UEFA Champions League Group Stage, Matchday #3: Easy Wins For Red Devils, Gunners, and Bayern; Old Lady Top Galacticos

Group stage play resumed in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.

Group E:

At Villarreal, Spain:

Substitute's Joseba Llorente's second-half hat trick (67', 70', 84', he's seen here celebrating) helped Villarreal double up visiting Aalborg BK 6-3.

At Manchester, England:

Dimitar Berbatov's double (30', 51', he's seen here celebrating his first tally) and Wayne Rooney's 76th minute goal paced Manchester United to a convincing 3-0 home beatdown of Celtic.

GROUP E STANDINGS:

1. Manchester United (GP: 3; GD: +6; PTS: 7)
2. Villarreal (GP: 3; GD: +4; PTS: 7)
3. Celtic (GP: 3; GD: -4; PTS: 1)
4. Aalborg BK (GP: 3; GD: -6; PTS: 1)

Group F:

At Munich, Germany:

Goals from Miroslav Klose (4'), Bastian Schweinsteiger (25'), both of whom pictured here, and ze Roberto (90') powered Bayern Munich to a 3-0 home pasting of Fiorentina.

At Bucharest, Romania:

Doubles apiece from Karim Benzema (33', 71', he's pictured here being congratulated after scoring his first goal) and Fred (69', 90'+2) led Lyon to a come-from-behind 5-3 road victory over Steaua Bucharest.

GROUP F STANDINGS:

1. Bayern Munich (GP: 3; GD: +4; PTS: 7)
2. Lyon (GP: 3; GD: +2; PTS: 5)
3. Fiorentina (GP: 3; GD: -3; PTS: 2)
4. Steaua Bucharest (GP: 3; GD: -3; PTS: 1)

Group G:

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Goals courtesy of Emmanuel Adebayor (10'), Theo Walcott (11', he's pictured here), Abou Diaby (22'), Alexandre Song (49'), and Daniel Ramsey (90' +4) enabled visiting Arsenal to throttle Fenerbahce 5-2.

At Porto, Portugal:

Olexandr Aliyev's goal at 27 minutes was all the scoring as Dynamo Kiev picked up a 1-0 win on the road over FC Porto. Pictured here, we see the Dragons' Cristian Rodriguez tackling Dynamo's Tiberiu Ghioane.

GROUP G STANDINGS:

1. Arsenal (GP: 3; GD: +7; PTS: 7)
2. Dynamo Kiev (GP: 3; GD: +1; PTS: 5)
3. FC Porto (GP: 3; GD: -3; PTS: 3)
4. Fenerbahce (GP: 3; GD: -5; PTS: 1)

Group H:

At Saint Petersburg, Russia:

Fatih Tekke's 80th-minute equalizer (pictured here) enabled Zenit Saint Petersburg to salvage a 1-1 home draw with Belarus' BATE Borisov. Pavel Nekhaychik put the guests on the scoreboard at 52 minutes.

At Turin, Italy:

Juventus, thanks to goals from Alessandro Del Piero (5', he's seen here celebrating) and Amauri (49'), held off visiting Real Madrid 2-1.

GROUP H STANDINGS:

1. Juventus (GP: 3; GD: +2; PTS: 7)
2. Real Madrid (GP: 3; GD: +2; PTS: 6)
3. BATE Borisov (GP: 3; GD: -2; PTS: 2)
4. Zenit Saint Petersburg (GP: 3; GD: -2; PTS: 1)

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