On the 5th matchday of the UEFA Champions League group stage, all of the spotlight is on England, and not for good reasons.
Champions League 2014: Scores from Matchday 5
Liverpool struggled, while Arsenal and Manchester City got the job done.
Chelsea may be cruising at the top of their group, but this competition hasn’t been kind to the other Premier League teams. Arsenal need to beat Borussia Dortmund to keep their chances of winning Group D alive, Liverpool need a result away to Ludogorets to feel good about their chances of advancing, and nothing but a win will do for Manchester City as they take on Bayern Munich. It’s looking increasingly likely that the Citizens might finish last in Group E and get knocked out of Europe altogether.
The Italian champions are in a bit of a sticky situation as well. Juventus sit third in their group and would like to get all three points against Malmo so they don’t face Atlético Madrid on the final matchday needing points to advance. They’re already losing their tiebreaker to Olympiacos, so they don’t have much margin for error.
Schedule
All times 2:45 p.m. ET, 8:45 p.m. CET unless otherwise noted. Scores will be updated below as they come in.
Tuesday
CSKA Moscow 1-1 AS Roma - Full match report here
BATE Borisov 0-3 FC Porto
Manchester City 3-2 Bayern Munich - Full match report here
APOEL 0-4 Barcelona - Full match report here
Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 Ajax
Schalke 04 0-5 Chelsea - Full match report here
Sporting Club 3-1 Maribor
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 Athletic Club
Wednesday
Zenit St. Petersburg 1-0 Benfica - Full match report here
Atlético Madrid 4-0 Olympiacos - And the first goal was hilarious
Malmö 0-2 Juventus
Ludogorets 2-2 Liverpool - Full match report here
FC Basel 0-1 Real Madrid - Full match report here
Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 AS Monaco
Anderlecht 2-0 Galatasaray
Arsenal 2-0 Borussia Dortmund - Full match report here
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