Bayern produced an attacking masterclass to defeat Arsenal 5 – 1 as Arjen Robben scored with just his first touch of the ball. Freekick master Willian came to the rescue again with a late trademark freekick.
Roma and Bayern Leverkusen played out another classic thriller with the Italians runing out 3 – 2 winners. Neymar scored twice to help Barcelona to a 3 – 0 victory over BATE.
Read the full match report below;
Match day four of the Champions league continues today with some of the biggest continental clashes on show.
Jose Mourinho knows a home defeat to Porto moves him closer to the Blues exit door. Arsenal will hope to shock Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena like they did in the previous leg when they won 2 – 0.
Roma and Bayer Leverkusen seems to be a match to watch after the two teams played a 4 – 4 thriller when they squared off in Germany two weeks ago.
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Other mates to be played tonight are;
Barcelona – BATE Borisov
Olympiakos – Dinamo Zagreb
Maccabi Tel Aviv – FC Porto
Gent – Valencia
Lyon – Zenit St. Petersburg
Line ups;
Bayern Munich XI vs. Arsenal: Neuer; Lahm, Boateng, Martínez, Alaba; Alonso, T. Alcântara, Coman; Müller, Costa, Lewandowski.
Barcelona XI vs. BATE: Ter Stegen; Alves, Mascherano, Vermaelen, Adriano; Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta; S.Roberto, Suárez, Neymar
Chelsea XI vs. Dynamo Kiev: Begović; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Terry, Rahman; Ramires, Matić; Willian, Fàbregas, Oscar; Costa.
Arsenal XI vs. Bayern Munich: Čech; Debuchy, Gabriel, Mertesacker, Monreal; Coquelin, Cazorla; Sánchez, Özil, Campbell; Giroud.
Roma XI vs. Leverkusen: Szczesny; Florenzi, Manolas, Rüdiger, Digne; Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Gervinho, Salah, Dzeko.
Bayer Leverkusen XI vs. Roma: Leno; Donati, Tah, Toprak, Papadopoulos, Wendell; Kampl, Çalhanoğlu, Mehmedi, Kießling, Hernández.
Full time in all centers: Bayern produced an attacking masterclass to defeat Arsenal 5 – 1 as Arjen Robben scored with just his first touch of the ball. Freekick master Willian came to the rescue again with a late trademark freekick.
Roma and Bayern Leverkusen played out another classic thriller with the Italians runing out 3 – 2 winners. Neymar scored twice to help Barcelona to a 3 – 0 victory over BATE.
Zenit’s 2 – 0 victory over Lyon means they have now qualified for the round of 16.
The scores at FULL TIME:
Bayern Munich 5 – 1 Arsenal
Chelsea 2 – 1 Dynamo Kiev
Roma 3 – 2 Bayer Leverkuusen
Barcelona 3 – 0 BATE Borisov
Olympiakos 2 – 1 Dinamo Zagreb
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 – 3 FC Porto
Gent 1 – 0 Valencia
Lyon 0 – 2 Zenit St. Petersburg
90+ WHAT A MISSED CHANCE!!!! Hazard could have scored to make it three for Chelsea but his effort after a nice counter attack hits the side netting
89′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!! Thomas Muller makes it five Bayern Munich 5 – 1 Arsenal. Incredible run from Bayern’s jet-heeled new boy Douglas Costa, who feeds Muller to smash into the bottom-right.
Thomas Muller scores his second goal as Bayern beat Arsenal 5 – 1
84′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!! Neymar scores his second of the night. Nice work from Suarez on the right sees the Uruguay man cross for Neymar who taps in
81′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!! Willian scores another freekick. Hazard was brought down close to the box and Willian cooly slots it home
79′ GOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLLL!!! Chelsea in al kinds of trouble as Dragovic equalizes. Chelsea 1 – 1 Dynamo Kiev. Dragovic’s own goal gave Chelsea the lead in the first half
79′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL! Roma 3-2 Leverkusen. Pjanic scores from the penalty spot. Toprak was given his marching orders for a foul in the box. Both teams played 4 – 4 in the previous leg. Could there be a repeat?
