2007-08 UEFA Champions League: Matchday #3, Part 1

Tuesday marked the opening day of Matchday #3 in the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League's Group Stage:

GROUP E:

At Stuttgart, Germay:

Goals from Fabio Santos (56') and Karim Benzema (79') powered Olympique Lyonnais to a 2-0 road win over VfB Stuttgart.

At Glasgow, Scotland:

FC Barcelona and homestanding Rangers battled to a 0-0 stalemate.



GROUP F:

At Kiev, Ukraine:

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice (41', PK-68') to help lead Manchester United to a 4-2 road doubling of Dynamo Kiev.

At Rome:

Mirko Vucinic scored the game winner (70') to lift AS Roma past visiting Sporting 2-1.



GROUP G:

At Moscow:

Powered by goals from Hernan Crespo (52') and Walter Samuel (80'), Inter Milan came from behind to defeat hosts CSKA Moscow 2-1.

At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

Visiting--and ten-men--Fenerbahce battled PSV Eindhoven to a 0-0 draw.



GROUP H:

At Seville, Spain:

First-half goals from Frederic Kanoute (5') and Luis Fabiano (17') were enough to lead Sevilla to a 2-1 home win over Steaua Bucharest.

At London:

In a game of textbook football---or soccer, as we Americans call it---Arsenal laid waste to visiting Slavia Prague in a classic case of what we call a good old-fashioned brass-knuckled fistbeating, 7-0. Cesc Fabregas (5', 58') and Theo Walcott (41', 55') each tallied twice for the Gunners.