Wednesday (28/09/2016) night in the UCL saw Barcelona securing a victory after falling behind while Atletico Madrid clinched a 1-0 home victory over Bayern Munich. Arsenal, PSG, Napoli also claimed victories while Manchester City drew with the hosts Celtic by 3-3.
Barcelona came out as winners against the hosts Borussia Monchengladbach after falling behind in the Group C encounter. The hosts went ahead with the goal of Thorgan Hazard at 34 minutes but Barcelona made a comeback into the match in the second half. With the help of Arda Turan’s goal in 65 minutes, Barcelona equalised the scoreline. 8 minutes later, Gerard Pique scored Barcelona’s winning goal.
In another Group C encounter, Manchester City made a draw against the hosts Celtic by 3-3. Celtic’s Moussa Dembele opened the scoreline at just 3 minutes while Fernandinho put the equalizing goal for City in 11 minute. In the 20 minutes, City’s Raheem Sterling scored an own goal as the hosts took the lead by 2-1. 8 minutes later, Sterling once again netted the ball but this time it was for his team to level the scoreline. In the 2 minutes of the second half, Celtic once again took the lead with Dembele’s another goal. But once again the hosts failed to defend that lead as Nolito scored for the City in 55 minutes and made the scoreline 3-3 which remained till the end of the match.
In the Group D encounter, hosts Atletico Madrid suppressed Bayern Munich with the only goal from Yannick Carrasco in 35 minutes. In another match of the same group, hosts Rostov held to 2-2 draw by the visitors PSV Eindhoven. Dmitriy Poloz scored the both goals for the hosts at 8’ and 37’ which were answered by the visitors with two goals from Davy Propper (14’) and Luuk de Jong (45+2’).
In the Group F matches, hosts Arsenal beat FC Basel by 2-0 while PSG clinched a 3-1 victory over the hosts Ludogorets Razgrad.
With the help of Theo Walcott’s double (7’ and 26’), Arsenal beat FC Basel by 2-0 in their home encounter.
On the other hand, PSG went behind in the 15 minutes when Natanael Pimienta scored for the hosts Ludogorets Razgrad. In the 41 minutes, Blaise Matuidi leveled the scoreline by 1-1. Edinson Cavani (55’ and 60’) scored the next two goals for PSG and secured 3 points for the team.
In the Group B encounters, Napoli beat Benfica by 4-2 while Besiktas and Dynamo Kiev shared a point each after securing a 1-1 draw.
Hosts Napoli opened the scoreline in 20 minutes with the help of Marek Hamsik’s header. Dries Mertens scored the next goal for the hosts in 51 minutes while 3 minutes later Arkadiusz Milik scored another goal for the hosts through a penalty. In 58 minutes, Mertens extended the lead for the hosts to 4-0. Benfica tried to make a comeback into the match with the goals from Goncalo Guedes (70′) and Eduardo Salvio (86′) but failed to take away the match from the hosts.
In the Besiktas vs Dynamo Kiev match, Ricardo Quaresma scored for the hosts Besiktas at 28 minutes while Viktor Tsygankov equalised the scoreline for the visitors Dynamo Kiev in 65 minutes.
Brief Scores:
Group A
Arsenal 2 – 0 FC Basel
Ludogorets Razgrad 1 – 3 PSG
Group B
Napoli 4 – 2 Benfica
Besiktas 1 – 1 Dynamo Kiev
Group C
Borussia Monchengladbach 1 – 2 Barcelona
Celtic 3 – 3 Manchester City
Group D
Atletico Madrid 1 – 0 Bayern Munich
Rostov 2 – 2 PSV Eindhoven
Group Standings after the end of Round 2
Group A
| Position | Team | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | GD | Points |
| 1 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 4 |
| 2 | PSG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | FC Basel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
(Note: GD = goals differences)
Group B
| Position | Team | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | GD | Points |
| 1 | Napoli | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 | Besiktas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kiev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Benfica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
(Note: GD = goals differences)
Group C
| Position | Team | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | GD | Points |
| 1 | Barcelona | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 6 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 4 |
| 3 | Celtic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 1 |
| 4 | Borussia Monchengladbach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
(Note: GD = goals differences)
Group D
| Position | Team | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | GD | Points |
| 1 | Atletico Madrid | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 6 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 3 |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Rostov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
(Note: GD = goals differences)