Champions League Round-Up MatchDay 2
Dimitar Berbatov’s first two goals for Manchester United helped secure a 3-0 win over AaB Aalborg in Champions League Group E on Tuesday.
The Bulgarian striker pounced twice in the second half after Wayne Rooney had put the holders ahead in the 22nd minute to give United their first win of the campaign.
United were hit by an injury blow to Paul Scholes who is likely to be sidelined for 10 weeks with knee ligament damage.
Villarreal are level at the top of the group with United on four points after a 1-0 win at home to Celtic with a second half goal from midfielder Marcos Senna. Celtic and Aalborg have a point apiece.
Juventus had to come from two goals down in Minsk with BATE holding on for their first-ever Champions League point. Vincenzo Iaquinta scored both Juve goals after the Belarus side went two up in 23 minutes through Sergei Kryvets and Igor Stasevich.
In the other Group H match, Real Madrid kept their 100 percent record intact with a 2-1 win at UEFA Cup holders Zenit St Petersburg, Ruud van Nistelrooy netting the 31st-minute winner.
Real, who went ahead with a fourth-minute own goal by Tomas Hubocan, the second fastest own-goal ever in the Champions League behind Scott Minto’s for Benfica, before Portugal’s Danny equalised, lead the group on six points after two games. Juventus are second with four points, BATE have one and Zenit none.
Arsenal crushed Porto 4-0 in Group G with a double strikes from Robin Van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor. The other group match between Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kiev ended scoreless.
Arsenal have four points from two games, one point more than Porto. Dynamo have two points and Fenerbahce one.
Bayern Munich top Group F despite being held 1-1 at home by Olympique Lyon. The French side took the lead when Bayern’s Martin Demichelis headed into his own net in the 25th minute, but the German champions claimed a crucial point when Ze Roberto headed home after the break.
Bayern have four points with Lyon and Fiorentina, held 0-0 at home by Steaua Bucharest, two points behind. The Romanians have one point.