The Champions League returned midweek and Matchday 3 tossed up some interesting matches and even better, some incredible goals. Europe's elite footballers took to Twitter to show either their disappointment or happiness at their team's performance.
Real Madrid's defeat of 10-man Juventus on Wednesday night took them to the top of Group B and Cristiano Ronaldo was a happy man:
What an exciting game at the Bernabéu! Hala Madrid! pic.twitter.com/R2uUpf9o3x — Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) October 23, 2013
Ronaldo's teammate Sergio Ramos was also chuffed with the result however he quietly reminded the Twittesphere that another important game is ahead:
Important victory, 3 points more at CL and time to think on Barça. Looking forward to the classic..!! Come on team!! pic.twitter.com/CGwEsJUJMg — Sergio Ramos (@SergioRamos) October 23, 2013
Javi Martinez showed his happiness at being apart of Bayern Munich's team that defeated Viktoria Plzen on Wednesday:
Great game of all of the team, really happy to be back with the team!! #GoBayern — Javi Martínez (@Javi8martinez) October 23, 2013
It was an amazing night at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night, just not for the home side as Nuri Sahin celebrated Borussia Dortmund's 2-1 victory over Arsenal:
Good Night #bvb#3points#blacknyellow#rosicky#oneofthegreatest#idolpic.twitter.com/qUceJZae8C — Nuri ?ahin (@nurisahin05) October 23, 2013
Arsenal's Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey expressed his disappointment after the loss..
Gutted about the result. After a slow start we played some good football. Focus on the Palace game now and getting back to winning ways — Aaron Ramsey (@aaronramsey) October 22, 2013
Eden Hazard thanked his Twitter followers after scoring his first Champions League goal against FC Schalke on Tuesday:
Happy to score my first UCL goal...thanks everybody... #allezchelseahttp://t.co/FMAIKJSh7C
— Eden hazard (@hazardeden10) October 22, 2013
Manchester City played out a hard fought 2-1 victory over CSKA Moscow in the Russian capital and Pablo Zabaleta showed who was the hero..
Well done big man!!! What a save at the end of the game. #number1pic.twitter.com/ZlMb3nVHJX — Pablo Zabaleta (@pablo_zabaleta) October 23, 2013
Great win on a very difficult pitch. Good performance by the whole team! Time to move on and think about Chelsea next week. Come on City!!! — Álvaro Negredo 9 (@_AlvaroNegredo_) October 23, 2013
Virgil Van Dyk celebrated his man of the match performance as Celtic ran out deserved 2-1 winners over Ajax on Tuesday:
What a great night yesterday, so happy with the 3 points!! and thanks for my first Man of the Match pic.twitter.com/slVEFqTLiZ — Virgil van Dijk (@VirgilvDijk) October 23, 2013
If you've seen Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 3rd goal against Anderlecht on Wednesday then you will know that Hull stars Tom Huddlestone and Sone Aluko are not exaggerating..
And finally Hull stars Tom Huddlestone and Sone Aluko weren't exaggerating about Zlatan Ibrahimovic's third goal against Anderlecht on Wednesday, if you haven't already check it out!
Zlatan , no other words needed — Tom Huddlestone (@Huddz8) October 23, 2013
Zlatan is too much!! 3rd goal was joke! How hard did he hit it — Sone Aluko (@sonealuko) October 23, 2013