Manchester City Win Their First Champions League Match of the Season
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| David Silva scored for Manchester City |
Manchester City secured their first set of points of the Champions League campaign thanks to a hard-fought victory over Hoffenheim coming from a goal down to get a 2-1 win.
Sergio Aguero equalized for City following Hoffenheim's 43 seconds goal just after the start of the match and David Silva snatched the win late on in the second half.
Manchester City are yet to lost in their last six Champions League matches against German sides, with five wins and one draw.
Hoffenheim have lost six and drawn three of their previous 10 matches in European competitions.
Hoffenheim scored after 43 seconds through Ishak Belfodil, this was the quickest Champions League goal ever against an English side since El Shaarawy who scored after 39 seconds against Chelsea in October 2017.
Manchester United were held to a goalless draw at home by Valencia as their winless home run continues, extending to four winless games at Old Trafford, their longest run since under Louis van Gaal in 2015.
This is the first time in Jose Mourinho's managerial career he would go four consecutive home matches in all competitions without a single win.
Manchester United have player 0-0 in three of their last four Champions League games against Spanish sides.
Real Madrid's goalscoring drought continues as they bow at the feet of CSKA Moscow who defeated them by 1-0. The departure of Cristiano Ronaldo continues to hunt them and it remains to seen how well they will work things out.
Results in full..
Champions League
AEK Athens 2-3 Benfica
Bayern Munich 1-1 Ajax
Hoffenheim 1-2 Manchester City
Lyon 2-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
CSKA Moscow 1-0 Real Madrid
Roma 5-0 Viktoria Plzen
Juventus 3-0 Young Boys
Manchester United 0-0 Valencia
Carabao Cup
Everton 1(3)-(4)1 Southampton
Matches continue today with the following fixtures...
Group A
Atletico Madrid Vs Club Brugge 8:00pm
Borussia Dortmund Vs Monaco 8:00pm
Group B
PSV Eindhoven Vs Inter 8:00pm
Tottenham Vs Barcelona 8:00pm
Group C
Paris Saint Germain Vs FK Crvena Zvezda 5:55pm
Napoli Vs Liverpool 8:00pm
Group D
Lokomotiv Moscow Vs Schalke 04 5:55pm
Porto Vs Galatasaray 8:00pm
All time is in GMT+1.

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