Group A: Kyiv win the battle of Dynamos to get their first points of the campaign. They were at home to Dinamo Zagreb and broke the deadlock after just three minutes courtesy of Oleh Gusev. The points were wrapped up 11-minutes before half-time when Josip Pivaric inadvertently put the ball in his home net, leaving Zagreb searching for their first points this season.
FC Porto are the ones to make it two wins from two in this group after beating PSG in Portugal. James Rodriguez scored the only goal of the game seven minutes from time to take the three points.
Group B: Arsenal had a relatively comfortable win over Olympiacos in the Emirates. Gervinho's fine goalscoring form continued when he opened the scoring three minutes before half-time, his second in the competition. Arsenal were given a fight and the Greek side did manage to equalise in first half injury time through Konstantinos Mitroglu. Lukas Podolski also managed to score his second goal of the competition to give Arsenal the lead again 11-minutes after the restart. The result was finalised when Aaron Ramsey scored their third in injury time. Olympiacos are still without a point from their opening two games.
10-Man Montpellier recovered from their defeat to Arsenal to earn a point away to Schalke in injury time. Karim Ait-Fana managed to give the French side the lead after 13-minutes. Julian Draxler then became the youngest German to score in European competition by equalising on 26-minutes. Montpellier went down to 10-men when Garry Bocaly was sent off, Klaas Jan Huntelaar converted the following penalty to make it 2-1 after 53-minutes, the Dutchman's second goal of the tournament. But the depleted side dug deep and managed to find an equaliser in stoppage time through Souleymane Camara. Schalke move to four points with Montpellier on one.
Group C: Milan came back from their shock draw against Anderlecht to just see of Zenit in Russia. Urby Emanuelson put the visitors ahead after 13-minutes before Stephan El Shaarawy made it 2-0 three minutes later, becoming the youngest player to score for Milan in European competition. Zenit fought back with Hulk scoring his first goal for the Russians in first half injury time and Roman Shirokov levelled the match four minutes into the second half. The winner came on 76-minutes when Tomas Hubocan put the ball in his own net, keeping Zenit without a point from their two games.
Malaga keep up their impressive debut tournament by making it two wins from two. Eliseu gave Malaga the lead against Anderlecht in first half injury time. Joaquin made it 2-0 with a penalty 12-minutes into the second half before Eliseu wrapped it up with his second on 64-minutes. Anderlecht remain on the point the got from the San Siro.
Group D: In a game with so many chances, it was quite hard to see Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund only scoring a goal apiece. It was due to two fantastic goalkeeping performances from Joe Hart and Roman Weidenfeller. It took until 62-minutes before the deadlock was finally broken when Jack Rodwell played a poor pass that was easily intercepted by Marco Reus before he ran on to score. City managed to steal a point in injury time when a penalty was given for handball, the hand was out but the ball was struck from a short distance. Substitute Mario Balotelli stepped up and converted to give City their first point of the competition. Dortmund move to four.
Cristiano Ronaldo moves onto 158 goals in 154 games for Real Madrid following a hat-trick over Ajax in the Amsterdam Arena. Ronaldo opened the scoring three minutes before half-time with Karim Benzema then making it 2-0 three minutes after the restart. Niklas Moisander pulled one back on 56-minutes before the Portuguese made it 3-1 11-minutes from time. Ronaldo then got his third, his fourth in the tournament already, two minutes later to make it two wins in two for the Spaniards. Ajax are still without a point.
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