While You Were Asleep: Benfica get rid of Juventus, PSG thump Maccabi Haifa 7-2, Leipzig stun Madrid, Dortmund held Man City

Rafa Silva scored twice as Benfica defeated Juventus 4-3 in a thriller to seal a spot within the knockout phases of the Champions League and for the primary time in eight years the Italian giants have failed to succeed in final 16.

Scenes in Lisbon as Benfica attain the knockout stage! 🦅🎉#UCL pic.twitter.com/sj8JXA9Upw

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) October 25, 2022

In a wild first half, Benfica acquired objectives from Antonio Silva, Joao Mário and Rafa Silva whereas all Juventus may produce was a momentary equalizer from Moise Kean. Silva added one other purpose early within the second half and likewise hit the submit within the 86th.

Arkadiusz Milik pulled one again for Juventus within the 77th and Weston McKennie added one other two minutes later, with each late objectives arrange by substitute Samuel Iling-Junior.

Messi, Mbappe magic

The ‘MNM’ trio of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe all scored Tuesday to fireplace PSG into the knockout stage of the Champions League.

The irrepressible trio have been merely an excessive amount of for Maccabi to deal with though the Israeli aspect confirmed loads of spirit within the Group H conflict, with Abdoulaye Seck scoring twice.

🙌 Thank you Parc! 👏#𝗣𝗦𝗚𝗠𝗔𝗖 | #𝗨𝗖𝗟 pic.twitter.com/MkxHT596xo

— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) October 25, 2022

Messi began issues off within the nineteenth minute with a luxurious opening purpose scored with the skin of his left foot after being performed in by Mbappe on the left aspect of the realm.

Mbappe’s opener was simply as silky, the French ahead bending a right-footer within the thirty second minute previous Maccabi goalkeeper Joshua Cohen who couldn’t be faulted for any of PSG’s objectives.

PSG switched off defensively to permit an unmarked Seck to go in from Omer Atzili’s free kick however Messi then swapped passes with Neymar earlier than dropping his shoulder and belting a left-footed shot low into the nook to make it 4-1 at halftime.

Maccabi really bossed the opening 10 minutes of the second half and when PSG made a hash of clearing a nook, Seck looped a header over Gianluigi Donnarumma and into the web.

In the sixty fourth minute Mbappe was picked out by a diagonal cross from Achraf Hakimi and he took a deft contact earlier than choosing out the far nook. As Maccabi lastly misplaced coronary heart Neymar’s dribble and low cross ended with Sean Goldberg netting an personal purpose.

Messi, who was denied a file ninth Champions League hat-trick by the crossbar, then arrange Carlos Soler to wrap up the scoring with a low shot.

Leipzig win five-goal thriller

RB Leipzig not solely boosted its probabilities of qualifying for the knock out stage however additionally they handed Real Madrid their first lack of the season in a five-goal thriller.

Madrid had been unbeaten in 16 matches in all competitions this season, with 14 wins and two attracts.

WE ARE LEIPZIG 🕺🕺 pic.twitter.com/bZ6jBaYyMZ

— RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) October 25, 2022

Leipzig took the lead 13 minutes into the sport with Gvardiol scoring on the rebound from a Thibaut Courtois save after a bullet header by Andre Silva.

Leipzig prolonged their benefit 5 minutes later when David Raum tried to cross into the field however the ball deflected off a defender into the trail of Nkunku who was fast to react and put the ball in off the crossbar.

Vinicius Jr acquired Real again into the sport simply earlier than the break with a header that went simply contained in the left submit. Werner struck from shut vary to complete a fast assault within the 81st minute and put Leipzig 3-1 up.

After being fouled, Rodrygo acquired as much as convert a penalty for Real’s second purpose.

Dortmund qualify for the Knockouts

Riyad Mahrez noticed his penalty saved as Borussia Dortmund held Manchester City to a goalless draw to ebook their spot within the Champions League knockout stage.

⚫️🟡🧱 Gregor “THE WALL” Kobel 🧱🟡⚫️ pic.twitter.com/pNq4vkfuSM

— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) October 25, 2022

The consequence made certain that City, who missed a second-half penalty and are on 11 factors, will high Group G whereas Dortmund, on eight, punched the second qualifying ticket, locking down second spot forward of third-placed Sevilla, who’ve 5 factors.

Manchester may have snatched the lead when Riyad Mahrez was introduced down within the field. The Algerian, who had additionally missed a spot kick on the earlier matchday in opposition to FC Copenhagen, was overwhelmed by Dortmund’s Gregor Kobel, who picked the precise nook to palm away his shot.

Giroud scores brace

AC Milan revived their hopes of reaching the Champions League final 16 with a 4-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb in Group E on Tuesday.

🗣️ Coach Pioli, Gabbia and Tonali react to our #UCL win

🗣️ Le dichiarazioni del Mister, di Matteo e di Sandro dopo #GNKDACM#SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/hG1GKgUdb4

— AC Milan (@acmilan) October 25, 2022

Matteo Gabbia gave Milan the lead earlier than Leao’s solo effort and a penalty by Olivier Giroud. Dinamo midfielder Robert Ljubičić had conceded the penalty and he additionally scored an personal purpose as his aspect fell to its first dwelling defeat of the yr.

It was additionally the primary time the Italian champions had scored 4 in an away match within the competitors since beating Fenerbahce 4-0 in November 2005.