The Champions League saw plenty of excitement this week. It was a week of defensive dominance as ten of 32 teams featured a clean sheet.
Bayern condemned AEK to a third straight defeat (0-2). Noussair Mazraoui struck two minutes into added time against Benfica to ensure that Ajax remain level on points with Bayern at the top of the section (1-0).
David Silva, Aymeric Laporte and Bernardo Silva who found the net for Manchester City against Shakhtar(0-3). Lyon surrendered the lead but then came from behind to go 3-3 with Hoffenheim (3-3).
Karim Benzema and Marcelo enabled Real Madrid to win against Viktoria Plzen(2-1). Edin Džeko scored two to earn AS Roma a win against CSKA Moskva (3-0).
Paulo Dybala’s goal helped Juventus to win the game against Manchester United (1-0). Young Boys and Valencia played a draw (1-1).
Borussia Dortmund earned a third win, and third clean sheet against, to open a three-point lead over Atletico Madrid (4-0). Club Brugge played a draw with Monaco(1-1).
Lionel Messi watched on at Camp Nou, his broken arm in a sling, but Barcelona still made it three wins out of three, ending a seven-game run of victories for Inter(2-0). PSV Eindhoven played a draw with Tottenham (2-2).
Paris Saint- Germain played a draw with Napoli (2-2). Liverpool beat Crvena Zvezda after their front three all got in on the goals(4-0).
Porto established a two-point lead over Schalke at the top of the group by inflicting Lokomotiv's third group defeat (1-3). Galatasaray goalkeeper Fernando Muslera and Schalke’s Alexander Nübel were the stars as neither team was able to force a breakthrough (0-0).
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Iker Casillas (Porto)
Iker Casillas got Porto going as he saved an early Manuel Fernandes penalty before on 26 minutes Moussa Marega made no mistake from the spot for the visitors.
Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund)
Borussia Dortmund cruised past Atletico Madrid with two goals from substitute Raphael Guerreiro helping propel them to the top of Group A.
Jordi Alba (Barcelona)
Alba’s contributions were significant again, this time as he picked up his first Champions League goal of the year.
Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax)
Noussair Mazraoui scored an injury-time winner as Ajax claimed what could be a vital 1-0 win over Benfica in their Champions League clash.
Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund)
The left-back sure had an incredible Wednesday. Three of Dortmund’s 4 goals were assisted by Hakimi.
Jesus Corona (Porto)
Jesus Corona scored one goal and set up another for his fellow Mexican Hector Herrera as Porto recovered from a shaky start to beat Lokomotiv Moscow 3-1.
Bertrand Traore (Lyon)
Traore hitting the post in the early stages, pressing Kevin Vogt to force a turnover on the edge of the opposition area and prodding home the opener, and then assisting Ndombele's powerful goal after half-time.
David Silva (Manchester City)
Silva completely dictated the game as Manchester City ran out 3-0 winners at Shakhtar, hitting the post in the early stages with a volleyed backheel, and then powerfully volleying home the opener.
Cengiz Under(AS Roma)
Cengiz Under has scored a goal to earn AS Roma a win over CSKA Moskva.
Edin Dzeko (Roma)
First, he tapped home after good work from Lorenzo Pellegrini, then he drove into the far corner after Stephan El Shaarawy had dribbled through the defence, and then his knock-down allowed Cengiz Under to score Roma's third.
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
After a three-week goal drought, Mohamed Salah has now scored three goals in the last five days. The brace was a big part of Liverpool’s win against Red Star Belgrade which propelled them to the top of Group C
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