78′ SUB: Double switch for the Blues – Pedro and Hazard replace Fabregas and Oscar.
75′ GOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLL! Maccabi 1-3 Porto, Zahavi pulls one back from the penalty spot
72′ GOOOOAAAAAAALLLLL! Maccabi 0-3 Porto (Layún)
69′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! Bayern 4-1 Arsenal (Giroud). Wonderful goal by Giroud, controlling a cross on his chest before volleying the dropping ball past Neuer.
65′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLL! Olympiacos 1-1 Dinamo (Pardo)
60′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL! Barcelona 2-0 BATE (Suárez)
57′ GOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLL!!! ! Lyon 0-2 Zenit (Dzyuba scores his second of the day)
53′ GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!! Arjen Rpbben comees off he bench to score Bayern’s fourth against Arsenal. Arjen Robben scores with his first touch after coming off the bench for Bayern Munich
51′ GOAOOOOOOAAAAAAAL! Maccabi 0-2 Porto (André André)
49′ GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL!!!!!! Gent 1-0 Valencia
48′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL! Roma 2-1 Leverkusen. Mehmed pulls one back for foremona
46′ Second half kicks off
HT: Bayern have totally dominated Arsenal and could have been at least five goals up. Mesut Ozil found the net but was ruled offside. Chelsea have dominated Dynamo Kiev and Neymar gave Barca the lead against BATE from the penalty spot
HT scores;
Bayern Munich 3 – 0 Arsenal
Chelsea 1 – 0 Dynamo Kiev
Roma 2 – 0 Bayer Leverkuusen
Barcelona 1 – 0 BATE Borisov
Olympiakos 0 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 – 1 FC Porto
Gent 0 – 0 Valencia
Lyon 0 – 1 Zenit St. Petersburg
45+ SHOT!!! Fabregas tries a wonderful effort from distance but its just wide of the mark. Would have been a contender for goal of the season.
44′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Alaba makes it 3 – 0 against the Gunners
39′ Chelsea have also dominated in that game against Dynamo Kiev. Will the Ukranians find a way through?
37′ Goals galore today unlike yesterday when the goals came later in the matches. In the Bayern/Arsenal game, the Germans have bosssed possession and have played nearly perfect football.
35′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Chelsea take the lead against Dynamo Kiev. Dragovic scores an own goal after putting Willian’s goal into his net
32′ GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!! Neymar scores from the spot for Barcelona. Barca 1 – 0 BATE
29′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! Roma 2-0 Leverkusen (Džeko)
26′ GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Lyon 0-1 Zenit (Dzyuba). Dzyuba continues his incredible run. Hulk accelerates away from the defender, draws the goalkeeper and sets up Dzyuba to score.
24′ GOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!! Thomad Muller makes it 2 – 0. Arsenal in all kinds of trouble now
21′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!! Olympiacos 0-1 Dinamo (Hodžić). A wicked delivery from the left by Pivarić, and Hodžić scores with a bullet header, crashing in off the bar.
21′ Oscar releases Baba with a brilliant flick but the defender’s cross is cleared.
19′ GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Christian Tello scores. Maccabi 0-1 Porto
18′ Bayyern Munichh have dominated against Arsenal. In the Chelsea game, Oscar and Diego Costa have looked like the ones most likely to make things happen
12′ OFFSIDE GOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Ozil equalizes for Arsenal but the referee rules it out for offfside
9′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Bayern score through Lewandowski. Alcantara plays in a wonderful cross and the striker has to dive low to score
3′ GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!! Mohammed Salah scores… Roma 1 – 0 Fiorentina. The two teams played a 4 – 4 thriller in the previous leg on match day three
A lightning-fast counter by Roma. Salah is sent clean through by Džeko and he keeps cool to get his first of the campaign.
3′ Arsenal try to counter with Giroud and Joel Campbell but Alaba shows increadicle awareness to top the danger
2′ As expected, Bayern Munich are bossing possession in that match against Arsenl
1′ Kick off in all match centers
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