Group E: Chelsea make it two out of two away to minnows Nordsjaelland. Juan Mata broke the deadlock on 33-minutes to give the visitors a half-time lead. David Luiz doubled their lead 11-minutes before the end with Mata scoring his second three minutes later. Ramires then ended the rout in the final minute to keep Nordsjaelland looking, for what could be a while, for a Champions League point.
A slight surprise of the night was possibly Juventus drawing at home to Shakhtar Donetsk. Alex Teixeira put the Ukrainians ahead on 23-minutes. But their lead lasted for two minutes before Leonardo Bonucci equalised to earn Juventus' second point in two games, Shakhtar have four.
Group F: The shock of the night came from Bulgaria where BATE Borisov made it two wins from two with victory over Bayern Munich. Aleksandr Pavlov opened the scoring with Vitali Radionov scoring his second goal of the competition on 78-minutes. Franck Ribery did pull one back in the first minutes of injury time before Renan Bressan made it 3-1 four minutes later, meaning that the hosts have scored three goals in both games. Bayern remain on three points.
Valencia recovered from their defeat to BATE with victory over Lille in the Mestalla. Jonas was on target twice, firstly seven minutes before half-time and then on 74-minutes. It got worse for Lille when Mathieu Debuchy was sent off four minutes from time. Lille remain without a point after their first two games and now face Bayern twice.
Group G: Celtic make it four points out of six before their two games against Barcelona. Gary Hooper put the Scots ahead against Spartak Moscow in Russia after 12-minutes. Emmanuel Emenike equalised for the hosts four minutes before half-time before then giving them the lead three minutes after the restart. Juan Manuel Insaurralde was then sent off on 63-minutes and Celtic took full advantage. The visitors equalised eight minutes later when Dmitri Kombarov scored an own goal. Georgios Samaras then won the game in injury time to put them in good stead for Barcelona, Spartak somehow remain pointless after leading in both games before losing 3-2.
Barcelona make it two wins from two with a rather comfortable win over Benfica in Portugal. Alexis Sanchez put the visitors ahead after just six minutes. Cesc Fabregas made it 2-0 ten minutes into the second half before Sergio Busquets was sent off in the final minute. Benfica remain with a single point.
Group H: Manchester United also have six points from a possible six with a win in Romania over Cluj. The Romanians did actually take the lead when Pantelis Kapetanos broke the deadlock after 14-minutes. Their lead lasted for only 15-minutes before Robin Van Persie levelled the game with his shoulder just before the half hour mark. The Dutchman then won the game four minutes into the second half with a deft flick from a fantastic Wayne Rooney chipped through ball. Cluj remain on three points.
Galatasaray remain without a point after losing at home to Braga. Loan signing Ruben Micael gave the visitors the lead on 27-minutes. The win was then sealed in second half injury time through Alan, giving Braga their first points of the competition before their two games against United.
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