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The Guardian - UK
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Champions League: Group Stage Week Two

Tuesday3 Champions League: Andriy Shevchenko and Barcelona's Yaya Toure collide
Andriy Shevchenko and Barcelona's Yaya Toure collide at Camp Nou Photograph: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters
Tuesday Champions League: Barcelona's captain Carles Puyol and Kiev's Artem Milevskiy
Barcelona's captain Carles Puyol gets a foot in to deny Artem Milevskiy the ball Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images
Tuesday Champions League: Yevgen Khacheridi hauls down Andres Iniesta
Andrés Iniesta then gets hauled down in a quite unsubtle manner by Yevgen Khacheridi Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP
Tuesday 2 Champion League: Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi celebrate Messi's goal
Lionel Messi is all smiles as he runs over to celebrate his goal with his Zlatan Ibrahimovic after he put Barcelona ahead in the 25th minute Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP
Tuesday3 Champions League: Pedro Rodriguez slots his shot through a crowd of Kiev defenders and scores
Pedro Rodriguez slots his shot through a crowd of Kyiv defenders and into the bottom left-hand corner of the net to score the second in Barcelona's 2-0 victory Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images
Tuesday Champions League: Liverpool's Torres jumps for the ball with Dainelli & Gobbi of Fiorentina
Liverpool's Fernando Torres beats Dario Dainelli to a header as Fiorentina's Massimo Gobbi looks on Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Tuesday 2 Champion League: Stevan Jovetic
Twenty eight minutes into his first ever Champions League start and Stevan Jovetic receives the ball from a slide-rule pass from Zanetti in an inside-left position, the youngster runs through on goal and into the Liverpool penalty area ... Photograph: Fabio Muzzi/AFP/Getty Images
Tuesday 2 Champion League: Liverpool goalkeeper Reina watches as Jovetic gives Fiorentina the lead
... where he cooly slots the ball past Pepe Reina from 17 yards out to give Fiorentina the lead. Nine minutes later Jovetic poached his, and Fiorentina's, second when he steered Vargas' shot-come-cross into the net from six yards Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Tuesday3 Champions League: Rafael Benitez reacts during the match against Fiorentina
Much to the disgust of Rafael Benítez. That expression stayed on the Liverpool manager's face for most of the game as his side put in a woeful performance and were fortunate to only lose 2-0 Photograph: Fabio Muzzi/AFP/Getty Images
Tuesday Champions League: Arsenal's William Gallas jumps for the ball
Arsenal's William Gallas is unchallenged as he jumps for the ball against Olympiakos Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
Tuesday Champions League: Michal Zewlakow slides in and tackles Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin
Michal Zewlakow slides in and knocks the ball out for a throw as Andrey Arshavin attempts a charge down the left wing Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
Tuesday3 Champions League: William Gallas of Arsenal has his shot blocked by Antonis Nikopolidis
William Gallas has his shot blocked by Olympiakos keeper Antonis Nikopolidis Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
Tuesday3 Champions League: Robin van Persie of Arsenal fouls Michal Zewlakow of Olympiakos
Robin van Persie goes through Michal Zewlakow which resulted in a deserved yellow card for the Arsenal midfielder. Things got better for the Arsenal forward in the 78th minute he swept home a cross to give Arsenal the lead Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
Tuesday4 champions league: Andrey Arshavin scores with a cheeky back heel
With four minutes to go and from seven yards out, Andrey Arshavin puts a cheeky back heel out of the reach of the Olympiakos keeper Nikopolidis, who had an inspired game, and into the net to give Arsenal a 2-0 victory Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
Tuesday4 champions league: Pavel Pogrebnyak with George Galamaz and Vasile Maftei
VfB Stuttgart's Pavel Pogrebnyak, left, jumps for a header with George Galamaz, right, and Vasile Maftei, of Unirea Urziceni. The Champions League debutants from Romania came from behind to salvage a point in their 1-1 draw against the German team, who were playing in their 150th European match Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP
Tuesday Champions League: Dejan Stankovic, Christian Noboa and Lasha Salukvadze
Inter's Dejan Stankovic gets a shot away despite the close attention of Rubin Kazan's Christian Noboa, left, and Lasha Salukvadze. The Champions League debutants from Russia held the Italian giants to a 1-1 draw to earn their first point in the competition and 10-man Inter were lucky to escape with a point after the Russians missed a host of chances late in the game Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA
Tuesday 2 Champion League: David Weir, Luis Fabiano and Adriano
Rangers' David Weir is the meat in a Sevilla sandwich as Luis Fabiano and Adriano close in on him Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Tuesday3 Champions League: Adriano and team-mates celebrate
Adriano is engulfed by his team-mates as they celebrate after he scored Sevilla's second Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA
Tuesday3 Champions League: Luis Fabiano scores Sevilla's third goal against Rangers
Luis Fabiano soars up and powers his header into the Rangers' net to score the third Sevilla goal in their 4-1 demolition of Rangers at Ibrox Photograph: Graham Stuart/AFP/Getty Images
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