Champions League roundup: Cristiano Ronaldo helps Juventus past Leverkusen as Joao Felix scores for Atletico
The Portuguese forward scored his 130th goal in European competition in another dramatic night of Champions League football
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Your support makes all the difference.Cristiano Ronaldo added a late goal as Juventus eased to a 3-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen to go top of Group D.
Maurizio Sarri’s side led 2-0 thanks to goals from Gonzalo Higuain and Federico Bernardeschi, before Ronaldo completed the scoring late on.
Elsewhere in Group D, 19-year-old Joao Felix was on the scoresheet as Atletico Madrid left Lokomotiv Moscow with a 2-0 win.
That result leaves the Spanish club level on points with Juventus, and both will expect to qualify comfortably for the knockout stages.
Paris Saint-Germain continued their excellent start to their Champions League campaign, following up a 3-0 victory over Real Madrid with a 1-0 win at Galatasaray.
Summer signing Mauro Icardi scored his first goal for the club, and that was enough to earn a valuable three points.
PSG are now four points clear at the top of Group A after Real Madrid were held to a 2-2 draw in the early kick-off against Club Brugge.
In Group B, Red Star Belgrade scored two late goals to earn a 3-1 win over ten-man Olympiakos. That result takes the Serbian side into second after Bayern thrashed Tottenham.
Manchester City, meanwhile, were comfortable winners against a stubborn Dinamo Zagreb side, making it two wins from two in Group C.
The other game in City’s group saw Shakhtar Donetsk score a dramatic late winner to beat Atalanta at San Siro.
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