The first round of Match Day 3 fixtures in the Champions League were completed tonight with yet again a number of surprising results.
Manchester United used their comeback powers to great effect as they beat Sporting Braga 3-2 at Old Trafford thanks to a Javier Hernandez double.
Alan had the Portuguese two ahead after 20 minutes before Chicharito made it 2-1 five minutes later before he and Jonny Evans added two in the second half to give the Red Devils a great escape.
Reigning Champions League winners Chelsea were beaten 2-1 by Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk at the Donbass Arena with Alex Teixeira and Fernandinho doing the damage before a late Oscar consolation.
Scottish champions Celtic took it up to Barcelona at the Nou Camp but an extremely late Jordi Alba goal allowed the Catalan giants to record a 2-1 victory after Andres Iniesta cancelled out Giorgios Samaras' 18th minute opener.
Elsewhere, Spartak Moscow beat Benfica 2-1 courtesy of a Jardel own-goal, Juventus were made to work for a 1-1 draw with Danish outfit Nordsjaelland, Roberto Soldado netted a hat-trick as Valencia cruised past BATE Borisov 3-0, Thomas Muller's penalty allowed Bayern Munich to edge Lille 1-0 and CFR Cluj held Galatasaray to a 1-1 draw in a very wet Istanbul.
2012/13 UEFA Champions League scores - Match Day 3
Group E
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR): 2 (Alex Teixeira 3', Fernandinho 52') Chelsea (ENG): 1 (Oscar 88') Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine - 51,435
Nordsjaelland (DEN): 1 (Mikkel Beckmann 50') Juventus (ITA): 1 (Mirko Vucinic 81') Parken Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - 22,404
Group F
BATE Borisov (BLR): 0 Valencia (SPN): 3 (Roberto Soldado (p) 45+1'/55'/69') Stadyen Dynama, Minsk, Belarus - 29,180
Lille (FRA): 0 Bayern Munich (GER): 1 (Thomas Muller (p) 20') Stade Metropole, Lille, France - 45,259
Group G
Spartak Moscow (RUS): 2 (Rafael Carioca 3', Jardel (og) 43') Benfica (POR): 1 (Lima 33') Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia - 30,000
Barcelona (SPN): 2 (Andres Iniesta 45', Jordi Alba 90+4') Celtic (SCO): 1 (Giorgios Samaras 18') Nou Camp, Barcelona, Spain - 77,781
Group H
Manchester United (ENG): 3 (Javier Hernandez 25'/75', Jonny Evans 62') Sporting Braga (POR): 2 (Alan 2'/20') Old Trafford, Manchester, England - 73,195
Galatasaray (TUR): 1 (Burak Yilmaz 77') CFR Cluj-Napoca (ROM): 1 (Dany Nounkeu (og) 19') Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey - 39,013
