Several matches from the TOP category took place on the evening of December 11 as part of the sixth round of the Champions League.
In Dortmund, the local Borussia fought with Barcelona, in London, Arsenal with Monaco, and in Turin, Juventus with Manchester City.
Let's start with Germany. The hosts, Dortmund, were unable to cope with the visiting Catalans.
Two takes
The latter won with a score of 3:2. Interestingly, all five goals were scored in the second half of the game.
Ferran Torres (Barcelona) and Serjo Guirassy (Borussia) each scored a goal.
Rafinha also scored a precise strike for the Blaugrana.
London and Manchester
London's Arsenal inflicted a crushing defeat on French side Monaco at home – 3:0.
The hosts' goals were scored by Bukayo Saka (he scored twice in the 34th and 78th minutes) and Kai Havertz (88).
The streak of bad luck continues for British Manchester City. This time in Turin, Pep Guardiola's men were beaten by Juventus.
The hosts won 2-0, with goals from Dusan Vlahovic (53rd minute) and Weston McKennie (75).
How others played
Among other games of the day, we note the "destruction" of the Swiss "Young Boys" by the German "Stuttgart" - 5:1. The club from Bern suffered its sixth defeat in a row.
Bratislava's Slovan (beaten 3-1 by Madrid's Atletico) and Germany's Leipzig, which lost the day before to Aston Villa (2-3), also suffered six consecutive losses.
Results of other Champions League games on December 11:
– “Lille” – “Storm” – 3:2;
– “Benfica” - “Bologna” – 0:0;
– “Milan” – “Crvena Zvezda” – 2:1;
– Feyenoord - Sparta (Prague) – 4:2.
Tournament table
After six rounds played, the tournament table is headed by Liverpool, who have won all their matches, with 18 out of 18 possible points.
Barcelona climbed into second place with 15 points.
Next, with 13 points, are the British Arsenal and Aston Villa, the French Brest and Lille, Milan's Inter and the German Bayer.
