Viktor GyökeresSporting striker, awarded as man of the match in the match won yesterday by the Portuguese team against Sturm Graz, commented on the 2-0 victory as follows: “I’m used to receiving that type of ball. I arrived first and tried to go directly towards the door to find a good angle to shoot. I think the best thing to do was wait for the goalkeeper to duck, and so I did.”
The forward added: “We have to be satisfied with our start, especially after two away games. It was a positive start, but we know that difficult games await us. We have two in November, but we will prepare and continue to improve in some aspects”.
The updated Champions League standings
1. Aston Villa 9 (goal difference +6)*
2.Monaco 7 (dr +5)*
3. Sporting 7 (dr +4)*
4. Arsenal 7 (dr +3)*
5. Borussia Dortmund 6 (dr +6)*
6. Brest 6 (dr +5)
7. Benfica 6 (dr +5)
8. Bayer Leverkusen 6 (dr +5)
9. Real Madrid 6 (dr +4)*
10. Liverpool 6 (dr +4)
11. Juventus 6 (dr +3)*
12. Manchester City 4 (dr +4)
13. Inter 4 (dr +4)
14. Sparta Prague 4 (dr +3)
15. Atalanta 4 (dr +3)
16. Stuttgart 4 (dr -1)*
17. PSG 4 (dr -1)*
18. Bayern Munich 3 (dr +6)
19. Barcelona 3 (dr +4)
20. Girona 3 (dr 0)*
21. Milan 3 (dr -1)*
22. Lille 3 (dr -1)
23. Celtic 3 (dr -2)
24. Feyenoord 3 (dr -3)
25. Atletico Madrid 3 (dr -3)
26. Brugge 3 (dr -4)*
27. PSV 2 (dr -2)*
28. Bologna 1 (dr -4)*
29. Shakhtar 1 (dr -4)*
30. Dinamo Zagreb 1 (dr -7)
31. Leipzig 0 (dr -2)
32. Sturm Graz 0 (dr -4)*
33. Salzburg 0 (dr -7)
34. Young Boys 0 (dr -8)
35. Red Star 0 (dr -9)*
36. Slovan Bratislava 0 (dr -10)*
*one more game
The program for Tuesday 22 October:
Milan-Brugge 3-1
Monaco-Red Star 5-1
Arsenal-Shakhtar 1-0
Aston Villa-Bologna 2-0
Girona-Slovan Bratislava 2-0
Juventus-Stuttgart 0-1
Paris Saint-Germain-PSV 1-1
Real Madrid-Borussia Dortmund 4-2
Sturm Graz-Sporting 0-2
The program for Wednesday 23 October:
6.45pm Atalanta-Celtic
6.45pm Brest-Bayer Leverkusen
9.00pm Atletico-Madrid-Lille
9.00pm Barcelona-Bayern Munich
9.00pm Benfica-Feyenoord
9.00pm Manchester City-Sparta Prague
9.00pm Leipzig-Liverpool
9.00pm Salzburg-Dinamo Zagreb
9.00pm Young Boys-Inter