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The Champions League juggernaut continues to roll along as matchday two provided the usual thrills and spills.

This is what went down.

Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-2 Real Madrid

Scorers: Thuram 33′, 58′; Benzema 87′, Casemiro 93′

Real Madrid had a last gasp Casemiro salvage mission to thank for rescuing them a point in a dramatic affair at Borussia-Park.

After being upset by Shakhtar Donetsk last week, a magnificent finish from Marcus Thuram shortly after the half hour mark in this one had them staring down the barrel again.

And he continued his rise out of his father’s shadow after the break with a calm rebounded finish – punishing compatriot Ferland Mendy’s laziness in playing him onside with a lack of urgency to get out.

But Casemiro saved his side by capitalising twice from deep crosses from the right which the home side’s defence couldn’t deal with on either occasion.

He first did brilliantly to keep the ball alive to set up Karim Benzema for a difficult volley before turning scorer deep into injury-time to ease some of the pressure on Zinedine Zidane.

Liverpool 2-0 Midtjylland

Scorers: Jota 55′, Salah pen 93′

Although a second-string Liverpool side edged past Midtjylland at Anfield thanks to a historic goal, the result came at a big price.

With Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip already out injured, the last thing club needed was another defensive injury, which occurred when stand-in centre-back Fabinho limped off before the break.

However, they did still come out on top thanks to Diogo Jota carving out a special praise in Liverpool history by scoring the club’s 10,000th goal following some intricate build-up play.

Mo Salah added some late extras off the bench by converting an injury time penalty which he won himself.

Marseille 0-3 Manchester City

Scorers: Torres 18′, Gündogan 76′, Sterling 82′

Despite having a ‘depleted’ attack to choose from, Manchester City still ran out comfortable winners against Marseille in France.

A shocking pass in his own penalty area from Valentin Rongier after 18 minutes gifted Ferran Torres the opener and things only worsened from there.

Raheem Sterling came alive in the box late on, with an assist for Ilkay Gündogan and a goal of his own to wrap things up at the Vélodrome.

Atalanta 2-2 Ajax

Scorers: Zapata 54′, 60′; Tadić pen 30, Traoré 38′

Atalanta needed Duvan Zapata’s second half double to save them from a third defeat in four as they came from behind to claim a point against Ajax.

It took half an hour for the opener to arrive in this one (about 28 minutes later than expected given these teams’ reputations) and came via a calm Dusan Tadić penalty.

The second came quickly after it – another goalkeeping disaster from Marco Sportiello allowing Lassina Traoré to squeeze the ball home after it was spilled at his feet.

But this Atalanta outfit are capable of goals at any time and proved it when Zapata fired home a quickfire brace shortly after the second half began to continue their impressive form in this competition.

Atlético Madrid 3-2 Salzburg

Scorers: Llorente 29′, Félix 52′, 84′; Szoboszlai 40′, Berisha 47′

João Félix turned on the style and silenced some of his recent critics by scoring a second half brace to seal a comeback win for Atlético against Salzburg.

Atlético’s Champions League hero Marcus Llorente continued his love affair with the competition to give his side the lead, his low strike squirming in via the aid of some disappointing goalkeeping.

But Salzburg turned the game on its head with goals either side of half-time when main man Dominik Szoboszlai and Mergim Berisha found the net.

The lead didn’t last long as the impressive João Félix, who shone and was denied a glorious acrobatic volley by the crossbar, equalised after a neat team move before popping up with a late winner thanks to a close range volley.

Porto 2-0 Olympiacos

Scorers: Vieira 11′, Oliviera 85′

A lone early goal from youngster Fábio Vieira fired Porto on their to their first win of this season’s competition against Olympiacos.

The visitors only had themselves to blame for it with a poor pass deep in their own territory, allowing the 20-year-old to punish from a clever cutback before Sergio Oliveira’s late header made sure of the win.

Lokomotiv Moscow 1-2 Bayern Munich

Scorers: Miranchuk 70′; Goretzka 13′, Kimmich 79′

Thirteen may be unlucky for some but not for Bayern Munich, who extended their Champions League winning streak to that amount with a nervy win in Moscow.

A wonderful lifted pass from Corentin Tolisso was whipped across goal by Benjamin Pavard and headed in at the near post by Leon Goretzka.

Anton Miranchuk calmly slotted home from a low cross in the closing stages to level and after his side missed several big openings to go in front, they were, naturally, punished.

Joshua Kimmich was given too much time on the edge of the area to time a volley perfectly, finding the corner to spare Bayern’s blushes.

Shakhtar Donetsk 0-0 Inter

Inter triumphed 5-0 in these sides’ Europa League semi-final meeting just over two months ago and enjoyed more domination here, albeit without the goals to go with it.

Nicolò Barella and Romelu Lukaku both hit the woodwork on this occasion but no goal was forthcoming as they picked up their second point from as many games.

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