The first round of group stage fixtures for the 2016/17
UEFA Champions League season were played on
Wednesday night.
overcame Borussia Monchengladbach 4-0 at the Etihad
Stadium.
Sergio Aguero fired home a hat-trick before Kelechi
Iheanacho added a late goal to give Pep Guardiola a perfect
start in Europe with City.
In Group E, Bayer Leverkusen were held to a 2-2 draw by
Russian champions CSKA Moscow despite leading by two
goals after 15 minutes.
Swiss striker Admir Mehmedi gave the Germans a 9th-
minute lead from a seemingly offside position when
controlling a slipped through ball which defected off Hakan
Calhanoglu.
Calhanoglu then doubled Leverkusen's lead with a deflected
effort from the edge of the area six minutes later.
But CSKA respondedthrough Alan Dzagoev with a fine finish
on 36 minutes before pulling level moments later courtesy
of Roman Eremenko .
The other group fixture saw Monaco beat Tottenham
Hotspur 2-1 in front of a massive 85,000 attendance at
Wembley Stadium.
Bernardo Silva and Thomas Lemar had the French visitors
two to the good before Toby Alderweireld pulled one back
for Spurs who were unable to find another goal despite
dominating the second half.
Group F produced a dramatic finish to Real Madrid 's
eventual 2-1 victory over Sporting Lisbon .
Bruno Cesar 's 47th-minute strike had the Portuguese giants
heading for a shock upset at the Santiago Bernabeu before
former Sporting star Cristiano Ronaldo came up with a
stellar free-kick from range prior to Alvaro Morata 's headed
winner deep into injury-time.
In Poland, it was a procession as Borussia Dortmund
hammered Legia Warsaw 6-0 with six different scorers
finding the back of the net, including star striker Pierre-
Emerick Aubameyang and summer returnee Mario Gotze.
Over in Belgium, Leicester City made their mark on the
Champions League by beating Club Brugge 3-0 in their
debut thanks to a double from Riyad Mahrez .
In the other Group G match, Danish champs FC Copenhagen
held Porto 1-1 in Portugal after Andreas Cornelius cancelled
out Otavio's early opener.
And Group H saw Olympique Lyon beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-0
in France while Europa League winners Sevilla held Italian
powerhouse Juventus to a 0-0 draw in Turin.
2016/17 UEFA Champions League - group stage scores
Group C*
*rescheduled from Tuesday
Manchester City (ENG): 4 (Sergio Aguero 9'/(PEN) 28'/77',
Kelechi Iheanacho 90+1')
Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER): 0
Etihad Stadium, Manchester England - 30,270
Group E
Bayer Leverkusen (GER): 2 (Admir Mehmedi 9', Hakan
Calhanoglu 15')
CSKA Moscow (RUS): 2 (Alan Dzagoev 36', Roman
Eremenko 38')
BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany - 23,459
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG): 1 (Toby Alderweireld 45')
Monaco (FRA): 2 ( Bernardo Silva 15', Thomas Lemar 31')
Wembley Stadium, London, England - 85,011
Group F
Real Madrid (ESP): 2 (Cristiano Ronaldo 89', Alvaro Morata
90+4')
Sporting Lisbon (POR): 1 ( Bruno Cesar 47')
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain - 72,179
Legia Warsaw (POL): 0
Borussia Dortmund (GER): 6 (Mario Gotze 7', Sokrates
Papastathopoulos 15', Marc Barbar 17', Raphael Guerreiro
51', Gonzalo Castro 76', Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 87')
Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland - 27,304
Group G
Club Brugge (BEL): 0
Leicester City (ENG): 3 (Marc Albrighton 5, Riyad Mahrer
29'/(PEN) 61')
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium - 20,970
Porto (POR): 1 (Otavio 13')
FC Copenhagen (DEN): 1 (Andreas Cornelius 52', red card:
Jan Gregus 66')
Estadio do Dragao, Porto , Portugal - 34,325
Group H
Olympique Lyon (FRA): 3 (Corentin Tolisso 13', Jordan Ferri
49', Maxwell Cornet 57')
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO): 0
Parc Olympique Lyon nais, Lyon, France - 43,754
Juventus (ITA): 0
Sevilla (ESP): 0
Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy - 33,261
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