Zlatan Ibrahimovic poker and more Champions League news

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was definitely the man of the day in the Champions League as he scored four goals against Anderlecht, including a long-range wonder strike and another backheel beauty.

Group A
Manchester United have obviously impoved their performance but only managed to score once courtesy of Martinez’s own goal two minutes into the game. Bayer Leverkusen outclassed the Ukrainian visitors at BayArena to go second in the group. Stefan Kiessling, Sidney Sam and Simon Rolfes were on target.

Manchester United 1-0 Real Sociedad
Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 Shakhtar Donetsk

Group B
Real Madrid beat Juventus after a controversial Giorgio Chiellini sending off. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace early in the first half, Fernando Llorente hit the back of the net for Juve. Galatasaray took their chance to run second and beat Kobenhavn with Felipe Melo, Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba on target.

Real Madrid 2-1 Juventus
Galatasaray 3-1 Kobenhavn

Group C
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was a cornerstone in last night’s rout in Brussels as he scored a poker against Anderlecht in an extremely stylish manner. Oscar Cardozo saved Benfica from home defeat minutes before the end of the match after Alejandro Domínguez opened the scoring in the first half.

Anderlecht 0-5 PSG
Benfica 1-1 Olympiacos

Group D
Perfect Bayern Munich thrashed Viktoria Plzen as Franck Ribery scored twice, David Alaba, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mario Gotze were also on target. Manchester City had a tough night at poor ground outside Moscow but managed to get three points courtesy of Sergio Aguero brace increasing the chance of progression.

CSKA Moscow 1-2 Manchester City
Bayern Munich 5-0 Viktoria Plzen