UEFA Champions League – 31/10/2017 Results!

Yesterday's champions league football results were very surprising and included a huge upset for Chelsea in their clash vs Roma. We also got to see Man United, Chelsea, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and more big names from European football as the battles continue to make it through the group stages of the UEFA Champions League!

Roma Vs Chelsea

The Roma vs Chelsea game was easily the most entertaining game of the day as Chelsea fell apart in the first minute which ultimately lead to a disastrous 3-0 defeat away from home to the Italian club Roma. This loss means Chelsea are now the first club from the English Premier League to be beaten in the Champions League this season!

The problems started just 39 seconds into the first half of the game with Edin Dzeko flicking a long ball from Aleksandar Kolarov’s to the feet of Stephan El Shaarawy who smashed it home from 25 yards. Chelsea's nightmare continued as Alvaro Morata missed a great chance at close range to equalize and then El Shaarawy made it 2-0 in the 36th minute with another goal setup by a long ball, which the Chelsea defense failed to deal with. Perotti sealed the scoreline at 3-0 with a 20 yard goal as the Chelsea defenders could not close him down after a fast run.

Despite the 0-3 scoreline Chelsea had plenty of chances to score and even had more shots than Roma and a similar amount of possession, they just could not get a goal with any of their 6 shots on target and ultimately were let down by their abysmal defending.

Roma vs Chelsea Stats

With today’s result Chelsea are now second Group C of the UEFA Champions League Group C, but as Atlético Madrid only got a draw at FK Qarabag the chances of Chelsea going through are still great, if they get a win at their next fixture vs Qarabag on Wednesday 22nd November they will get a place in the next round!

Manchester United Vs Benfica

Two goals for Manchester United saw them finish 2-0 in a close game which could of easily went either way, but luckily for the Red Devils it was their night as Benfica couldn't find the back of the net thanks to some superb saves from David De Gea. Man Utd's first goal was through an unlucky mistake by the Benfica Goalkeeper Mile Svilar in the 45th minute which could of been easily avoided.

The first Man United goal saw Nemanja Matic’s powerful strike hit the woodwork but bounce back across goal and deflect of the Benfica goalkeeper who had dived to save the goal. The second goal came from a late penalty kick which was converted into a goal by full-back Daley Blind in the 78th minute.

This win for Manchester United was their 4th in a row in the UEFA Champions League group stages. They are now 6 points in front of second place FC Basel and require just one point away from the remaining 2 games to advance to the next stage of the competition!

Man United vs Benfica stats 

Other Champions League Results:

Olympiakos 0 – 0 Barcelona

Celtic 1 – 2 Bayern Munich

Sporting 1 – 1 Juventus

Atlético Madrid 1 – 1 FK Qarabag

PSG 5 – 0 Anderlecht

FC Basel 1 – 2 CSKA Moscow

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Murray wins 4th Queen's Club title

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Andy Murray joined the likes of John McEnroe and Boris Becker as a four-time Queen’s Club champion with an impressive victory over Kevin Anderson. The British number one played superbly to win 6-3 6-4 in just 64 minutes at the Aegon Championships in London.

Murray, the top seed, had earlier finished a rain-delayed semi-final, beating Viktor Troicki 6-3 7-6 (7-4).

“I played better as the week went on and hopefully I can continue that into Wimbledon,” the 28-year-old said.

“I tried to play each point and come up with some great shots. I had to play that way if I wanted to win today.”

The Scot also won the title in 2009, 2011 and 2013, and he will hope to repeat his effort of two years ago when he went on to make it a grass-court double at Wimbledon.

“It’s great preparation obviously, but I think it has only happened six times where someone has won Queen’s and gone on to win Wimbledon,” Murray added.

“There are no guarantees that winning here gives you a Wimbledon title.”

He can head to the All England Club in confident mood after dismantling the big-serving game of 6ft 8in Anderson.

Having resumed his semi-final against Troicki at 11:00 BST with the score at 3-3, the Briton wrapped that match up in a clinical 65 minutes and returned two hours later to face Anderson.

The South African, ranked 17th, had looked impregnable on serve as he made it through the draw but he found Murray’s returns just too testing.

Anderson made 78% of his first serves in the opening set but even that was not enough as Murray broke in game four, a brilliant backhand winner setting up the chance before Anderson netted a volley.

A forehand winner made it 4-1 after just 17 minutes, and a ferociously focused Murray pumped his fist before heading to his chair.

There was simply no let-up as he closed out the first set and proved similarly clinical when his chance arose in the second.

“I need to train well the next five, six days, prepare as well as I can,” said Murray. “It gives me that little bit of confidence going in there.

“It’s been a really good start, but it’s a long way to go before Wimbledon even starts, and then all sorts of things can happen during Slams.”

