The UEFA Champions League matchday two went underway this week, where more massive fixtures were displayed.
The Champions League has completed another batch of fixtures this week, where clubs secured crucial results.
The league phase got underway a few weeks ago. The league phase consists of eight matchdays, where every club must gain enough points to make it either within first to eighth or ninth to 24th. Now, we have already had the second matchday, and with every result being crucial, this makes every game extremely important.
On Tuesday, there were fixtures such as Chelsea taking on Benfica, Galatasaray vs Liverpool, Atletico Madrid and Frankfurt encountering, along with Atalanta’s meeting with Club Brugge.
On Wednesday, fixtures featured included Villarreal taking on Juventus, Qarabag meeting Copenhagen, and there was a big encounter between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.
Out of these games, while there were four draws, the rest saw all sides claim the vital wins. And during these results, there were some surprising outcomes and also, some massive victories.
Let’s take a look at the results from the Champions League and also how the standings now look after the all the games were played out.
The Champions League second matchday results
Atalanta 2-1 Club Brugge
Kairat 0-5 Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid 5-1 Frankfurt
Bodo/Glimt 2-2 Tottenham
Marseille 4-0 Ajax
Chelsea 1-0 Benfica
Inter Milan 3-0 Slavia Praha
Pafos 1-5 Bayern Munich
Galatasaray 1-0 Liverpool
Qarabag 2-0 Copenhagen
Union SG 0-4 Newcastle
Villarreal 2-2 Juventus
Napoli 2-1 Sporting
Arsenal 2-0 Olympiacos
Monaco 2-2 Manchester City
Dortmund 4-1 Athletic Bilbao
Leverkusen 1-1 PSV
Barcelona 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain
The Champions League current standings
1: Bayern Munich 6pts
2: Real Madrid 6pts
3: Paris Saint-Germain 6pts
4: Inter Milan 6pts
5: Arsenal 6pts
6: Qarabag 6pts
7: Dortmund 4pts
8: Manchester City 4pts
9: Tottenham 4pts
10: Atletico Madrid 3pts
11: Newcastle 3pts
12: Marseille 3pts
13: Club Brugge 3pts
14: Sporting 3pts
15: Frankfurt 3pts
16: Barcelona 3pts
17: Liverpool 3pts
18: Chelsea 3pts
19: Napoli 3pts
20: Union SG 3pts
21: Galatasaray 3pts
22: Atalanta 3pts
23: Juventus 2pts
24: Bodo/Glimt 2pts
25: Leverkusen 2pts
26: Villarreal 1pts
27: PSV 1pts
28: Copenhagen 1pts
29: Olympiacos 1pts
30: Monaco 1pts
31: Slavia Praha 1pts
32: Pafos 1pts
33: Benfica 0pts
34: Athletic Bilbao 0pts
35: Ajax 0pts
36: Kairat 0pts
And that is the full outcome from the latest matchday of the Champions League.