Holders Bayern Munich handed out a
Champions League masterclass with a 3-1 drubbing of Manchester City on
Wednesday while Cristiano Ronaldo's hot form continued with a double in Real
Madrid's 4-0 rout of FC Copenhagen.
Franck
Ribery, Thomas Mueller and Arjen Robben scored as Bayern left City chasing
shadows for the first 80 minutes of a one-sided Group D encounter to end the
Premier League team's five-year unbeaten run at home in Europe.
Alvaro
Negredo pulled one back for City as Bayern finished with 10 men after Jerome
Boateng's straight red card.
Ronaldo
followed up his hat-trick in Real's 6-1 rout of Galatasaray in their opening
Group B fixture with two goals against Copenhagen to take his tally to 55 in
the competition.
In
the same group, a dramatic finale in Turin saw Galatasaray, with manager
Roberto Mancini taking charge for the first time, snatch a 2-2 draw with
Juventus thanks to Umut Bulut's late goal.
Greece
forward Kostas Mitroglou outdid Ronaldo with a hat-trick in Olympiakos
Piraeus's 3-0 romp at Anderlecht and, also in Group C, Sweden striker Zlatan
Ibrahimovic scored twice as Paris St Germain crushed Benfica by the same
scoreline at Parc des Princes.
Brazil
forward Taison's 76th-minute strike earned Shakhtar Donetsk a 1-1 draw at home
to Manchester United in Group A after the visitors had led through Danny
Welbeck.
Bayer
Leverkusen left it late to pick up their first win, substitute Jens Hegeler
curling in a free kick in stoppage time to seal a 2-1 home victory over Real
Sociedad.
Earlier,
CSKA Moscow secured their first points in Group D with a 3-2 home triumph over
Viktoria Plzen who have lost their first two games.
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