Both of the home side’s goals came in the first period, with Maximilian Arnold converting from close range in the 25th minute after Ricardo Rodriguez had sent the Bundesliga outfit into a 18th-minute lead from the penalty spot
Browsing: Champions League
City defeated Dynamo Kiev to reach the last eight of Europe’s elite competition for the first time
At the Bernabeu, Los Blancos entered the match as the firm favourites to make the last eight following a two-goal victory in the first leg in Rome, but it was far from comfortable despite the comprehensive nature of the overall scoreline
he first real opening of the contest came 10 minutes in, when Kevin de Bruyne picked out attacking teammate, Wilfried Bony, to shoot right down the throat of Rico in the opposition goal
The visitors pressed to add a second and thought at they should have had a penalty when Suarez tangled with Wojciech Szczesny, but Roma levelled in incredible fashion against the run of play just minutes later.
All of Arsenal’s early dominance was in vain, however, when the Croatian champions took the lead midway through the first half thanks to an unfortunate Oxlade-Chamberlain own goal when the ball hit the midfielder after David Ospina had stopped Josip Pivaric’s initial effort.
Victory on the night for Louis van Gaal’s men saw them record a 7-1 overall win over the Belgian club, securing themselves progression into the group stages of the European showpiece
The 55-year-old took charge in June 2013 and guided Madrid to victory in the Champions League and the Copa del Rey in his first year at the club
Barcelona have been in impressive form of late, with forward trio Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez all finding their shooting boots, while Bayern, who have won the European title five times, are in prolific form themselves following Tuesday’s 6-1 thrashing of Porto in the quarter-finals
The Gunners smashed in three goals in the first half an hour to put themselves out of sight of their opponents with Aaron Ramsey with star of the show
Having already matched Barcelona’s landmark streak of 18 during the 2005-06 season, Madrid knew that they needed to secure just one more win to surpass their arch-rivals
Messi struck first in the 38th minute against APOEL in Group F to give Barcelona a 2-0 lead after Luis Suarez had opened the scoring.
Chelsea had opened their Group G campaign with a 1-1 draw at home to Schalke, but a 1-0 win at Sporting Lisbon and the thumping of Maribor leaves the Blues in prime position ahead of the November 5 trip to Slovenia
However City inexplicably fell off the pace in the second half and came away with only a point after Doumbia dragged CSKA back in to the game and then Bebras Natcho converted a late penalty
Super Eagles’ forward, Ahmed Musa has boasted that CSKA Moscow hopes to restore their Champions League campaign with an outright win over Champions, Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
Out of favour Super Eagles’ striker, Ikechukwu Uche failed to make the scorers’ chart as his Villarreal side fell 2-0 at home to Real Madrid on Saturday.
Super Eagles’ right back, Efe Ambrose, played out the entire 90 minutes in Celtic’s 1-0 win away over St. Mirren on Saturday.
The group stage matches continue on Wednesday with eight matches in Groups E, F, G and H
The Portugal captain received the 2013/14 accolade at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco from UEFA President, Michel Platini
Manchester City manager, Manuel Pellegrini, confirmed the deal after the club’s International Challenge Cup defeat on penalties against Olympiakos at the University of Minnesota