Champions League: City share spoils with Celtic in six-goal thriller; Atletico down Bayern 1-0

Twenty-eight goals were scored on a frenetic night filled with goalmouth action in the second round of fixtures on Matchday two of the Champions League group stage.

The game of the night took place at Celtic Park as the Scottish champions, still smarting from a seven goal hammering at Camp Nou a week earlier grabbed the lead three times, only for Pep Guardiola's Manchester City to hit back thrice and grab a draw in a pulsating encounter.

The heavyweight clash of the night, featuring Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid ended 1-0 to the Spanish team as Carlo Ancelotti lost his first game in charge of the German giants at the Vicente Calderon.

Different manager, same result for Bayern

Atletico Madrid notched up a well-deserved win against German giants Bayern Munch at the Vicente Calderon as Belgian Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco got the only goal of the game. Just like Saul Niguez last year, the Belgian forward scored a fabulous goal to take the lead after being put through on goal by talisman Antoine Griezmann.

Bayern Munich were running into an well-oiled Atletico defensive wall whenever they decided to break, and had nothing to show despite hogging the ball for large spells in the game. Munich made a late comeback and Robert Lewandowski had a glorious opportunity to equalise from Xabi Alonso cross; the Pole headed the ball over.

Fernando Torres missed an excellent opportunity to double the lead in the first half and last year's finalists had another chance, this time from the penalty spot, six minutes from time. Griezmann's woeful luck from 12 yards out continued as the ball struck the bar.

Moussa Dembélé announces himself on the big stage

Following the 7-0 shellacking suffered at the hands of the Blaugrana last week, Celtic and coach Brendan Rodgers would not have relished the prospect of facing ex-Barca coach Guardiola and his well-drilled City machine at home.

Highly rated 20-year old forward Moussa Dembélé was the star on the night opening the scoring on three minutes when he deflected Erik Sviatchenko's headed shot past Claudio Bravo to give Celtic a shock lead. Fernandinho controlled Aleksandar Kolarov's cross to shoot past Craig Gordon and level things up on the night.

Raheem Sterling then deflected Kieran Tierney's cross past his own keeper but would gain revenge later as he latched onto David Silva's through ball, turning Tierney before firing home.

Shortly after the interval Dembélé, put Celtic back in the ascendancy after an acrobatic bicycle kick, taking his season's tally to 12. However, Nolito ensured another short-lived lead, converting the rebound after Gordon denied Sergio Agüero.

Scrappy Barcelona prevail through goalkeeping howler

Borussia Monchengladbach had a glorious opportunity to upset 5-time Champions League winners, Barcelona, but saw the chance go begging as they conceded two sloppy goals deep into the second half. Thorgan Hazard scored in the 34th minute to put the home side, Monchengladbach, in the lead.

Much like Bayern Munich's struggles in Madrid elsewhere, Barcelona were running into a well-organised midfield and defense. Without Lionel Messi, the task became harder and Luis Suarez and Neymar were not their influential selves. Arda Turan thumped in a cracking volley to level scores but it is the winner that will see Monchengladbach kicking themselves. Off a corner, Yan Sommer spilled a weak shot and Gerard Pique stabbed the ball home.

With this win, Barcelona have two wins out of two as City, who slipped at Celtic, could be left to rue the two dropped points in the race to finish as group winners.

Theo cuts Basel open like Swiss cheese

A Theo Walcott-inspired Arsenal scored two goals against Basel within the first half-hour as the Gunners remained unbeaten in all competitions since their opening day defeat against Liverpool.

There was never any danger of another result as Walcott opened the scoring after a cross from Alexis Sanchez on the left found him in the box with acres of space. Then, it was Sanchez through the middle who set up the Englishman again as Walcott ran onto the through ball to finish expertly.

Arsenal, who drew their first game against PSG, are level with the French champions at the top of the group with four points each.

Napoli's goal glut halved by late Benfica comeback

Napoli scored four and could have had more before Portugal stalwarts, Benfica got two late goals finish with a respectable scoreline. Benfica looked threatening in the early stages and could have got into the lead. Pepe Reina stopped a sweeping move from the away side; Kostas Mirtoglu's shot was shot straight to the 'keeper after Alex Grimaldo set him up.

Dries Mertens then brilliantly curled a free-kick to the top corner to double the lead. Arek Millik safely struck home a penalty, and set up another minutes later as Mertens got his second goal. Goncalo Guedes got one back from Benfica from a tight angle, thumping it home with his instep. The lax Napoli defence conceded another as Eduardo Salvio broke through on the left and slotted it home. On another day, both teams could have scored more goals.

The Results

• Napoli 4 (Marek Hamsik, Dries Mertens x 2, Arek Millik) beat Benfica 2 (Goncalo Guedes, Eduardo Salvio)
• Arsenal 2 (Theo Walcott x 2) beat FC Basel 0
• Borussia Monchengladbach 1 (Thorgan Hazard) beat Barcelona 2 (Arda Turan, Gerard Pique)
• Atletico Madrid 1 (Yannick Carrasco) beat Bayern Munich 0 
• Besiktas 1 (Ricardo Quaresma) draw with Dynamo Kyiv 1 (Viktor Tsyhankov)
• Celtic 3 (Moussa Dembélé x 2, Raheem Sterling own goal) draw with Manchester City 3 (Fernandinho, Raheem Sterling, Nolito)
• Ludogorets 1 (Pimienta Natanel) lose to Paris Saint Germain 3 (Blaise Matuidi, Edinson Cavani x 2)
• FC Rostov 2 (Dimitri Poloz x 2) draw with PSV Eindhoven 2 (Davy Propper, Luuk de Jong)