Champions League: Matchday 3 - in pictures

Arsenal 0-2 Schalke 04 With his touchline ban still in force, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will be watching proceedings from the stands Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

What he would have seen was his team dominating possession in the early stages Photograph: Federico Gambarini/EPA

What he wouldn't have enjoyed seeing from any viewpoint is his keeper Vito Mannone charging out when the attacker is going away from goal. Mannone sticks out an arm as Ibrahim Afellay takes the ball past him, but is booked for diving Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

The Schalke player goes to ground, earning himself a yellow-card Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

Santi Cazorla and the rest of the Arsenal midfield are pulling all the strings in the middle of the park but the Gunners's forward line isn't able to convert any of the chances created. The game is goalless as the teams go in at half-time Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Arsenal huff and puff in the second half but can't find a way through the Schalke defence - here Gervinho is kept away from the ball by Joel Matip Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

In the 77th minute Schalke finally get the goal that they've been threatening when an unmarked Klass-Jan Huntelaar bursts into the penalty area and smacks the ball low and hard past Mannone Photograph: Gerry Penny/EPA

With five minutes to Schalke go two up when Farfán slides in another cross across the face of the Arsenal goal and Ibrahim Afellay is waiting at the far post to tap the ball home Photograph: Gerry Penny/EPA

Olivier Giroud, Santi Cazorla and Aaron Ramsey know that the game is as good as over. Despite the loss Arsenal still have a good chance of qualifying as they're second in Group B just one point behind tonight's victors Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

Ajax 3-1 Manchester City The home side have the better of the initial exchanges with a volley from 20 yards out by Eriksen fizzing just inches wide of Hart's left hand post Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Midway through the first half Micah Richards breaks on the right and threads a wonderful defence splitting pass to James Milner who's just outside the area. He in turn plays the ball left to Samir Nasri who controls the ball then curls the ball past the Ajax keeper and inside the far post Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images

After the goal goes in City create a number of chances in an attempt to extend their lead, here Micah Richards smacks the ball goalwards but it's straight at the keeper and is parried away from danger Photograph: Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images

When you're only one goal ahead there's always a chance the opposition can get back in the game, and on the stroke of half-time it happens at the Amsterdam Arena. Babel fires the ball in from the right into the the City area towards a striding Siam De Jong who hits the ball first time and it rockets past Joe Hart. The whistle goes and it's all square at half-time Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

City's Micah Richards and Ajax's Ryan Babel keep a watchful eye on the ball Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Mancini's half-time team-talk hasn't worked as just before the hour mark his team finds themselves 2-1 down courtesy of a lovely downward header by Niklas Moisander. With the City defenders marking their zones there's no one tracking the Ajax player as he scampered into the area and rose up to power his header past Hart and into the net Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

This time it's Jolean Lescott, Ryan Babel and Vincent Kompany who have eyes on the ball Photograph: Olaf Kraak/EPA

Midway through the second half City get in serious trouble when Christian Eriksen adds a third. After losing possession deep in their own half City back of from Eriksen which allows him to try his luck from 20 yards out, Hart has it covered until it takes a wicked deflection off Gael Clichy and nestles into the back of the net Photograph: Olaf Kraak/EPA

Edin Dzeko almost pulls one back when he gets free in the box but a combination of the acute angle and Vermeer's block preserves the home side's two goal advantage Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

The Ajax fans celebrate the victory and also taunt the City fans as they do their own version of "The Poznan". It's no wonder they're pleased, the last time they beat English opposition was back in 1980 when they beat Nottingham Forest 1-0. Though as Forest won the first leg by two goals to nil the result didn't stop the English side progressing to the next round and ultimately winning the trophy that season. With City at the bottom of Group D with only 1 point from three games, the chances of them replicating Forest's feat seem very slim indeed Photograph: Olaf Kraak/EPA

Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Real Madrid There was disappointment for Cristiano Ronaldo and his team-mates after an enthralling encounter at Signal Iduna Park where Dortmund's victory leapfrogged them above Madrid and on to the top of Group D. Robert Lewandowski fired the home side ahead just after the half hour mark before Ronaldo drew the visitors level just three minutes later. Dortmund continued to press forward in the second period and got their just rewards when Schmelzer volleyed the ball home from the edge of the box after Iker Casillas weakly slapped Götze's cross away Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

Malaga 1-0 AC Milan Malaga continued their remarkable start to life in the UEFA Champions League with a victory over the seven-time European champions. After Joaquin Sanchez's penalty miss on the stroke of half-time, the home fans must have feared the worst. But Malaga continued to press in the second half and there was a chance for Joaquin to make amends in the 65th minute, which he took with aplomb. The Malaga forward sprinted forward, released to Manuel Iturra, received the ball back and finished via Amelia's right-hand post to cue delerium in the Rosaleda stadium Photograph: Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images

Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain Classy first-half goals by Zlatan Ibrahimović (here unsuccessfully attempting to score with a bicycle kick) and Jérémy Ménez ensured a comfortable victory for the French side Photograph: Hrvoje Polan/AFP/Getty Images

Porto 3-2 Dynamo Kyiv The Portuguese side maintained their 100% start in Group A after seeing off a resilient fight back by the visitors in a game bristling with spectacular goals. Silvestre Varela and Jackson Martinez, above, twice gave Porto the lead, with Dynamo levelling through Oleh Gusev and Ideye Brown, before Martinez's swept in his second of the night to settle matters Photograph: Armando Franca/AP

Montpellier 1-2 Olympiakos The Greek champions came from one down to claim their first points, substitute Kostas Mitroglou's added-time winner lifting them off the bottom of Group B. The French side had the lion's share of possession and chances but failed to make them count. Here Montpellier's forward Anthony Mounier vies with Olympiakos's Jose Holebas Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images

Zenit St Petersburg 1-0 Anderlecht Aleksandr Kerzhakov's penalty 18 minutes from time not only gave the Russian side victory in a hard fought match but was also Kerzhakov's 200th career goal. The win was the home side's first in this season's group stages but it would have been a shock if they hadn't snatched three points as Anderlecht have not recorded a win in the Champions League since 2005 Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images