CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Ronaldo Grabs Injury-time Winner for Man Utd against Villarreal

*Juventus begin revival with win against Chelsea. Barca beaten again

Cristiano Ronaldo scored an injury-time goal as Manchester United came from behind to beat Villarreal 2-1 in an action-packed Champions League Group F contest at Old Trafford.

The victory for the Red Devils revived their chances of qualifying from the group to the knockout as they are tied on same three points as Young Boys with Atalanta just one point ahead of them.

Before Ronaldo’s goal in the 95th-minute Paco Alcacer gave Villarreal the lead in the 53rd minute in a repeat of last season’s Europa League final, won by the Spaniards on penalties.

Alex Telles brilliantly volleyed in an equaliser on the hour before Ronaldo struck right at the death as United bounced back from an opening group stage defeat by Young Boys.

Elsewhere, Federico Chiesa proved to be a big game player once again with the only goal in Juventus’ 1-0 Champions League win over Chelsea which could kick-start their faltering season.

In Group E, Barcelona suffered a second straight 3-0 loss in the Champions League group stage as they were well beaten by Benfica in Lisbon.

Now, the struggling LaLiga giants are at the bottom of Group E with no point from two matches.

RESULTS

B’Munich 5-0 D’Kyiv

Benfica 3-0 Barcelona

Atalanta 1-0 Young Boys

Man Utd 2-1 Villarreal

Salzburg 2-1 Lille

Wolfsburg 1-1 Sevilla

Zenit 4-0 Malmoe

Juventus 1-0 Chelsea

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