UEFA Champion League match Day 6 (Day 1) Highlights

Match Day 6 (Day 1) Highlights

Group E

Liverpool defeated Salzburg 2-1 and Napoli won Genk 4-0.

A 57min header from Naby Keita and a 58min strike from Mohammed Salah gave Liverpool a comfortable win against Salzburg. Liverpool dominated the game having a total of 12 shots and 7 on target, the win automatically top the group and Napoli second with their comfortable win.

3 goals in the first half and 1 in the second half put Napoli in the round of 16 ties.

Milik scored 3 goals making him a match ball winner with all his goals coming from the first 45min of the game including a penalty in the 38min, the fourth goal was also a spot kick taken by Mertens in the 75min.

Group F

Dortmund won Slavia Prague 2-1, while Inter lost at home to Barcelona.

A brilliant display of football by Antonio Conte side but they were unable to defeat a Barcelona side without key man Messi. Carles Perez scored the opener in the 23 min but Lukaku leveled the scores before half time and substitute Fati gave Barcelona the winner.

Dortmund needed a win to get to the stage of the competition which they did with a 2-1 win to Slavia. Goals from J. Sancho and Brandt gave them a comfortable win; Slavia put one to make half the deficit but were unable to get an equalizer.

Barcelona and Dortmund are in the round of 16.  

Group G

Zenith St. Petersburg suffered a 3-0 defeat to Benfica while Lyon was held to a 2-2 draw at home to RasenBallsport Leipzig.

Despite a 2-2 draw between Lyon and Leipzig both teams are in for the round of 16. Leipzig top the group with 11 points and Lyon second with 8 point leaving Benfica and Zenith in 7 point respectively out of the competition.

Group H

Chelsea defeated Lillle by 2 goals to 1 and Valencia won Ajax away from home 1-0.

Frist half goals from Tammy Abraham and skipper Ceset Azpilicueta in the first half was enough to secure a win against Lille. Frank Lampard made a quick call up for A. Rudiger who is just recovering from injury to feature in the game the blues seems to be struggling defensively but the German was up to the task.

Ajax suffered a shocking 1-0 defeat to Valencia which automatically puts them in third position at the end of the group fixtures, making Valencia and Chelsea the teams in group H to progress to the next round.