UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE :EPL TEAMS DAZZLE AS RONALDO PUSHES RED DEVILS ON TOP OF GROUP F TABLE

By Olopade Sakiru

The English Premier League clubs put up a five-star performance on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the Champions League matches.
It was Manchester City that opened the flood gate of victories for the English clubs in far away Belgium with the walloping of Club Brugge by five goals to one.

While Liverpool followed suit with a slim victory against Atletico Madrid. The keenly contested encounter ended by three goals to two with Mohammed Salah scoring a brace and Naby Keita registering his name on goal scorer’s sheet as well while A. Griezmann also scored a brace for Atletico Madrid but not enough to save his team from home defeat.

The Blues in a killer mood was merciless against the bottom placed, Malmoe at Stamford Bridge. The Thomas Tuchel tutored side , left no one in doubt about their mission to demolish the unlucky Malmo by scoring the 1st goal as early as 9th minute by A. Christensen. At the end of the proceeding, the Blues cruised to a 4—0 victory over Malmo.

At Old Trafford, it was a dramatic come back for Manchester United after trailing by two goals to nill against the visiting Atlanta in the first half.

The Red Devils came into the second half, looking more business like with Marcus Rashford pulling one goal back before Harry Maguire levelled with 15 minutes of normal time remaining.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a stoppage-time winner against Villarreal, in his characteristic manner, pulled his magical wand with a late winner as Manchester United overturned a two-goal deficit against Atlanta to win 3-2 and move top of the Champions League Group F Table.