Rooney Finally Scores A Goal, Madrid Survive PSG Onslaught
The UEFA Champions league continued with match day four clashes seeing Real Madrid welcome PSG while Man Utd entertain Ahmed Musa's CSKA Moscow at the Theater of dreams.
READ Legit.ng's live coverages of the matches below
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The first-leg of the two matches ended in draws, PSG held Real Madrid to a goalless draw while Man Utd had Anthony Martial to thank for rescuing them after Seydou Doumbia had put the Russian team in front.
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Earlier in the day, FC Astana held Atletico Madrid to a goalless draw. Other champions league matches to be played tonight are;
Shakhtar Donetsk - Malmoe FF
Manchester United - CSKA Moscow
PSV Eindhoven - Wolfsburg
Benfica - Galatasaray
Borussia Moenchengladbach - Juventus
Sevilla - Manchester City
Line ups:
Man Utd XI vs. CSKA Moscow: De Gea; Young, Smalling, Blind, Rojo; Carrick, Schweinsteiger; Lingard, Mata, Martial; Rooney.
Real Madrid XI vs. Paris Saint-Germain: Navas; Danilo, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo; Kroos, Modric; Casemiro, Isco, Ronaldo; Jese.
Paris Saint-Germain XI vs. Real Madrid: Trapp; Aurier, Luiz, Silva, Maxwell; Motta, Verratti, Matuidi; Di María, Ibrahimović, Cavani
Sevilla XI vs. Man City: Sergio Rico; Coke, Rami, Kolodziejczak, Trémoulinas; Krychowiak, Iborra; Vitolo, Banega, Konoplyanka; Llorente.
Manchester City XI vs. Sevilla: Hart; Sagna, Otamendi, Kompany, Kolarov; Fernando, Fernandinho; Navas, Toure, Sterling; Bony.
FT in all centers. PSG bossed the game against Real Madrid but could not find a way through as Nacho's first half goal condemned the Parisians to their first lose of the season. Wayne Rooney finally ended Manchester United's goal drought with a wonderful header.
Shakhter were at their best against Malmo winning their first game of the group stage with a 4- o win. Man City finally did the job with a 3 - 1 against Sevilla in Spain.
Other scores;
Shakhtar Donetsk 4 - 0 Malmoe FF
Manchester United 1 - 0 CSKA Moscow
PSV Eindhoven 2 - 0 Wolfsburg
Benfica 2 - 1 Galatasaray
Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 - 1 Juventus
Sevilla 1 - 3 Manchester City
90' GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! PSV 2-0 Wolfsburg (Luuk De Jong)
88' CROSS BAR TO THE RESCUE!!! Di Maria's free
85' PSG are having all the possession against Madrid and are looking for that chance to have a crack at goal
76' GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Wayne Rooney ends his and Manchester United's goal drought. Lingard caresses the ball on the volley to the back post and Rooney has the simple task of heading in.
FACT: Rooney is now level with Denis Law on 237 goals for Manchester United, 12 behind Sir Bobby Charlton's record.
73' SUB: Lucas Moura comes on for Blaise Matuidi
66' GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Benfica 2-1 Galatasaray (Luisão). Jiménez chips the ball across and Luisão kills it with one touch before showing terrific composure to find the top corner.
62' SUB: Lucas Vasquez comes on for Real Madrid in the place of Jese
61' SUB: Marouane Fellaini comes on for Anthony Martial
60' GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Shakhtar 3-0 Malmö (Eduardo)
58' GOOOOOAAAALLLLLLL!!!! Lukas Podolski equalizes for Galatasary. Benfica 1 - 1 Gala
57' GOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!! PSV 1-0 Wolfsburg (Locadia)
56' RED CARD!!! Hernanes earns a red card for Juve. Looking tough to defeat Mochenglabach now. Still 1 - 1
55' SUB: CSKA Moscow - Seydou Doumbia comes on for Bibras Natcho.
54' SHOT!!! Ibrahimovic responds to an earlier Cristiano Ronaldo shot from distance with one of his own. His shot is way over like the Portuguese
51' GOOOOOOOOAAAAALLL!!!! Benfica 1-0 Galatasaray (Jonas)
49' Just like the first half, United have attacked CSKA in this second half. Marcos Rojo and Anthony Martial have already missed good headers to give their team the lead.
48' GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!!! Shakhtar 2-0 Malmö (Srna pen)
46' Second half kicks off in all match venues
HT: Manchester United have dominated that match against CSKA Moscow but it is still goalless at half-time while PSG will rue missing as many as 6 chances to at least equalize against Real Madrid who lead 1 - 0.
Shakhtar Donetsk 1 - 0 Malmoe FF
Manchester United 0 - 0 CSKA Moscow
PSV Eindhoven 0 - 0 Wolfsburg
Benfica 0 - 0 Galatasaray
Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 - 1 Juventus
Sevilla 1 - 3 Manchester City
45+ WHAT A WASTED CHANCE!!!! Di Maria feeds Cavani but Keylor Navas does well make the striker lose his feet. Varane came to clear off the lone.
44' GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Juve equalize through Stephan Lichtsteiner. Mönchengladbach 1-1 Juventus. The Swiss met Pogba's lofted pass and scored with a glorious volley
43' In the Man Utd vs CSKA match, United have totally dominated that match with Rooney looking lively as a number 10
39' WHAT A WASTED CHANCE!!!! Maxwell's cross cannot be converted by either Cavani or Ibrahimovic
38' GOOOOOOAAAAAAL!!!!!!!! Sevilla 1-3 Man. City (Bony)
37' SHOT!!! Ibrahimovic's techinque comes to fore again....Keylor Navas shows good reflexs to punch clear the Swede's volley
34' GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!!!! Nacho scores for Madrid...The Spaniard intended to cross a ball but it bounces into the net
32' SUB: Marcelo comes off for Madrid with a hamstring injury, Nacho replaces him
29' GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!! Shakhtar 1-0 Malmö (Gladkiy). Azevedo's free-kick is parried and Gladkiy makes no mistake with the rebound.
28' FREEKICK!!! Ibrahimovic shows wonderful technique to bend a freekick rond the wall. Everyone is beaten except the goal
25' GOOOOOOAAAAAAAL! Sevilla 1-2 Manchester City (Trémoulinas). Coke breaks forwards into the penalty area and lifts a deft cross to the back post where Trémoulinas heads in his 1st Champions League goal.
21'WHAT A SHOT!!! Ibrahimovic bends one round Ramos but his shot is just wide off the mark
19' GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Fabian Johnson gives Mochenglabach the lead against Juventus.
16' SUB: Bad news for Paris as Verratti pulls up with an injury, Rabiot takes his place
15' Man Utd's Wayne Rooney has looked the liveliest against CSKA Moscow. Still no goals in that match
11' GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Fernandinho makes it Sevilla 0 - 2 Man City
10' Isco and Serge Aurier have a clash of heads with both players looking bloodied
8' GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Raheem Sterling scores for Man City
6' Man Utd have started well against CSKA. Anthony Martial is operating as a centre forward
4' Jese does well to turn Aurier but the Ivory Coast international has pace to recover and stop the attack
3' Early chance for MAn Utd as Wayne Rooney fires narrowly wide from just inside the box.
3' Cavani is found on the right but he cannot dribble past a hoard of Madrid defender
2' PSG start the game better but cannot create a clear cut chance
1' Referee Mark Clattenburg gets the Real Madrid vs PSG match underway
Source: Legit.ng