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Murray wins 4th Queen's Club title

Queen's Club: Murray's semi-final delayed until Sunday

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Andy Murray will have to play twice in one day if he is to win a fourth Queen’s Club title after his semi-final was suspended because of rain. The top seed and Serbia’s Viktor Troicki were tied at 3-3 at the Aegon Championships, with the winner to play South African Kevin Anderson.

Murray and Troicki will resume at 11:00 BST, and the final is scheduled to get under way at 14:25 at the earliest.

The weather forecast suggests a clear day in west London on Sunday.

Murray will hope to pick up where he left off against Troicki, having earned his sixth break point of a dramatic seventh game when the weather intervened.

Troicki was being treated for a shoulder injury at the time following a heavy fall.

The world number 25 had returned to the court and was preparing to try and fend off another break point when the rainfall became too heavy to continue.

Murray, 28, has recent experience of playing twice in a day, having beaten Lukas Rosol and Roberto Bautista Agut on the Munich clay last month.

The delay would appear to favour Anderson, the 6ft 8in world number 17 who has racked up 96 aces and dropped serve just once on his way to the final.

Anderson, 29, beat France’s Gilles Simon 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 in Saturday’s first semi-final and must wait to learn his final opponent.

“Just for me it’s a little strange not knowing who you’re playing still and waiting around, but I can’t really let that affect my preparations,” he said.

“I will sort of treat it like a normal match.”

He added: “It’s going to be a big match. I’m really looking forward to it. It’s a tournament I remember watching at a very young age.

“I didn’t really understand how the tour worked. Everybody knew Queen’s, though, the week before Wimbledon and you had the best players in the world playing it.”

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Queen's Club: Murray's semi-final delayed until Sunday

Murray is planning on sticking with Mauresmo for long-term

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Andy Murray says he plans to stick with his French coach Amelie Mauresmo and her deputy Jonas Bjorkman for the forseeable future.

World number 3 Murray, on the 6th backroom team of his career, is currently working with Bjorkman at Queen’s Club while the heavily pregnant Mauresmo takes a break ahead of Wimbledon.

The 28-year-old Scot endured a painful parting with his previous coach Ivan Lendl last year after a successful period together that brought him Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon and the US Open.

“I hope that my coaching arrangement just now lasts for a long time,” said Murray, who defeated Spain’s Fernando Verdasco on Thursday to move into the Queen’s quarter-finals.

“I think it’s better to have continuity. I don’t want new coaches every year. I’m not that young anymore.

“I don’t want to have new coaches every year or couple of years.”

Murray also thinks highly of Sweden’s Bjorkman, a former Wimbledon semi-finalist who joined his team in April.

“I know him from when we were back when he was playing on the tour, so I know him pretty well,” Murray said.

“So it’s a lot quicker to understand each other’s personalities and stuff than it was maybe with Amelie or with Ivan because I didn’t know either of them at all when I started with them.

“All of these relationships, they always take a bit of time to start, you know, before you start to see the benefits of working together.”

Murray’s burgeoning relationships with Mauresmo and Bjorkman meant he was able to side-step questions about whether he would ever consider working with compatriot and friend Jamie Delgado.

Delgado has helped Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller, who faces Murray in the last eight at Queen’s, turn a career-threatening elbow injury into a rise back into the top 50.

“I think Jamie’s very knowledgeable about the game, he loves tennis, he’s been on the tour himself for a long time and he’s done a very good job with Gilles,” said Murray.

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Murray is planning on sticking with Mauresmo for long-term

Queen's Club: Murray with another win

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Britain’s Andy Murray remains on course for a 4th Queen’s Club title after a hard-fought win over Fernando Verdasco in round 2. The top seed came through 7-5 6-4 against Spain’s world number 42 to reach the quarter-finals of the Aegon Championships.

He goes on to face Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller, who managed to beat defending champion from Bulgaria, Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 7-6 (7-5).

“It was a tricky match,” the Scot told reporters.

“I was happy with the way I moved. It was a little bit better than the first match.”

It was the 28-year-old’s 11th win in 12 matches against Verdasco, stretching back to 2007, and their first meeting on grass since the Scot recovered from two sets down to win their Wimbledon quarter-final two years ago.

The 2013 Wimbledon champion appeared in complete command at Queen’s Club after Verdasco double-faulted twice in his opening service game, with Murray then thumping away a forehand on break point.

Verdasco got the break back in game 7, however, and the 3-time champion was made to toil on a warm afternoon.

A tie-break loomed at 6-5 before Murray was able to take control once again, increasing the pressure and converting his 3rd set point when Verdasco found the net.

The early stages of the 2nd set saw the top seed severely tested on serve, with Verdasco missing a backhand on break point in game one and Murray finding two aces as he recovered from 0-40 in game three.

Verdasco, 31, then snuffed out a fleeting chance for Murray at 2-1 with a forehand down the line and the left-hander held firm until game 10.

Serving to stay in the match, the Spaniard double-faulted twice and saved a match point before, facing a second, he saw two aces ruled out by net cords.

