Chelsea beat Zenit in their UEFA champion’s league opener as Lukaku’s header put the blues in winning ways during the second half of the game.
The Defending champions are set to continue their winning streak as they hope to replicate their form when they face their next opponents.
10-man Man Utd suffered a late loss by Young Boys as Jesse Lingard gave a wrong pass to his opponent just at the dying minutes of the game.
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In a shocking substitution, the coach removed Christiano Ronaldo and Burno Fernandes which was seen as a flawed sub, even as the club was down to 10 men from their red card.
Manchester United have an amazing away record under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Last month’s win at Wolves saw them surpass Arsenal’s record of 27 Premier League away matches unbeaten. So that makes the following stat even more surprising…
United lost seven of their 11 Champions League matches under Solskjaer. That means 13% of the club’s total Champions League defeats have come under the Norwegian (7/54), despite him only being in charge for 4.8% of their matches. [BBC]