Wednesday, November 06, 2019

UEFA Champions League, Group C: Atalanta and Citizens Draw In Italy; Late Goals Carry Shakhtar To Road Draw With Dinamo Zagreb

Action from Group C of the UEFA Champions League continued on Wednesday with two games.

At Milan, Italy:

Mario Pasalic squared things in the 49th minute to lift Atalanta to a 1-1 draw with visiting Manchester City.

Raheem Sterling scored for the Citizens in the seventh minute.

Here's City right-back Kyle Walker, forced to play goalkeeper after teammate Claudio Bravo was evicted via a red card.

NurPhoto photo via Getty Images by Giuseppe Maffia

At Zagreb, Croatia:

Alan Patrick (13'), Aluisio Moraes (90'+3, that's him here, celebrating), and Tete (PK-90'+7) each scored once as Shaktar Donetsk scored twice in second-half stoppage time to come back from two goals down and gain a 3-3 road draw with Dinamo Zagreb.

Bruno Petkovic (25'), Luka Ivanusec (83'), and Arijam Ademi (89') each scored once for the hosts.

Getty Images photo via UEFA website

Group C Standings:

1. Manchester City (GP: 4; GD: +9; PTS: 10)
2. Shakhtar Donetsk (GP: 4; GD: -2; PTS: 5)
3. Dinamo Zagreb (GP: 4; GD: +2; PTS: 5)
4. Atalanta (GP: 4; GD: -9; PTS: 1)

NOTE:

In the two games against each other, Shaktar Donetsk scored three road goals, Dinamo Zagreb two.

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