When Verdasco finally made a second serve, Murray attacked with a forehand return and the Spaniard dragged a wayward backhand well over the baseline.

Muller earlier hit 19 aces to knock out Dimitrov, and the Bulgarian sixth seed joined former winner Rafael Nadal and French Open champion Stan Wawrinka as early casualties at Queen’s Club.

“I’ve been coming here for a long time and it was my first time on Centre Court,” the 32-year-old, ranked 48th, told BBC Sport.

“It’s tough to beat that.”

Later on Thursday, Feliciano Lopez plays John Isner before Marin Cilic takes on Viktor Troicki.

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Queen's Club: Murray with another win

Queen's: Murray wins against Yen-Hsun Lu

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Andy Murray made a winning start to his grass-court season with a straight-sets win over qualifier Yen-Hsun Lu at Queen’s Club. The Scot won 6-4 7-5 at the Aegon Championships and will play Spain’s Fernando Verdasco in round two.

Murray, the top seed and a three-time champion, fell behind in both sets but came through in one hour and 19 minutes.

“I’ve had good runs here, I love playing here,” Murray told BBC Sport.

“But it’s an extremely strong field this year, stronger I think than any years previously, so I’m going to have to play good tennis if I want to do well this week.”

On a day when Rafael Nadal made a shock early exit, Murray avoided a similar fate despite some edgy moments against Lu.

The 31-year-old from Chinese Taipei is ranked 63rd but made it through qualifying and can point to a Wimbledon quarter-final appearance on his CV, albeit five years ago, and a win over Murray at the Olympics in 2008.

Lu certainly looked at ease on the grass as he broke serve in game five with a running forehand pass, jolting Murray to life.

The Scot, 28, broke straight back and appeared to have the match under control when a Lu error gave him the set.

There were signs of rustiness, however, when Murray let a 40-0 lead slip at the start of the second and Lu consolidated for a 2-0 lead.

With Swede Jonas Bjorkman – on coaching duties this week – watching from courtside, Murray hauled himself level again at 2-2 with a forehand into the corner.

With serve then holding sway, a tie-break loomed and the possibility of a third set, but Murray averted that danger at 6-5 by taking his first match point with a forehand lob.

“I felt like I moved pretty well,” Murray added. “I didn’t start the match off serving so well but I got that rhythm more in the second set.

“I felt like I hit the ball well from the back of the court but could have served a bit better today.”

Interestingly, Chelsea football manager Jose Mourinho was at Queen’s Club.

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Queen's: Murray wins against Yen-Hsun Lu

Queen's: Rafael Nadal out

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Rafael Nadal made an early exit at Queen’s Club with a three-set defeat by unseeded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov. The Spanish 5th seed led by a break in the final set but went down 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 in round one of the Aegon Championships.

Nadal, 29, had arrived in London following victory at the Stuttgart grass-court event on Sunday.

French Open champion Stan Wawrinka and title holder Grigor Dimitrov both progressed.

Wawrinka began his grass-court season with a 6-3 6-4 win over Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, and Dimitrov completed a 4-6 6-3 6-4 victory over Sam Querrey.

Britain’s Andy Murray beat Taiwanese qualifier Yen-Hsun Lu, before US Open champion and fourth seed Marin Cilic beat Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 6-2.

Nadal made a slow start against Dolgopolov, dropping serve immediately and almost falling a double break behind.

Dolgopolov served out the first set with little fuss, keeping Nadal at bay with his unorthodox mix of pace and spin, and had his first chance to win the match at 6-5 in the tie-break in the second set.

A swinging serve saved Nadal and the 2008 champion seemingly made the decisive move early in the third, converting his first break point after one hour and 42 minutes.

However, a time violation followed for the Spaniard and Dolgopolov got back on level terms at 4-4, fending off three break points before grabbing his second match point with a forehand winner.

“I was fighting in every point,” Nadal said. “I was with the right concentration, with the right motivation, not giving up when I had tough moments.

“I’m not happy I lost a match that I had a chance to win, but that’s it. That’s tennis on grass.”

Nadal made a slow start against Dolgopolov, dropping serve immediately and almost falling a double break behind.

Dolgopolov served out the first set with little fuss, keeping Nadal at bay with his unorthodox mix of pace and spin, and had his first chance to win the match at 6-5 in the tie-break in the second set.

A swinging serve saved Nadal and the 2008 champion seemingly made the decisive move early in the third, converting his first break point after one hour and 42 minutes.

However, a time violation followed for the Spaniard and Dolgopolov got back on level terms at 4-4, fending off three break points before grabbing his second match point with a forehand winner.

“I was fighting in every point,” Nadal said. “I was with the right concentration, with the right motivation, not giving up when I had tough moments.

“I’m not happy I lost a match that I had a chance to win, but that’s it. That’s tennis on grass.”

“I was very positive and woke up in a good spirit,” said the sixth seed.

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Queen's: Rafael Nadal out