Most interesting result of all. Arsenal lost to CSKA, with Daniel Carvalho scoring the only goal.
Here's a summary of the games, from FIFA.com:
Tonight it's Barcelona up against Chelsea. Nobody can miss this one!Group E: Lyon and Real Madrid each managed comfortable away wins and look odds on to make it through to the next stage. The five-time French champions never looked in any danger in Kiev, where home team Dynamo fell to their third consecutive defeat (0-3). Brazilian international Juninho opened the scoring with a free-kick from out wide, before Swedish midfielder Kim Kallstrom waltzed his way through the porous Ukrainian defence (which has now leaked 12 goals in three matches) to double the advantage before half-time. A bullet of a header from Florent Malouda just after the break was the icing on the cake in Lyon's second away win of the campaign.
Scottish eyes are smiling
Real put their 1-0 defeat to Getafe in La Liga last Sunday behind them with a convincing 4-1 win away to Steaua Bucharest, who have let in seven goals in their two home games so far. Raul notched his third of the season in this competition, proving that he is getting back to something like his best form. Sergio Ramos, Robinho and Ruud van Nistelrooij were also among the goals.
Manchester United also made it three from three, thrashing UEFA Champions League debutants FC Copenhagen 3-0. The Premier League's current pace-setters strolled to victory thanks to goals from Paul Scholes, John O'Shea and England international Kieran Richardson, a mere seven minutes after he had come on as a substitute. Celtic made it a British one-two atop Group F, beating Benfica - their closest rivals for the second qualifying spot - 3-0. Scotland striker Kenny Miller was again the man of the moment, bagging a brace. Benfica now find themselves five points adrift of their Glasgow rivals, and the men from Lisbon still have to travel to Old Trafford.
Kaka was the hero for Milan on Tuesday night.
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JOHN THYS
CSKA back in the hunt
In Group G, last year's runners-up Arsenal slipped to their first defeat in two months, going down 1-0 in Moscow to a CSKA team that is proving to be deadly on the counter attack. The Brazilian tandem of Daniel Carvalho and Vagner Love caused the Gunners all sorts of problems at the back, and Carvalho it was who scored the game's only goal from a free-kick from the edge of the area. The Russians now find themselves on top of Group G, a point clear of Arsenal. Porto are also still in with a shout after inflicting a 4-1 hiding on Hamburg, thanks to goals from Lisandro Lopez (2), Lucho Gonzalez (penalty) and Helder Postiga. The North German outfit slipped to their third consecutive defeat (admittedly having played away from home twice), and will be looking to emulate Newcastle, who are the only team to date to have qualified for the second round after such a catastrophic opening to the group stage.
Finally, in what had previously been a very open Group H, AC Milan found themselves down to ten men after Bonera was red-carded but nevertheless took home three very welcome points from their trip to Brussels thanks to a superb strike from Brazil's Kaka. Milan have two home games still to come and are now very much favourites to qualify. In the hunt for second spot, Lille broke their run of draws to record a gritty 3-1 win over AEK Athens in a match which saw no less than nine bookings. Mathieu Robail and Swiss international Daniel Gygax each got on the end of pin-point crosses from Kader Keita, while Cameroon midfielder Jean II Makoun's last-minute goal made sure of the three points that see the French team up to second place.
Since their 1-1 draw in Bremen, Barça have lost Samuel Eto'o to a long-term knee injury and former Chelsea forward Eidur Gudjohnsen looks certain to win a starting place on his return to Stamford Bridge.
I think that this will be tonight's starting teams
Chelsea: Hilário; Paulo Ferreira, John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Ashley Cole; Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard, Arjen Robben; Andriy Shevchenko, Didier Drogba.
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés; Gianluca Zambrotta, Carles Puyol, Rafael Márquez, Giovanni van Bronckhorst; Xavi Hernández, Edmílson, Deco; Lionel Messi, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Ronaldinho.
EDIT: It should be UEFA - Kronos
Liverpool also beat Bordeaux 1 - 0.
