Arsenal and Chelsea Score Ten For London, Real Get Two For Madrid

And so to the second night of 2010 Champions League action: Arsenal host Braga, Chelsea go to MSK Zilina. And we've got Italian giants AC Milan, last year's finalists Bayern Munich and Real Madrid—coached by the 2009 winning boss Jose Mourinho.

His former bunch, Inter Milan—now under the tutelage of Rafa Benitez—were held 2-2 by Dutch champions FC Twente last night. There were similar below-par performances from both English clubs too—Manchester United fans suffered a dreadful 0-0 draw against Scottish champs Rangers at Old Trafford and Spurs let slip a 2-0 lead to draw with Werder Bremen at the Weserstadion.

But for the Spanish La Liga, pure joy. Barcelona beat Panathinaikos 5-1 while Valencia, in United's Group C, crushed Turks Bursapor 4-0.

Will Real Madrid do something similar against Ajax Amsterdam, another club with a glorious European tradition? Can AC Milan go one better than their arch-rivals Inter against Auxerre?

Fans of the English Premier League will already be concerned at an apparent decline—both Arsenal and Chelsea will be expected to win comfortably tonight.

English champions Chelsea, who have never won the world's greatest club competition thanks to John Terry's penalty miss against Manchester United in Moscow two seasons ago, are best-equipped to go all the way. But Arsenal are just two points behind them after four Premier League games. Both should win comfortably tonight.

But the biggie? I guess it has to be at the Bernebeu, where Real and Ajax have 13 European Cup between them.

Tonight's games:

AC Milan v Auxerre

Arsenal v Braga

Bayern Munich v Roma

CFR Cluj-Napoca v Basle

Marseille v Spartak Moscow

MSK Zilina v Chelsea

Real Madrid v Ajax

S. Donetsk v Partizan Belgrade