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Champions League Round-up: Jude Bellingham stars for Real Madrid, Onana to blame for Man United defeat

Written By : Tommy — October 4, 2023

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Champions League round-up as there was drama galore on Group Stage Matchday 2 as Premier League sides Man United and Arsenal suffered from defeats. Meanwhile, Real Madrid beat a resilient Napoli in a game in which Jude Bellingham was the hero.

Arsenal lost at Lens, and Bayern Munich came from behind to beat FC Copenhagen.

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Former star Zaha scored in chaos at Old Trafford.

To sum up the nightmare in England, Man Utd had Casemiro sent off and were beaten at home by Galatasaray, having led twice.

Rasmus Hojland gave the Red Devils the lead when he fired home with a powerful header from Marcus Rashford’s cross in the 17th minute. The new summer signing thought he had the second one shortly after, but the goal was ruled off for offside.

Between Hojland’s actions, Zaha made sure the Old Trafford crowds would talk about him post-match as he bundled in a deflected equalizer.

The Turkish giants hit again with an equalizer once more through Kerem Akturkoglu and were then awarded a penalty for a foul from behind by Casemiro, who was eventually shown a second yellow card and sent off on Dries Mertens in the box. Mauro Icardi, however, wasted the golden chance to complete the comeback with a wide penalty.

Icardi made amends shortly afterward as he was played through and coolly dinked over Andre Onana for the winner.

Onana to blame for Man United conceded goal

The defeat leaves United bottom of the group after two matches; it’s something to think about, mainly how Onana has performed so far…

MUSIALA SCORES STUNNER AS BAYERN BATTLE BACK

Bayern Munich fought back to claim a 2-1 win at FC Copenhagen.

Bayern dominated possession, but Copenhagen took the lead when Lukas Lerager fired in after the visitors failed to clear.

Bayern needed some individual brilliance from Jamal Musiala to level as he shook off several challenges on the edge of the box and found the bottom corner.

Two Bayern substitutes combined for the winner, with Thomas Muller holding off a challenge and then teeing up Mathys Tel to score.

GUNNERS LOSE TO LENS AFTER ‘DISAPPOINTING PERFORMANCE’

Arsenal took the lead in their Group B encounter against Lens as Bukayo Saka set up Gabriel Jesus to score.

But the Gunners then suffered a double setback before half-time as Adrien Thomasson equalized before Saka went off with injury.

It got worse for Arsenal as Elye Wahi expertly swept in a cross in the 69th minute to give Lens victory.

Arsenal, who next play Manchester City in the Premier League, are now second in the group, a point behind leaders Lens.

PSV SNATCH POINT AFTER THE DRAMATIC FINALE

PSV Eindhoven grabbed an injury-time 2-2 draw against Sevilla in a game that scored three goals after the 85th minute.

Nemanja Gudelj put Sevilla ahead in the 68th minute, but PSV responded when Luuk de Jong converted from the penalty spot with four minutes to go.

That was not the end of the scoring as Youssef En-Nesyri almost immediately made it 2-1 to Sevilla.

With time running out, PSV equalized again as a free-kick was chipped into the box and fell to Jordan Teze to score in the 95th minute.

Sevilla are on two points in Group B, and PSV are on one.

BELLINGHAM STAR OF SHOW AS VALVERDE ROCKET SEES MADRID WIN

Jude Bellingham starred for Real Madrid in a 3-2 win at Napoli in Group C.

The England international continued his stunning start to life in Madrid by setting up Vinicius Junior to equalize after Leo Ostigard had put the hosts ahead.

There was even better to come as Bellingham scored a brilliant solo goal, running from midway inside the Napoli half, cutting past a defender and slotting into the corner.

This angle of Jude’s goal is insane ???? https://t.co/jUhaancXxu
— JBZ  (@JBellinghamZone) October 3, 2023

Napoli equalized after half-time when Piotr Zielinski converted a penalty, which was given after a VAR check for handball.

But Real snatched the win when a shot from Federico Valverde hit the bar and cannoned in off goalkeeper Alex Meret.

9 games, 6 MOTM awards for Bellingham as Real Madrid player, no one would ever discuss about his transfer fee ever again, for now.

REAL SOCIEDAD END WAIT FOR CL WIN WITH WIN IN AUSTRIA

Real Sociedad ended a 20-year wait for their first Champions League win by beating RB Salzburg 2-0 in Austria.

Goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and Brais Mendez helped the visitors avoid equalling the longest away losing run by a Spanish team in the competition, set by Villarreal between 2009 and 2021.

La Real stunned those inside the Red Bull Arena with both goals inside the first half-hour of the game.

Oyarzabal struck in the seventh minute, driving into the box and opening up his body to delicately steer the ball into the far corner.

Real Sociedad doubled their lead in the 25th minute after a well-worked team move.

Mendez carried the ball from the halfway line following a killer Take Kubo through ball shimmied past two Salzburg defenders before neatly guiding the ball into the bottom right corner.