{"id":430002,"date":"2017-10-18T22:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T22:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/18\/champions-league-group-stages-wrap-of-round-3\/"},"modified":"2017-10-18T22:00:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T22:00:21","slug":"champions-league-group-stages-wrap-of-round-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/18\/champions-league-group-stages-wrap-of-round-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League Group stages: Wrap of round 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 18 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>kickoff.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-18<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/65215490.295.jpg\" alt=\"Manutdpreview\" title=\"Manutdpreview\" width=\"295\" height=\"213\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Manchester United clinched a 1-0 away win over Benfica<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1508364021_813_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Dino Ndlovu\u2019s Qaraba? claimed a shock point against Atl\u00e9tico despite his sending off, while there were wins for Barcelona, Bayern, PSG and Manchester United in Wednesday\u2019s Champions League action.<\/p>\n<p><b>Qaraba? 0-0 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Qaraba? shocked Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, holding the Spanish giants to a 0-0 stalemate.<\/p>\n<p>Dino Ndlovu was sent off in the 75th minute, but the Azerbaijanis still held on to claim their first point in Group C.<\/p>\n<p><b>Anderlecht 0-4 PSG<\/b><\/p>\n<p>PSG cruised to a 4-0 win over Anderlecht, maintaining their perfect Group B record.<\/p>\n<p>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 scored in the third minute for PSG before Edinson Cavani netted their second on the stroke of half-time. Neymar netted their third in the 66th minute before \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda sealed the rout.<\/p>\n<p><b>Barcelona 3-1 Olympiakos<\/b><\/p>\n<p>10-man Barcelona claimed a comfortable 3-1 win over Olympiakos to claim their third Group D win.<\/p>\n<p>The Blaugrana opened the scoring through a Dimitris Nikolaou own goal, but then saw Gerard Piqu\u00e9 receive a second yellow for a deliberate handball just before half-time.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Catalans continued to dominate after the break as goals from Lionel Messi and Lucas Digne gave them some breathing space.<\/p>\n<p>Although Nikolaou pulled one back late on, the win had long been a certainty for Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bayern Munich 3-0 Celtic<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich claimed a resounding 3-0 win over Celtic to keep the pressure on PSG in Group B.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas M\u00fcller opened the scoring for Bayern before Joshua Kimmich doubled their lead. Mats Hummels then scored in the 51st minute to all but seal the game.<\/p>\n<p><b>Benfica 0-1 Manchester United<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United clinched a 1-0 away win over Benfica.<\/p>\n<p>The teams went into half-time deadlocked at 0-0. However, Marcus Rashford scored the game\u2019s only goal in the 64th minute.<\/p>\n<p>To make matters worse for the Portuguese, Luis\u00e3o was sent off late on.<\/p>\n<p><b>Chelsea 3-3 Roma<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea and Roma played to a draw in a six-goal thriller as the Blues dropped their first Champions League points.<\/p>\n<p>David Luiz opened the scoring for Chelsea early on before Eden Hazard netted in the 37th minute. However, Aleksandar Kolarov pulled one back for Roma three minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>In the 64th minute, Edin D\u017eeko equalised. The former Manchester City striker then put Roma in front six minutes later, but Hazard levelled the scores again in the 75th minute.<\/p>\n<p><b>Juventus 2-1 Sporting CP<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Juventus came back from behind to see off Sporting CP and claim a crucial win.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting took the lead through an Alex Sandro own goal, but it was short-lived as Miralem Pjani? equalised. 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