Wednesday, October 03, 2012

UEFA Champions League, Group B: Late Goal Lifts Montpellier To Road Draw; Gunners Gun Down Olympiacos

Action in Group B of the UEFA Champions League resumed with two Wednesday matches.

At Gelsenkirchen, Germany:

Schalke's Christian Fuchs and Montpellier's Garry Bocaly (Reuters)

Souleymane Camera's equalizer in the 90th minute, along with Karim Ait-Fana's goal in the 13th minute, lifted Montpellier to a 2-2 road deadlock with Schalke.  Julian Draxler (26') and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (PK-53') scored for the hosts.  Here's Schalke's Christian Fuchs, in the blue jersey, in persuit of Montpellier's Garry Bocaly for the ball.


At London:

Arsenal's Carl Jenkinson against Olympiakos (Reuters)

Gervinho (42'), Lukas Podolski (56'), and Aaron Ramsey (90'+3) provided the scoring as Arsenal defeated visiting Olympiacos 3-1.  That's the Gunners' Carl Jenkinson (in the red jersey) battling against a Legend player.

Reuters photos

GROUP B STANDINGS:

1. Arsenal (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
2. FC Schalke 04 (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
3. Montpellier (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)
4. Olympiacos (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 0)

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