Real Madrid top Champions League Group C after two more goals from Cristiano Ronaldo helped them to a 3-0 home victory over Marseille.
It took Real almost an hour to break through but they did so emphatically with three goals in six minutes.
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Ronaldo opened the scoring and was awarded a fortunate penalty converted by Kaka before the Portuguese winger got the third to make it nine for the season.
His former club Manchester United are managing alright without him, although the Premier League leaders had to come from behind to beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 at Old Trafford.
Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko headed the lively German champions into the lead 10 minutes into the second half but 35-year-old Ryan Giggs leveled with a deflected free kick.
United, looking inventive around the box after a sluggish start, clinched victory 12 minutes from time with a crisp shot by midfielder Michael Carrick.
“All the praise he’s had over the years ... there’s nothing to add, he’s an absolutely marvellous player,” United manager Alex Ferguson said of evergreen Giggs.
United top Group B with six points. Wolfsburg have three, as do CSKA Moscow after their 2-1 home win over Turks Besiktas.
Chelsea produced a repeat of their first group game as a solitary goal by Nicolas Anelka was enough to win 1-0 at APOEL Nicosia.
The French striker, who scored the only goal against Porto at Stamford Bridge, was on target after 18 minutes, but Chelsea did little else against the Group D outsiders.
Porto bounced back well with a 2-0 home win over Atletico Madrid to leave the fancied Spaniards up against it with just a point after two games.
Bayern Munich missed a chance to take early command of Group A when they wasted a stack of chances in their goalless home draw with Juventus.
The clash could have cost Bayern the services of winger Arjen Robben for a while, according to coach Louis van Gaal.
Robben only arrived at Bayern from Real Madrid last month, but he hobbled off just before the break in match at Munich’s Allianz Arena with an injury to his right knee leaving van Gaal far from optimistic.
“I think it is a serious injury — it doesn’t look good,” van Gaal said.
The draw took Bayern to four points and left Juve on two.
Girondins Bordeaux are also on four after Michael Ciani’s 83rd-minute header was enough to beat Maccabi Haifa 1-0 following an unimpressive display.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP A
P | GD | PTS | ||
1 | Bayern Munich | 2 | 3 | 4 |
2 | Bordeaux | 2 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Juventus | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Maccabi Haifa | 2 | -4 | 0 |
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP B
P | GD | PTS | ||
1 | Man United | 2 | 2 | 6 |
2 | Wolfsburg | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | CSKA Moscow | 2 | -1 | 3 |
4 | Besiktas | 2 | -2 | 0 |
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP C
P | GD | PTS | ||
1 | Real Madrid | 2 | 6 | 6 |
2 | FC Zurich | 2 | -2 | 3 |
3 | AC Milan | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Marseille | 2 | -4 | 0 |
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP D
P | GD | PTS | ||
1 | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | 6 |
2 | FC Porto | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | APOEL Nicosia | 2 | -1 | 1 |
4 | Atletico Madrid | 2 | -2 | 1 |
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