Yesterday saw the other four Champions League groups partake in their second round of games, which contained just as much entertainment as Tuesday did:
Group A: This group saw a hat ful of goals and a great start to European life at White Hart Lane as Tottenham beat FC Twente 4-1. Rafael Van Der Vaart had a particularly eventful night as he first missed a penalty, then scored the opener two minutes into the second half and then got himself sent off after 61 minutes. Roman Pavlyuchenko doubled the lead three minutes later from the penalty spot before substitute Nacer Chadli pulled one back six minutes after that. Pavlyuchenko then got his second after 64 minutes, again from the penalty spot. Gareth Bale rounded off the night with Tottenham's fourth five minutes from time. This leaves Harry Redknapp's side on four points from two games with Twente only on one point.
An Eto'o hat-trick helped Inter Milan see off Werder Bremen 4-0; he scored his first two within six minutes of each other after 21 and 27 minutes. Wesley Sneijder added a third after 34 minutes before Eto'o rounded off his first ever Inter hat-trick with nine minutes remaining. This also puts Inter on four points and Bremen on just one.
Group B: Israel witnessed two penalties of there own as Hapoel Tel-Aviv lost 3-1 to Lyon; Michel Bastos scored the opener after just seven minutes for the French side from the spot. He then doubled Lyon's advantage after 36 minutes. Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama pulled one back for Hapoel from their penalty but substitute Miralem Pjanic put the game beyond all doubt in stoppage time. This gives Lyon six points out of six whereas Tel-Aviv are still searching for their first.
Former PSV Eindhoven teammates gave Shalke a 2-0 victory over Benfica; Jefferson Farfan opened the scoring after 73 minutes, Huntelaar then doubled Shalke's lead with only fives minutes to go. This result leaves both teams on three points from two games.
Group C: Manchester United escaped from the Mestalla, somehow, with all three points. Neither goalkeeper was especially busy but Valencia created all but a few of the chances in the game. Substitutes Macheda and Javier Hernandez combined to give the Mexican his first European goal and the win to United with five minutes left. United are now joint top of the group with four points and Valencia are currently on three.
Rangers also nicked a 1-0 win at home to Bursaspor; Steven Naismith settled the score after just 18 minutes as Ranger continued their defensive set-up. It leaves the Scottish side joint top with Manchester United but Bursaspor are yet to gain a point in the debut season in the Champions League.
Group D: The shock result of the night came from the early game in Russia as Rubin Kazan managed a 1-1 draw against Barcelona. Again two penalties were awarded in the game and both were converted; first Rubin took the lead on the half hour mark thanks to Christian Noboa, then David Villa equalised on the hour mark from the same twelve yard marker. Barca now are on four points whereas Rubin have gained their first point.
This leaves FC Copenhagen top of group D after beating Panathinaikos 2-0 to give themselves six points out of six. Dame Ndoye scored his second goal in as many European games after 28 minutes. Martin Vingaard doubled their lead nine minutes later before Gilberto Silva received a second yellow card four minutes into the second half. This now leaves Panathinaikos without a point after two games.
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