By Islam Sabulino.
Borussia Dortmund, Celtic, Atletico Madrid, Napoli, Chelsea and Zenit St Petersburg registered victories in Tuesday night’s UEFA Champions League third fixtures, while Barcelona, and Basel only managed draws away from home.
Dortmund’s Lewandowski put his team ahead in the 82 minute with superb effort as the Germans halted Arsenal’s campaign with a 2-1 victory in London. Napoli’s 2-1 wins. At Olympique Marseille, put three teams on six points in Group F.
In Group G, Atletico Madrid made it three out of three with an emphatic 3-0 win over Austria Vienna leaving them a point from the 10 that are needed to book a place in the last 16 of Europe’s prestigious club tourney. The inform Diego Costa netted a brace to help his team go five points clear of Zenit St Petersburg who are in second place after defeating FC Porto of Portugal 2-1.
Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea moved level on six points with Schalke 04 at the summit with a 3-0 drubbing in Germany where Torres scored twice before Eden Hazard added a late goal. The two teams are now on top of the third placed Basel who are four points ahead of the Romanian Champions Steaua Bucharest after the two sides had a 1-1 stalemate in Romania.
Celtic bagged their first set of three points in Group H with a 2-1 win over Ajax Amsterdam, who got a consolation in the later stages of stoppage time. James Forrest scored from the penalty kick on the stroke of halftime before Beram Kayal’s deflected shot early in the second half earned Celtic a deserved victory.
Lionel Messi returned in fashion after being sidelined for a thigh problem with a goal in the 23 minutes to help Barcelona earn a point in a 1-1 draw against AC Milan. Barcelona occupies first position in the group with seven points, while Milan has four points. Celtic are on three points with Ajax at the basement on one.
lastly, in Group G’s other match pitting FC Porto and Zenit St Petersburg ended in favour of the Russians.Zenit snatched a late winner.The hosts almost managed to hold on to draw before Zenit’s 86th minute goal ensured the
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