Champions League: Man Utd edged out in seven-goal thriller against Copenhagen
Manchester United were dealt a major blow to their UEFA Champions League hopes as they fell to an agonising 3-4 defeat against Copenhagen.
Manchester United were dealt a major blow to their UEFA Champions League hopes as they fell to an agonising 3-4 defeat against Copenhagen.
Haaland was close to scoring six goals in a single match against RB Leipzig in UEFA Champions League. But Pep Guardiola denied him of this opportunity by substituting him in the 63rd minute of the game.
Atletico was given a penalty, but Lucas Hradecky stopped Yannick Carrasco's attempt, and Saul Niguez headed the rebound over the crossbar.
FC Barcelona got their Champions League off to a thundering start with a 5-1 rout of the Viktoria Plzen. And three of those goals were the work of Lewandowski, who has now scored 89 goals in the competition, the first three of those for Barca amounting to his sixth UCL hat-trick.
As Man City piled on the goals in the second half, Haaland became the youngest player ever to score 25 goals in the Champions League.
Media reports are now claiming that Liverpool will become champions of England for 19th time if the season cannot be restarted due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The Champions League final was initially scheduled to take place on May 30 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
The Premier League giants last week had said they were going to apply to the government's taxpayer-funded job retention scheme.
The Premier League season stands suspended at least till 30 April.
The French champions were scheduled to travel to Alsace to face Strasbourg on Saturday evening, but the local authorities have called off the match due to the rapid growing spread of the deadly virus in the region.
