Wolfsburg 2 PSV Eindhoven 0
Wolfsburg scored twice in 11 minutes through Bas Dost and Max Kruse to beat PSV Eindhoven 2-0 in their Champions League game to go two points clear at the top of Group B with their second home win of the competition.
Dutch striker Dost got his maiden Champions League goal a minute after the restart and in-form Kruse added another with a glancing header in the 57th minute with keeper Diego Benaglio saving a PSV penalty in stoppage time.
The result lifts Wolfsburg, who have also gone 27 home matches in the Bundesliga without defeat, to six points, two ahead of Manchester United and CSKA Moscow, who drew 1-1 in Russia.
PSV have failed to win away against German opposition for 15 consecutive games in a run stretching back to 1977 and are bottom on three points.
“We were clearly the better team and deserved to win,“ Wolfsburg‘s Julian Draxler told reporters. “We have now taken a big step. You have to win your home games and that is what we are doing at the moment. We can now build on these six points.
Atletico Madrid 4 Astana 0
Jackson Martinez scored his first Champions League goal for Atletico Madrid as they swept aside Astana 4-0 in Group C at the Calderon.
A scrappy strike from the edge of the area which took a deflection off defender Denis Dedechko after 29 minutes will boost the confidence of Martinez who has struggled to live up to his €35m transfer fee from Porto.
Saul Niguez opened the scoring with a flick from the edge of the six-yard box after 22 minutes and Oliver Torres delicately chipped the ball over keeper Nenad Eric after 63 minutes.
A Juanfran Torres cross was turned into his own goal by Dedechko to complete the rout a minute from time.
Atletico Madrid have six points from three games in the group while Kazakhstan‘s Astana have one.
Galatasaray 2 Benfica 1
Galatasaray rebounded from conceding an early goal to beat Benfica with two first-half strikes, reviving their Champions League hopes in Group C after a disappointing start to their campaign.
They were shocked in the second minute when Nicolas Gaitan put the visitors ahead after he received the ball in the penalty area, stepped inside Aurelien Chedjou and fired past keeper Fernando Muslera.
But Galatasaray captain Selcuk Inan hit back in the 19th minute, scoring from the penalty spot after Andre Almeida handled in the area.
Lukas Podolski put the momentum firmly with the home side in the 33rd minute when he ran on to a long ball from Chedjou along the right and drove a left-foot shot past keeper Julio Cesar.
The second half started with a flurry of goal efforts with both keepers making saves, Wesley Sneijder firing from long distance against the post and Benfica failing to hit the target after some attacking moves.
But the home side gradually fell back into firm defence and kept the Lisbon visitors at bay.
The result still leaves Galatasaray third on four points behind Benfica on six, level on points with leaders Atletico Madrid who beat Astana 4-0.
Malmo 1 Shaktar Donetsk 0
Markus Rosenberg‘s majestic first-half goal was enough to give Malmo a nervy home victory over Shaktar Donetsk in their Champions League Group A clash at the Swedbank Stadium.
It took until the 17th minute of their third game for Malmo‘s first goal of the group stage to arrive, but when it did the Swedbank Stadium erupted as Rosenberg confidently stabbed home Pa Konate‘s low cross from around the penalty spot.
Jo-Inge Berget almost doubled the home side‘s lead just before halftime but Andriy Pyatov pulled of a wonderful reflex save to push the ball away.
Shaktar captain Darijo Srna conceded a penalty 10 minutes into the second half when he pulled down Jo-Inge Berget, but Nicola Djurdjic missed the spot-kick.
Shaktar, who looked dangerous going forward but had few shots on target, managed to get the ball in the net in the 78th minute but the goal was ruled out for offside.
The win left Shaktar firmly rooted to the bottom of Group A without a point, while Malmo are in third place with three.
Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid are level at the top on seven points after a 0-0 draw in the French capital.
Juventus 0 Borussia Monchengladbach 0
Juventus were held to a frustrating 0-0 home draw with Borussia Moenchengladbach, as the Italians dominated possession and chances but failed to break down the visitors’ steely defence.
The hosts hogged the ball but were unable to find a breakthrough with Paul Pogba and Alvaro Morata both going close, while Mario Mandzukic had a penalty appeal rejected by the referee on 66 minutes.
While Juventus failed to make a mark on the scoresheet, keeper Gianluigi Buffon entered the club’s record books as he broke Alessandro Del Piero’s record for minutes played for the ‘Old Lady’ of Italian football.
Del Piero previously held the record having played 48,867 minutes for the club, but it was surpassed by Buffon in the 73rd minute of an exasperating evening for Juventus.
The draw left Juve in top spot in Group D, having picked up seven points from their opening three matches.
Manchester City, who beat Sevilla 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium, are second on six points, while the Spaniards are third on three and Gladbach remain bottom of the group with one.
