Big big night in the UEFA Champions League as the last round of games came to town with some interesting results.
Arsenal proved their mettle once again at home with a 3-2 slim win over new comers Kairat Almaty. A win which sees Arsenal becoming the first team in the new UCL format to go 8 games unbeaten with 24 points in the bag on the night and further underlining their dominance in Europe this season based on the form they carried into this season from last season.
Liverpool saw off Qarabag 6-0 in a mammoth win at Anfield Stadium in a pure dominating fashion.
15 time champions Real Madrid suffered a major set back as their hopes of making it to the top 8 took a bad twist at eve hands of SL Benfica who ran out 4-2 winners on the night led my Jose Felix Mourinho who once coached Madrid and Arbeloa himself.
With Real Madrid down by two men as a result of two red cards Ukrainian goalie Anatoliy Trubin added more insult to injury by going in unmarked to produce a diving headed to hang Benfica a 4-2 win for Mourinho and his lads.
In a riveting game at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples,Italy Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenoir proved his tactical class against the good old Antonio Conte by coming away with a 3-2 win against Napoli with Joao Pedro scoring a brace for the Blues who punched hard above their weight to seal the win in swagger fashion.
One shocking result had to do with the Artic Circle boys from Norway in Bødo/Glimt travelling all the way from Norway to seal yet another important victory this time around against Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Wanda Meteropolitano after hammering Manchester City 3-1 last time out at home.
Debutants Pafos from Cyprus closed their UCL campaign with a shocking 4-1 win over Slavia Praha who succumbed to a 4-2 loss to Barcelona at home on night 7.
Last year runners up and 2010 winners Inter Milan redeemed their image with a confident 2-0 win away to Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park in Germany.
A solid comeback for Christian Chivu and his Nerrazuri lads after losing 3-1 to Arsenal at home last week.
Bayern O4 Leberkusen deepened the woes of Villarreal by smashing them for 3 at the Bay Arena. Villareal who last the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2022 have been poor this season in the Champions League.
More actions is expected as the play offs is set to offer us some juicy games.
By: Andrews Addotey
