The Champions League`s two most successful teams resembled a pair of punch-drunk prize-fighters as AC Milan spoiled a big night for Raul by pulling off a surprise 3-2 victory at the Bernabeu.
|Last Updated: Oct 22, 2009, 08:16 AM IST|Source: Bureau
London: The Champions League`s two most successful teams resembled a pair of punch-drunk prize-fighters as AC Milan spoiled a big night for Raul by pulling off a surprise 3-2 victory at the Bernabeu.
While nine-times winners Real and seven-times champions Milan were trading novice mistakes, including the howler that let in Raul to equal Gerd Mueller`s European goalscoring record, the other tournament heavyweights were looking coolly efficient.Manchester United made light of a plastic pitch at the Luzhniki Stadium, the scene of their 2008 final triumph, to make it maximum points from three Group B matches with a 1-0 win over CSKA Moscow, Antonio Valencia swooping late for the only goal.Chelsea extended their perfect record in Group D by swatting aside Atletico Madrid 4-0, Salomon Kalou putting a terrible early miss behind him to score the first two, and Juventus revived their Group A hopes with a 1-0 win over Maccabi Haifa.
Tuesday`s matches had featured a string of last-gasp goals and shock results and there was more of the same in Group C in Madrid, where an AC Milan side struggling in eighth place in Serie A handed Real an embarrassing defeat.
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