23 Oct 2014

Arsenal win, Liverpool thrashed

12:37 pm on 23 October 2014

Arsenal struck twice in the last two minutes to score a 2-1 victory at Anderlecht in their Champions League Group D match.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger Photo: PHOTOSPORT

Arsenal produced a lethargic display and were trailing after 71 minutes, before Kieran Gibbs equalised after 89 minutes and then Lukas Podolski scored the winner.

It was tough luck on Anderlecht who had seemed on course for a first victory in the competition in 11 attempts.

Arsenal remain in second place, three points behind Borussia Dortmund who beat Galatasaray 4-0.

Champions Real Madrid earned their first-ever win over Liverpool with a 3-nil victory at Anfield.

The Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo became the first athlete to have 100 million Facebook followers.

The Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo became the first athlete to have 100 million Facebook followers. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring after 23 minutes.... his 70th Champions League goal moving him within one of Raul's all-time record.

Poor Liverpool defending then contributed to Karim Benzema striking twice more for the champions before halftime.

Madrid top the group with nine points, while Liverpool, Basel and Ludogorets are all six points adrift.

In group A.... Olympiacos 1 Juventus 0, Atletico Madrid 5 Malmo 0.

Group C... Monaco 0 Benfica 0, Bayer Leverkusen 2 Zenit St Petersburg 0.

(Top 2 teams in each group qualify for knockout stages)

Standings P W D L F A Pts

Group A

Atletico Madrid 3 2 0 1 8 3 6

Olympiacos 3 2 0 1 4 4 6

Juventus 3 1 0 2 2 2 3

Malmo 3 1 0 2 2 7 3

Group B

Real Madrid 3 3 0 0 10 2 9

Ludogorets 3 1 0 2 3 4 3

Liverpool 3 1 0 2 2 5 3

FC Basel 3 1 0 2 2 6 3

Group C

Bayer Leverkusen 3 2 0 1 5 2 6

Monaco 3 1 2 0 1 0 5

Zenit St Petersburg 3 1 1 1 2 2 4

Benfica 3 0 1 2 1 5 1

Group D

Borussia Dortmund 3 3 0 0 9 0 9

Arsenal 3 2 0 1 6 4 6

Anderlecht 3 0 1 2 2 6 1

Galatasaray 3 0 1 2 2 9 1

Group E

Bayern Munich 3 3 0 0 9 1 9

Roma 3 1 1 1 7 9 4

Manchester City 3 0 2 1 3 4 2

CSKA Moscow 3 0 1 2 3 8 1

Group F

Paris Saint-Germain 3 2 1 0 5 3 7

Barcelona 3 2 0 1 6 4 6

Ajax 3 0 2 1 3 5 2

APOEL Nicosia 3 0 1 2 1 3 1

Group G

Chelsea 3 2 1 0 8 1 7

Schalke 3 1 2 0 6 5 5

NK Maribor 3 0 2 1 2 8 2

Sporting CP 3 0 1 2 4 6 1

Group H

FC Porto 3 2 1 0 10 3 7

Shakhtar Donetsk 3 1 2 0 9 2 5

BATE Borisov 3 1 0 2 2 14 3

Athletic Bilbao 3 0 1 2 2 4 1