Manchester United Equal Champions League Record: A UEFA Recap

It wasn’t pretty, but the Champions League record-holders who were given a scare at home to AaB Aalborg as did just enough to stretch their unbeaten record in the competition to 19 games.

Danish side Aalborg threatened to pull off a shock result at Old Trafford before reigning champions United came back to draw 2-2 and take top spot in Group E thanks to a second-half goal from Wayne Rooney.

Up at Parkhead, Celtic finally won in the Champions League with a 2-0 win over Villarreal through goals from Shaun Maloney and Aiden McGeady.

In Portugal, Arsenal’s reserves lost 2-0 to Porto via goals from Bruno Alves and Lisandro Lopez. The loss helped Porto win the group and dropped Arsenal to second place.

Claudio Ranieri’s Juventus took top spot in Group H after a draw at home to BATE Borisov even though Real Madrid won against Zenit. In Juande Ramos’ first match in charge, Real Madrid ran out a surprisingly easy 3-0 victory.

In the only game that really mattered, Bayern Munich finished first in Group F with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Lyon. With the loss Lyon, finished second in the group.