Arjen Robben strikes the opener for Bayern.
In a high-scoring night of Champions League action with 40 goals in total, Bayern Munich put Roma to the sword by scoring five goals in the first half in a 7-1 win, Chelsea eased past NK Maribor 6-0, Shakhtar beat BATE 7-0 and Manchester City were held to a 2-2 draw by CSKA Moscow.
Notably, Shakhtar Donetsk‘s Luiz Adriano became the first player to score four goals in the first half of a Champions League game when he netted in the 7-0 win against Belarusian minnows BATE Borisov.
The Brazilian striker also scored the fastest hat-trick (seven mins) in Champions League history and became the highest scorer in the club’s history with 116 goals as he netted five in the game.
Earlier Manchester City surrendered a two-goal lead as they again stuttered on the Champions League stage, drawing 2-2 amid more controversy at CSKA Moscow.
City looked to have ignited their Group E campaign as they claimed a commanding lead with well-worked goals from Sergio Aguero and James Milner at the Khimki Arena. But CSKA — who officially had no support in a game played behind closed doors but actually appeared to have 200-300 chanting fans — hit back through Seydou Doumbia and a contentious late Bebras Natcho penalty.
Natcho struck after Doumbia appeared to go down theatrically in the box under a challenge from Aleksandar Kolarov. That left City, who had hit the woodwork when leading 2-0, hanging on for a point but the result may still have done significant damage to their hopes of progress.
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