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Aguero tricks to keep City in hunt
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MANCHESTER City’s Sergio Aguero struck a hat-trick in a 3-2 victory against 10-man Bayern Munich on Tuesday to keep alive its hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout phase.
Aguero raced through to slot past Manuel Neuer in the 85th and 91st minutes to snatch a stunning win, the Argentine having given City a 21st minute lead with a penalty after Bayern’s Mehdi Benatia was shown a red card for bringing him down.
Xabi Alonso and Robert Lewandowski had struck within five minutes of each other shortly before halftime to put the visitors in front at the break.
City is level on five points with CSKA Moscow and AS Roma, which earlier drew 1-1, and knows if it wins in Rome and the Russians fail to beat Bayern in the final round of Group E matches it will qualify for the last 16.
“I am very happy it is very important for us. The (group) draw was difficult but we’re happy now because this is a very important result and the next game we have to win,” Aguero said.
Also, Paris Saint-Germain beat Ajax 3-1 thanks to an Edinson Cavani brace and one from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Roma stalwart Francesco Totti extended his mark as oldest scorer in the Champions League by opening the scoring in his side’s 1-1 draw at CSKA.
At 38 years, one month and 29 days, his 43rd minute goal saw him extend the record he previously set in September when scoring in a 1-1 draw at City to break a three-year-old mark set by former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs.
But Vasily Berezutsky’s equalizer 17-seconds from the end of time-added-on kept the Russians in the race for the knockout stages and sets up a thrilling final round of matches.
Chelsea romped to a 5-0 win at Schalke 04 to ensure it will win Group G.
Captain John Terry opened the scoring with a header from a corner before Brazilian Willian finished off a sublime team move with a crisp finish that had even some German fans applauding.
They certainly weren’t doing that on the killer third goal, though, as Jan Kirchhoff headed past his own goalkeeper from a corner despite there not being a Chelsea player in sight. Two goals in two second half minutes from substitutes Didier Drogba and Ramires completed a thoroughly miserable evening for the Germans.
In Group H, Shakhtar Donetsk booked its place in the knockout rounds despite losing 0-1 at home to Athletic Bilbao. That was because Porto cruised to a 3-0 win at BATE Borisov.
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