UEFA Champions League Roundup: Real Madrid's shock defeat, Manchester United's torrid run and more

The UEFA Champions League Game week 2 on Tuesday and Wednesday witnessed some roller coaster results as three-time defending champions Real Madrid suffered a shock defeat against CSKA Moscow, while Premier League heavyweights Manchester United continue their torrid run under Jose Mourinho with a 0-0 draw against Valencia at the Old Trafford. Man Utd’s arch-rivals Manchester City won their first game of the UCL 2018/19 campaign with a narrow 2-1 win over German outfit Hoffenheim. Whereas, a Cristiano Ronaldo-less Juventus defeated Young Boys by 3-0, courtesy of Paulo Dybala hattrick, while German giants Bayern Munich were held by Dutch outfit Ajax.

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Let us take a look at the results from UEFA Champions League Game week 2 results:

CSKA Moscow 1-0 Real Madrid

Nikola Vlasic, an Everton loanee rattled the Real Madrid net in the second minute and piled misery on a Ronaldo-less Real Madrid as the Spanish giants continue to struggle. This was Madrid’s third game without scoring for the first time since December 2006-January 2007.

Manchester United 0-0 Valencia

Manchester United continue their torrid form in Jose Mourinho’s third season in-charge as the Spanish outfit Valencia take home an away draw and a valuable 1 point. However, the Reds worked hard but were unfortunate to hit the back of the net at Old Trafford.

Hoffenheim 1-2 Manchester City

Premier League champions Manchester City were taken aback by Ishak Belfodil’s first-minute goal but came back strongly to make a 2-1 comeback after goals by Sergio Aguero and David Silva. Poor referring was again a subject of complaints by the pundits and fans after the match. However, Pep Guardiola stopped himself from talking about it.

Juventus 3-0 Young Boys

A Cristiano Ronaldo-less Juventus witnessed Paulo Dybala score a sublime hattrick to hand the Old Lady a 3-0 victory against Young Boys. Ronaldo have been suspended after a red card against Valencia in the Game Week 1.

Bayern Munich 1-1 Ajax

Dutch side Ajax hold out Bayern Munich for a brave 1-1 draw after Noussair Mazraoui cancelled Mats Hummels opener in the 22^nd minute of the match. Bayern kept the possession but failed to capitalise due to their poor finishing in front of the goal.

AEK Athens 2-3 Benfica

Benfica took an early 2-0 lead after Haris Seferovic and Grimaldo scored in the first 15 minutes, but a red card to Ruben Dias spiced up things as Viktor Klonaridis scored a brace to make the last half hour of the match a nail-biter. However, Alfa Semedo scored the winner for the 10-man Benfica to hand them a 2-3 win.

Lyon 2-2 Shakhtar Donetsk

Junior Moraes’ scored a brace was cancelled out by Moussa Dembele and Leo Dubois as the UCL fixture at the Groupama Stadium became an instant classic.

Roma 5-0 Viktoria Plzen

Edin Dzeko run-riot as he scored a hattrick before Cenzig Under and Justin Kluivert added on more goals to provide AS Roma with an emphatic 5-0 rout against Viktoria Plzen.