Paulinho and Lionel Messi celebrate
Paulinho and Lionel Messi celebrate

Champions League round-up: Lionel Messi makes his mark


A review and updated odds from Wednesday's action in the Champions League.

Champions League results

Benfica 0-1 Manchester United
Chelsea 3-3 Roma
Bayern Munich 3-0 Celtic
Qarabag 0-0 Atletico Madrid
Barcelona 3-1 Olympiakos
CSKA Moscow 0-2 Basel
Juventus 2-1 Sporting Lisbon
Anderlecht 0-4 Paris Saint-Germain

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Lionel Messi scored his 100th goal in Europe as 10-man Barcelona maintained a winning start to their Champions League campaign with a 3-1 victory over Olympiacos.

Leading through Dimitris Nikolaou's 18th-minute own goal, Barcelona suffered a setback when defender Gerard Pique, who had earlier been booked for pulling back Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, received a second yellow card. That was shown to him for handling as he attempted to turn Gerard Deulofeu's cross home.

However, Messi's fine 61st-minute free-kick and a third goal from Lucas Digne eased the home side well clear. Nikolaou's late header provided little consolation as victory left the Catalan side clear at the top of Group D with three wins from three.

A late winner from Mario Mandzukic kept Juventus hot on Barcelona's heels as they came from behind to see off Sporting Lisbon 2-1.

Sporting went ahead through Alex Sandro's 12th-minute own goal, but Miralem Pjanic equalised in the first half to set the stage for Mandzukic to win it six minutes from time.

Barcelona are odds-on at 1/12 with Sky Bet to finish at the top of their group.

There was drama too in Group C, where Chelsea needed an Eden Hazard headed equaliser to claim a 3-3 draw with Roma at Stamford Bridge.

Antonio Conte's men raced into a 2-0 lead with 37 minutes gone, with David Luiz's early effort and Hazard's first goal of the season seemingly putting them in the driving seat.

However, Aleksandar Kolarov pulled one back before the break and Edin Dzeko struck twice inside six second-half minutes to leave the Blues needing Hazard's 75th-minute contribution.

Eden Hazard celebrates
Eden Hazard celebrates

Atletico Madrid, however, are in danger of being cut adrift after a 0-0 draw at 10-man Qarabag left them with only two points from their first three fixtures.

Qarabag, who had striker Dino Ndlovu sent off with 15 minutes remaining, managed to hold out to collect a first ever Champions League point.

Chelsea are odds-on at 1/4 with Sky Bet to finish at the top of Group C. Roma can be backed at 4/1 to end up at the summit.

Chelsea are 9/1 for a surprise elimination in the group stage.

Kylian Mbappe struck early as Paris St Germain maintained their 100 per cent record in Group B with a resounding 4-0 victory at Anderlecht.

Mbappe needed just three minutes to get his name on the scoresheet and Edinson Cavani added a second before the break.

Neymar's free-kick ended any hopes of a fightback with 24 minutes still to play and substitute Angel Di Maria chipped a fourth at the death to leave the Belgians still without a point or a goal.

Two goals inside the opening 29 minutes ensured Bayern Munich collected a second victory of the campaign as Celtic lost in Germany.

Thomas Muller and Joshua Kimmich put the home side in complete control and Mats Hummels 51st-minute header allowed Bayern to cruise to the finishing line as 3-0 winners.

Bayern are a Sky Bet Price Boost at 15/2 to win the Champions League!

Celebrations for Bayern Munich
Celebrations for Bayern Munich

Celtic are now odds-on at 1/16 with the online bookmaker to go out in the group stage.

Eighteen-year-old Mile Svilar suffered a nightmare evening as the Benfica youngster became the youngster goalkeeper to start in the competition. The teenager could only carry Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford's speculative 64th-minute free-kick into his own net to hand the visitors a 1-0 win.

Sporting Life's RequestABet selection with Sky Bet was a 9/1 winner as Manchester United won to nil, Rashford netted and under 2.5 goals were scored!

Goals from Taulant Xhaka and Dimitri Oberlin secured an impressive 2-0 victory for United's Group A rivals Basel at CSKA Moscow.

Xhaka's 29th-minute strike set them on their way and although both Aleksandr Golovin and Mario Fernandes came close to snatching a point for the Russian side after the break, substitute Oberlin's late second finally secured victory for Basel.

Manchester United are odds-on at 1/66 with Sky Bet to top Group A. That's ahead of Basel at 9/1.

United can be backed at 15/8 to win all of their Group A matches.

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