UCL: Both Manchesters Reach Round Of Sixteen After Scoring Spree

It was a prolific day for strikers in the UEFA Champions League as a total of 36 goals were scored in Wednesday's eight games.

Both Manchester United and Manchester City went on a scoring spree against Leverkusen and Viktoria Plzen, winning 5-0 and 4-2, respectively. Both Premier League teams needed a win to advance to the Round of 16 and they delivered greatly.

Manchester United had no trouble at all against a poor side of Leverkusen, despite playing on the road. The Red Devils scored many goals of set pieces in which the German defense seemed to be absolutely sleeping. The German fans can be comforted in knowing that they will play in the Europa League for the rest of the season, as Real Sociedad conceded a major loss against Chaktior Donetsk, 4-0 and is eliminated from the Champions League with only one point in five games.

As for Manchester City, it took a while for Pellegrini players to get rid of a tough Viktoria Plzen side. Both teams were tied 2-2 until the 80th minute and Negredo's goal to give the Citizens a 3-2 lead. Dzeko scored the fourth and final goal for City at the 89th minute.

Manchester City qualifies for the Round of 16 and finishes in second place behind Bayern Munich which defeated CSKA Moscow earlier today, 3-1. Plzen is kicked out of the Champions League and Moscow will join the Europa League.

In the thrilling game of the day, Juventus came through after an intense game against FC Copenhagen, 3-1. Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal struck three times (twice on PK) to give the Bianconnero the win. Copenhagen defender Mellberg scored off a corner kick, but it was not enough to stop Juventus.
Galatasaray, defeated by Real Madrid (4-1), will face Juventus for the final ticket to the next stage.

Finally, PSG scared himself, playing one man down for the entire second half as Verrati got the fifth red card of his career (second with Paris). Ibrahimovic had scored early in the game, but Olympiakos used his numeric superiority to tie the game by Manolas at the 80th minute! However, it is Paris who had the last word as Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani found the net in extra time (91').

Paris qualifies; Olympiakos and Benfica will battle out for the second place as Anderlecht is already out.

Next UEFA Champions League games will be played December 9th and 10th with an interesting Bayern Munich-Manchester City, a decisive Napoli-Arsenal, and an exciting Galatasaray-Juventus!

See you in two weeks!