THE MID-WEEK CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCHES.

Tuesday 16/09/08

Chelsea	4-0 (HT 2-0)	Bordeaux
Lampard 14 J Cole 30 Malouda 82 Anelka 90+3
Bookings: Deco 58

This was routine stuff from Chelsea. They controlled the game from start to finnish and bagged four goals to show it. Frank Lamard got the blues rolling with header after 14 minutes. Joe Cole added a second before half time and Malouda added a third just on 82 minutes. To tub salt in Bordeaux's wounds Anelka finished of a sitter in injury time. However, despite this emphatic win, Scolari was still critical of his team saying how they could of done better, boasting or telling the truth I'll leave it up to you.

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Marseille	1-2 (HT 1-2)	Liverpool
Cana 23		Gerrard 26 Gerrard (pen) 32
Bookings: Zubar 34		Bookings: Skrtel 21 Lucas 47

Liverpool bagged the 3 points today but did not half have to work for it. 23 minutes into the game Cana beat the Liverpool offside trap to put the home side in front. 3 minutes later however, Gerrard, hailed Liverpool's greatest player ever by manager Benitez, stunned the crowd by hitting a 22 yard curler to level things. When Ryan Babel was brought down 8 minutes later Gerrard slotted the penalty home securing his brace and Liverpool's win.

Wednesday 17/09/08

Dynamo Kiev	1-1 (HT 0-0)	Arsenal
Bangoura (pen) 64		Gallas 88
Bookings: Nesmachniy 57 Bangoura 71 Vukojevic 82 Diakhate 89		Bookings: Sagna 63

Well as an Arsenal Fan I am very disappointed with this game, we deserved to win, we dominated from start to finnish but were let down by poor finishing. The first goal came when Sagna was wrongly judged to of fouled in the box and Dynamo Kiev were awarded a penalty. Bangoura stepped up to slot home. We pressed for an equalizer and Gallas saved all Arsenal's blushes when he tapped home from 2 yards.

Man Utd	0-0 (HT 0-0)	Villarreal
Bookings: Tevez 72		Bookings: Franco 35 Ibagaza 88 Diego Lopez 90+2

A fairly uneventful game at Old Trafford saw both teams take a point from a goalless draw.