was accidentally flicked on at the near post by a defender and Carrasco smashed in from a tight angle.
Griezmann could have sealed the victory late on as he raced on to Carrasco’s scooped pass and saw his header pushed away from the top-left corner by Dzhanaev.

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