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.
Liverpool scored twice in three second-half minutes to assume control of their UEFA Champions League semifinal against Villarreal.
The Italian admitted that City had a one-goal advantage going in the return leg and fans could make a difference to the game by egging on the team in Bernabeu.
Pep Guardiola's City will take a slender one-goal lead into the semifinal second-leg in eight days' time buoyed by the fact that it held a two-goal advantage on three separate occasions, but were pegged back each time by Real who refused to buckle on an enthralling night.
Unai Emery's team has already caused two upsets in the competition this season, knocking out Juventus in the last-16 and beating Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals.
Manchester City, who are also leading the Premier League table, held a two-goal advantage on three separate occasions, but were pegged back each time by Real who refused to buckle on an enthralling night.