HIGHLIGHTS:THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Here,the gists from the uefa champions league matches played on tueday
20,nov 2012:

Spartak moscow 0 FCB 3

-MESSI and CO. ran riot in russia earlier today,as they put spartak
moscow to the sword in a 3-0 rout of the russian side.A double from
ballon d'or contender,lionel messi[who else?],and another goal from
pedro condemned spartak to a defeat.


BENFICA 2-1 CELTIC

-The BHOYS went down to defeat in portugal in the UCL match with
benfica.OLa john had put the portugese side upfront in the first
half,before an equalizer from geogios samaras header levelled the
scoring.After the break,benfica piled pressured on the scotish
club,and it was rewarded in the 70th minute when ezequiel garay gave
them the lead.
Celtic will now have to wait till the final match day before its
group second place position is guaranteed for them.


Galatasary 1-0 MAN.UTD

-The red devils fielded a young side for the match and it cost them
the 1-0 defeat at the hands of galatasary,loosing their first match in
5games in the UEFA champions league this season,Burak yilmaz 54th min
header was the only difference between both sides,as the match was
quite entertaining and tightly contested.
The win put galatasary's hope of qualifying alive,whilst manchester
united have being through since matchday 4 victory.


Valencia 1-1 Bayern

-Thomas mueller secured a point for the german outfit after feghouli
had put valencia upfront.The draw means that both sides will have to
wait for the last round of matches in their group to decide who the
group leader will be.


CHELSEA 0-3 JUVE

-It wasn't a good night for roberto di matteo men in turin as the
blues succumbed to a 3-nil defeat at the hands of the old
ladies.Quagliarella opened the scoring after turning in pirlo's long
range effort.After the break,juve extended the lead through vidal as
asamoah assisted him in sweeping in the ball past cech after an
awesome ball workout.The european champions were finally put to the
sword as a clean ball from midfield to giovinco enabled a 3-0 bashing
of chelsea when the player nipped in past the on-rushing cech.
The blues are now on the verge of elimination as shaktar also won at
norway in a 5-2 scoreline,putting nordsjaelland to the sword.


Thrilling eve!!!