UEFA Champions League week 5 actions continued on Wednesday November 26 and here were the results from the various encounters:
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal dominated German Champions Bayern Munich winning 3-1, thanks to goals from Jurrien Timber, Noni Madueke, and Gabriel Martinelli. Lennart Karl scored the consolation for Bayern Munich.
Liverpool lost yet again at Anfield, a 1-4 loss to PSV Eindhoven, with goals from Guus Til, Ivan Perisic (penalty), and Couhaib Driouech (brace). This is the Reds 9th defeat in 12 games so far this campaign. Midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai scored a consolation for Arne Slot side.
Last year Champions Paris Saint-Germaine came out victorious against North Londoners Tottenham in an eight-goal thriller, Vitinha scoring a hat-trick for PSG, while Richarlison and Randal Kolo Muani scoring for Tottenham.
Real Madrid won Greek side Olympiacos 4-3 despite conceding first with star striker Kylian Mbappe scoring all four goals for the 15 times winners. Vinicius Jr set up two of the goals and saw his own goal chalked off by VAR. Chiquinho and Ayoub El Kaabi scored for Olympiacos.
Atletico Madrid won Inter Milan 2-1, thanks to a late goal from Jose Maria Gimenez.
Atalanta won 3-0 away at Eintratch Frankfurt with Ademola Lookman, Ederson and Charles De Katelaere all scoring in the space of 5 minutes in the second half to seal victory.
The early kick off between Pafos and Monaco ended 2-2, with Former Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germaine man David Luiz scoring for Pafos.
Danish Copenhagen defeated Kairat Almaty 3 – 2 at home and Portuguese Champions Sporting Lisbon also triumphed at home against Club Brugge with Chelsea bound Geovany Quenda, Luis Suarez and Francisco Trincao all finding the back of the net.
Arsenal are now top of the Uefa Champions League group with 15 points from 5 games, they are also the only side to maintain a perfect start to the UCL campaign as they look forward to winning their first ever trophy.
