Mourinho praises Juventus’ Chiellini and Bonucci after helping dominant Italian team to victory at Old Trafford
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Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci earned praise from the Red Devils boss after helping the dominant Bianconeri to victory at Old Trafford during Tuesday’s Champions League match programme. Bayern Munich beat AEK Athens while Ajax beat Benfica. Real Madrid won against Viktoria Plzen while Roma beat CSKA Moscow 3 -0, in an evening marred by the collapse of the escalator at Rome’s Repubblica metro stop.
AEK Athens 0-2 Bayern München
Bayern condemned AEK to a third straight defeat thanks to two goals in three second-half minutes from Javi Martínez and Robert Lewandowski.
Ajax 1-0 Benfica
Noussair Mazraoui struck two minutes into added time to ensure that Ajax remain level on points with Bayern at the top of the section.
Shakhtar 0-3 Manchester City Kevin De Bruyne made his return for City, but it was David Silva, Aymeric Laporte and Bernardo Silva who found the net for Josep Guardiola’s charges.
Hoffenheim 3-3 Lyon
Lyon surrendered the lead but then came from behind to go 3-2 up – only for substitute Joelinton to earn the hosts a share of the spoils at the death.
Real Madrid 2-1 Viktoria Plzeň Patrik Hrošovský’s 79th-minute effort led to a nervy finish, but goals from Karim Benzema and Marcelo enabled Madrid to go into this weekend’s Clásico with a victory under their belt.
Roma 3-0 CSKA Moskva
Edin Džeko scored two – making it six goals in his last three appearances – and set up Cengiz Ünder for Roma’s third as the Giallorossi kept pace with Madrid at the summit.
Manchester United 0-1 Juventus
Juventus are the only team with three wins from three after victory at Old Trafford that came courtesy of Paulo Dybala’s close-range finish.
Young Boys 1-1 Valencia
Young Boys got off the mark after Guillaume Hoarau’s penalty cancelled out Michy Batshuayi’s first-half effort. Valencia keeper Neto tipped on to a post late on.
