CSKA Moscow 0 – 1 Manchester United

Antonio Valencia struck a late winner as Manchester United maintained their 100% record in Champions League Group B at the expense of CSKA Moscow.

United returned to Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium for the first time since their victory over Chelsea in the 2008 Champions League final and Valencia’s shot from a tight angle four minutes from time secured their third successive win in the competition.

Chances had been at a premium on the artificial surface of the Luzhniki Stadium – scene of United’s final victory in 2008 – but United finished strongly.

The English champions top the group with nine points and are firmly on course to reach the knockout stages as they bid for a third consecutive appearance in the Champions League final.

Valencia went much closer eight minutes from time when he combined well with Berbatov and Nani on the edge of the area but his powerful shot rebounded off the woodwork. Not to be denied, Valencia went one better five minutes from time when he latched onto a downward header from Berbatov and turned six yards out to lash in the winner.

Teams
CSKA Moscow     Manchester United
35 Igor Akinfeev    1 Edwin van der Sar
4 Sergei Ignashevich    15 Nemanja Vidic
24 Vasili Berezutsky    5 Rio Ferdinand
6 Alexei Berezutsky    20 Fabio
15 Chidi Odiah    2 Gary Neville
25 Elvir Rahimic    22 John O’Shea
2 Deividas Semberas    18 Paul Scholes
10 Alan Dzagoev    8 Anderson
42 Georgy Shennikov    17 Nani
17 Milos Krasic    25 Antonio Valencia
89 Tomas Necid    9 Dimitar Berbatov
Substitutes
22 Yevgeny Aldonin    Michael Owen 7
7 Daniel Carvalho    Michael Carrick 16
50 Anton Grigoriev    Wes Brown 6
11 Pavel Mamayev    Tomasz Kuszczak 29
33 Yevgeny Pomazan    Jonathan Evans 23
26 Sekou Oliseh    Danny Welbeck 19
23 Nika Piliev    Federico Macheda 27
Substitutions
Pavel Mamayev for Georgy Shennikov (62)
Wes Brown for Rio Ferdinand (57)
Nika Piliev for Tomas Necid (73)
Michael Owen for Paul Scholes (70)
Daniel Carvalho for Elvir Rahimic (90)
Michael Carrick for Fabio (88)
Yellow Cards
Dimitar Berbatov (54)

AC Milan Beats Real Madrid in Champions League – Pato Scores Two Goals And Game Winner

Alexandre Pato scored the game winning goal to give AC Milan a 3-2 victory over rich boys Real Madrid at the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain.

An embarrassing fumble by AC Milan’s brazilian goalkeeper, Dida, that lead to a Raul goal gave Real Madrid a half time lead but Pato scored in the 66th minute to give AC Milan its first lead of the game after Andrea Pirlo equalized in the 62  minute for AC Milan.

Real Madrid made the game 2-2 with a goal by Royston Drenthe in the 76th minute.

However, that was not enough to earn Madrid a point as Milan claimed the spoils thanks to Pato`s 88 minute strike.

Madrid were convinced Karim Benzema should have been awarded a penalty in the 14th minute after the France striker went crashing to the ground following a challenge from behind by Gianluca Zambrotta.

The win is a bright spot for AC Milan who is struggling as an above average team in the Serie A this year after selling their best player Kaka and hiring a new coach.

Real Madrid was without key player Christiano Ronaldo but lost the game with recent signing and former AC Milan player Kaka.

* Brazilian striker Pato scores twice

* Raul equals Gerd Mueller’s goalscoring record in Europe

Teams
Real Madrid     AC Milan
1 Iker Casillas    1 Dida
18 Raúl Albiol    33 Thiaguinho
3 Pepe    13 Alessandro Nesta
22 Xabi Alonso    15 Gianluca Zambrotta
12 Marcelo    44 Massimo Oddo
4 Sergio Ramos    21 Andrea Pirlo
8 Kaká    23 Massimo Ambrosini
24 Esteban Granero    10 Clarence Seedorf
10 Lassana Diarra    80 Ronaldinho
11 Karim Benzema    9 Filippo Inzaghi
7 Raúl    7 Pato
Substitutes
13 Jerzy Dudek    Marek Jankulovski 18
23 Rafael Van der Vaart    Flavio Roma 31
6 Mahamadou Diarra    Kakha Kaladze 4
2 Álvaro Arbeloa    Luca Antonini 77
19 Ezequiel Garay    Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 11
15 Royston Drenthe    Marco Borriello 22
Mathieu Flamini 16
Substitutions
Royston Drenthe for Esteban Granero (67)
Marco Borriello for Filippo Inzaghi (60)
Mathieu Flamini for Ronaldinho (90)
Yellow Cards
Raúl Albiol (53)
Alessandro Nesta (87)
Raúl (86)
Gianluca Zambrotta (71)
Marcelo (90)