Champions League: Manchester United win in chaos; Bayern, Juventus, Chelsea do it simple

Cristiano Ronaldo’s late successful objective capped a basic Manchester United comeback win within the Champions League on Wednesday.
In a much less chaotic method, Bayern Munich and Juventus additionally recorded typical trademark wins to high their teams with three straight victories and no targets conceded.
Trailing 2-0 at halftime at house in opposition to Atalanta, with Paul Pogba left on the bench, United’s wild season underneath supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appeared able to derail with final place within the group beckoning.
Ronaldo put the membership again on high, 3-2, within the 81st minute after targets from Marcus Rashford and Harry Maguire to ship a second straight come-from-behind win at Old Trafford within the competitors.
Bayern routed Benfica 4-0 with late targets together with one from Robert Lewandowski after standout saves by Manuel Neuer within the Lisbon stadium the place they received the 2020 title 14 months in the past.
It was an environment friendly 1-0 win for Juventus at Zenit St. Petersburg due to an 86th-minute objective by Dejan Kulusevski.
Manchester United’s supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, proper, hugs Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo after the Champions League Group F match between Manchester United and Atalanta at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
Defending champion Chelsea additionally cruised to a 4-0 win, in opposition to Malmö, however misplaced strikers Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner to accidents.
Salzburg was the opposite group chief in motion, beating Wolfsburg 3-1 with targets from the sort of younger forwards the Austrian champion excels in nurturing then buying and selling on.
Teenage Germany ahead Karim Adeyemi scored early earlier than 21-year-old Switzerland winger Noah Okafor scored twice within the second half.
Barcelona lastly obtained a win, 1-0 in opposition to Dynamo Kyiv, to finish some undesirable historic streaks for the membership and keep in touch within the group led by Bayern.
Barcelona’s Gerard Pique celebrates together with his teammates after scoring his aspect’s first objective throughout a Champions League group E match between F.C. Barcelona and Dinamo Kyiv at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
Villarreal, which was crushed by Ronaldo’s stoppage-time successful objective three weeks in the past, received 4-1 in opposition to Young Boys to elevate the Europa League champion from final to second within the group.
A 0-0 draw between Lille and Sevilla dragged down the common targets to 3 per sport with 24 in whole in the future after a 35-goal rush within the eight video games Tuesday.
STILL AT THE WHEEL
Ole Gunnar Solskjær has many critics outdoors Manchester United who doubt the membership is getting nearer to main titles as he approaches three years in cost.
They included the followers who jeered the staff off at halftime having seen Mario Pašalić rating for Atalanta within the fifteenth minute and Merih Demiral within the twenty ninth.
Marcus Rashford began the comeback within the 53rd and — with Pogba now on the sphere — Harry Maguire leveled within the seventy fifth, six minutes earlier than Ronaldo obtained his 138th profession Champions League objective.
Solskjær praised the followers for serving to elevate and sing the gamers to victory, which “is what you do at Manchester United on a Champions League night.”
Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates with Leroy Sane, proper, after scoring his aspect’s third objective throughout the Champions League group E match between Benfica and Bayern Munich on the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
SICK LEAVE
Bayern returned to the Stadium of Light in Lisbon with out the brand new coach who changed 2020 title-winner Hansi Flick.
Julian Nagelsmann was unwell and stayed on the resort whereas his staff had two targets disallowed earlier than placing 4 instances, together with two by Leroy Sané, from the seventieth minute.
“The boys were sensational,” Bayern assistant coach Dino Toppmöller mentioned. They now lead Benfica by 5 factors, with Barcelona an additional level again.

PEAK PIQUE
The 34-year-old Gerard Piqué scored his sixteenth Champions League objective — tying the file for a defender — to make sure Barcelona beat Dynamo Kyiv.
The win ended Barcelona’s five-game winless Champions League run and a membership file streak of three straight house losses within the competitors.
Next up at Camp Nou is a “clásico” in opposition to Real Madrid in La Liga on Sunday.
Neither Ukrainian staff — Dynamo and Shakhtar Donetsk in Group D — has scored in a mixed six video games to this point.