Glasgow Rangers provided the result of the night in Champions League Group E, stunning six-time French champions Lyon 3-0 on their own ground.
Goals from McCulloch (23), Cousin (48), and Beasley (53) left Rangers in a strong position to qualify, with six points already in the bag.
The other two British clubs involved tonight both ground out 1-0 wins.
Today's Must Reads
In Group F, Manchester United toiled against Roma, whom they hammered 7-1 last season. It took a super finish from Wayne Rooney to earn United their sixth 1-0 win of the season.
The home victory leaves Manchester United atop Group F with the maximum six points.
Arsenal also top their group with six points after a resolute 1-0 away at Steaua Bucharest, thanks to a late Van Persie strike
2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup winners Sevilla registered their first Champions League win—outside of qualifiers—since 1957, with an entertaining 4-2 victory at home over Slavia Prague.
Barcelona, one of the favourites in the competition, came through with a 2-0 win away at Stuttgart, and sit top of Group E with six points.
Group G's Inter Milan, another of the favourites, bounced back from their opening defeat against Fenerbahce to beat visiting PSV Eindhoven 2-0.
Other results saw CSKA Moscow draw 2-2 at home against Fenerbahce in Group G, while Dynamo Kiev lost 2-1 at home to Sporting in Group F.
comments (6) write a comment »
write a new comment
10 months ago
Thanks for the update Johnny...Oh and I'm so proud of my boys. Well done Glasgow Rangers!!!
10 months ago
Aye, stunning result Andrew, you must be over the moon.
If - and its a big if against the holders - Celtic win tonight then Scottish football will be at its highest point i could remember - surely?
10 months ago
J, The flag is actually (I think) a straight-up Rangers flag...or so the folks on wikimedia say. Feel free to change it if you see fit. Glad everything else checks out.
10 months ago
Fair enough, I must admit I've not seen it before, but it looks too good to change unless someone does say its wrong.
10 months ago
Scotland in general has to be elated this year.
10 months ago
Aye it's a proud time and I really hope Celtic pull it off...It will be the best week in 20 years...
write a new comment