Week 3 of the Champions League is over, with Real Madrid and PSG boring us with a goalless draw, just like Chelsea in Kiev. Arsenal stunned Bayern Munich, Manchester United drew in Moscow against CSKA, Barcelona beat BATE Borisov and Manchester City provided the dramatic victory of the match against Sevilla.
Group A
PSG 0 Real Madrid 0: Not the most exciting of encounters, with both teams quite comfortable to leave things without a winner.
Malmo 1 Shakhtar 0: A historic win for Malmo in the competition, leaving Shakhtar with 0 points. Markus Rosenberg scored the only goal in the 17th minute.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Real Madrid |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Paris Saint-Germain |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Malmö FF |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Shakhtar Donetsk |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Group B
CSKA Moscow 1 Manchester United 1: A tactical, sluggish match, with Seydou Doumbia scoring the opener in the 15th minute, while Anthony Martial equalized in the 65th.
Wolfsburg 2 PSV 0: Taking the top spot in the group with the win, with Bas Dost and Max Kruse doing the scoring.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wolfsburg |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Manchester United |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 |  CSKA Moscow |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  PSV Eindhoven |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
Group C
Atletico Madrid 4 Astana 0: Easy, expected win for Atletico Madrid to take the top spot in the group. Saul Niguez, Jackson Martinez, Oliver and an own goal provided the highlights.
Galatasaray 2 Benfica 1: A big win for the Turkish side to give them a shot at qualifying again. Nicolas Gaitan opened the scoring in the second minute, but Selcuk Inan and Lukas Podolski turned it around.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Galatasaray |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Astana |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Group D
Juventus 0 Borussia Monchengladbach 0: Juventus’ attacking woes continue, but luckily they do remain on top of the group.
Manchester City 2 Sevilla 1: A huge win for City coming in the 91st minute from Kevin de Bruyne. An own goal from Adil Rami gave them the lead, Yevhen Konoplyanka equalized for Sevilla.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Juventus |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Manchester City |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Sevilla |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Group E
BATE 0 Barcelona 2: Barcelona needed an easy win and got it with a brace from Ivan Rakitic
Leverkusen 4 Roma 4: Possibly the wildest match we’ll see this season in the competition. Javier Hernández gave Leverkusen the lead from the penalty spot and made it 2-0 by the 15th minute. Goals from Daniele de Rossi (brace), Miralem Pjanic and Iago Falqué gave Roma a stunning 4-2 lead, but Kevin Kampl and Admir Mehmedi saved Leverkusen a point.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 |  BATE Borisov |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Roma |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 |
Group F
Arsenal 2 Bayern Munich 0: Arsenal save their European season with a massive win over a team that has forgotten what it’s like to lose. Olivier Giroud gave them the lead in the 77th minute after a huge mistake by Manuel Neuer; Mesut Ozil finished the job in extra time.
Dinamo Zagreb 0 Olympiakos 1: Brown Ideye scored in the 79th minute to give Olympiakos a win that keeps them in the hunt for one of the top two spots.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Olympiacos |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Dinamo Zagreb |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Arsenal |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Group G
Porto 2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 0: Comfortable win for Porto without playing too well, scoring twice in the 37th and 41st minute with Vincent Aboubakar and Yacine Brahimi providing the goals.
Dynamo Kyiv 0 Chelsea 0: At this point, any match without a loss is good for Jose Mourinho, while Dynamo coming off a huge home defeat against Shakhtar can’t be too displeased with the result.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Chelsea |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Group H
Zenit 3 Lyon 1: Zenit were the more clinical and efficient side in the match with goals from Artem Dzyuba, Hulk and Danny. Alexandre Lacazette scored for Lyon.
Valencia 2 Gent 1: A very important win for Valencia thanks to a late own goal by Stefan Mitrovic. Sofian Feghouli scored the opener, Thomas Foket gave Gent some hope.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (X) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Valencia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Lyon |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 |  Gent |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |