Apoel Nicosia's fans chant and take photos before their team's Group D match against Atlético Madrid. If the game is as dramatic as the sky at the Vicente Calderon stadium then they would be in for a treat but unfortunately for them it wasn't as the match finished 0-0Photograph: Susana Vera/ReutersAtlético forward Sergio Agüero takes the ball past Apoel's Christos KontisPhotograph: Pierre-philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty ImagesAtlético forward Diego Forlán leaps up and controls the ball ahead of Apoel's Constandinos CharalambidesPhotograph: Pierre-philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images
Charalambides reacts after missing a chance to score Photograph: Susana Vera/ReutersWayne Rooney is scythed down by Tomas Sivok and the Besiktas player is rightly given a yellow card during Manchester United's 1-0 win in IstanbulPhotograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action ImagesYet again Antonio Valencia has the beating of a Besiktas defenderPhotograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action ImagesNani celebrates as Paul Scholes is mobbed by Manchester United team mates after the veteran midfielder headed home the only goal of the game Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action ImagesChelsea's Nicolas Anelka shoots at goalPhotograph: Scott Heavey/Action ImagesPorto's Fucile keeps his eye on the ball Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesChelsea's Frank Lampard and team-mate Michael Essien are outjumped by Porto's Cristian Rodriguez at a rainy Stamford BridgePhotograph: Dylan Martinez/ReutersJohn Terry directs his defence in the rainPhotograph: Phil Cole/Getty ImagesAfter his first shot was saved by the Porto keeper, Nicolas Anelka followed up to clip the ball over the diving defender and into the empty net to score the only goal of the game.Photograph: John Sibley/Action ImagesWhich he celebrated in his trademark mannerPhotograph: Phil Cole/Getty ImagesRonaldo skips over a sliding tackle by FC Zurich's Florian StahelPhotograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty ImagesCristiano Ronaldo celebrates after opening the scoring against FC Zurich in the 27th minute with a trademark free-kick. He scored a second and Madrid's fourth in the 89th minute before Guti scored Real's fifth a minute later to complete the routPhotograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty ImagesJuventus' forward Vincenzo Iaquinta stretches to take the ball away from Bordeaux defender Michael CianiPhotograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty ImagesJuventus' Amauri holds down Bordeaux's Marc Planus in order to win a headerPhotograph: Massimo Pinca/APJuventus' Vincenzo Iaquinta reacts after missing a scoring chance but he finally managed to find the net in the 63rd minute though 12 minutes later Plasil equalised for Bordeaux and the match finished 1-1Photograph: Massimo Pinca/APBrandao of Marseille, left, squares up to Alessandro Nesta of MilanPhotograph: Michael Steele/Getty ImagesAC Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi wheels away in celebration after slotting the ball home from four yards out to open the scoring against against Marseille. After the French team equalised at the start of the second half, Inzaghi was on hand to stab home his second and the winning goal in the 74th minutePhotograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPAMaccabi Haifa keeper Nir Davidovitch punches the ball away from Bayern Munich's Thomas Mueller as Dekel Keinan looks on. Maccabi held on for 64 minutes before Bayern finally scored their first goal and then going onto to win 3-0Photograph: Andreas Gebert/EPAWolfsburg's Grafite, left, kisses his wrist in celebration after scoring the first goal of his hat-trick, much to the disappointment of CSKA Moscow's goalie Igor Akinfeev and Vasili Berezutski. Wolfsburg finished up 3-1 winnersPhotograph: Fabian Bimmer/AP
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