Connect with us

Sports

Ronaldo marks return to Old Trafford with win; Man City thrash Shakhtar as Real Madrid win

Published

on

Cristiano Ronaldo and Dybala

Cristiano Ronaldo marked his return to Old Trafford with a win as Juventus dominated and earned all three points in their Champions League clash on Tuesday night.

Paulo Dybala scored the only goal of the game in the 17th minute from a deflected cross originally from Ronaldo, as Juve moved five points clear at the top of Champions League Group H.

In the other game of the group, Valencia were held to a 1-1 draw by their hosts Young Boys in Switzerland earlier on Tuesday.

In Group F, Premier League champions Manchester City moved to the top of the standings as they thrashed their hosts Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0.

Read Also: Well-rested Enyimba players are fired up for Raja clash -Coach Abdallah

Goals by David Silva, Laporte and Bernardo Silva sealed a second win in the competition for the Pep Guardiola side.

The Russian side sank to the bottom of the table, as Hoffenheim and Olympique Lyon played a 3-3 draw in Germany to stay third and second respectively on the table.

Defending champions Real Madrid secured their first win in six games after a 2-1 win over Viktoria Plzen at the Bernabeu.

Goals by Marcelo and Karim Benzema were enough to give the Spanish giants all three points as a goal by Hrosovsky only pulled one back for the visitors.

Real stay top of the Group G with same points as AS Roma, who thrashed CSKA Moscow 3-0 in Italy.

Elsewhere, Bayern Munich defeated AEK Athens 2-0 while Ajax beat Benfica 1-0.

 

RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears

Click here to join the Ripples Nigeria WhatsApp group for latest updates.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now