Barca, PSG, CSKA Moscow, Man City Win As Roma Draw, Spurs Fall at Home

 

Brazilian striker Jeoliton shock Spurs with a dazzling strike past Lloris and Barcelona new sign-on Antoine Griezmann celebrates his brace for in his club

 

A Messi-less Barcelona, also without Luis Suarez, showed class in their clash at Camp Nou with Real Betis after the visitors took a surprising lead in the 16th min against the run of play when defender, Busquets gave away possession that Loren capitalized on and passed to Fekir who wasted no time to fire across Ter Stegen.

So it almost to the end of the first half when dependable Antoine Griezman scored his first goal for the club, ending the first half, a goal apiece. Then the goal rain started in the second half. Griezmann again in the 51st, followed by a 53rd by Carles Perez then 61st by Jordi Alba, then Vidal in the 78th min, again with a Griezmann assist. Loren added a second for Betis in the 80th min, again with a lost possession by Griezmann. Thus Barca justified their 70 per cent to Betis 30 per cent ball possession

For Ligue 1 Champions, PSG, it was a smooth walkover in their game with Toulouse as they hammed the visitors 4-0 with second half goals with a brace from Choupo-Moting in the 50th and 75th minutes, followed by   an own goal by Gonclaves and Marquinhos in the 83rd minutes. In fact it woulsd have ended 5-0 had Di Maria not missed a penalty in the 71st minute.

In their game with CSKA Moscow Akhmat failed to utilize their chances as showed in their 51 per cent possession of the game, leaving CSKA to take the lead in the 43rd min. Once done, they increased the tempo and finished the game with a 66th and 73rd min goals from Marion Fernandes, Fedor Chalov and Nikola Vlasic respectively.

 

Aguero opening scoring for ManCity in their 3-1 drubbing of Bournemouth

 

Defending Premier League Champion, Manchester City hit Bournemouth at home with a superb 3-1 victory with a brace from Sergio Aguero in the 16th min following a deflected shot from De Bruyne, and another in the 65th while Raheem Sterling scored the second goal in the 44th min. Bournemouth Harry Wilson pulled one back in the 45+ 4 min before half time. The defending champion remains second on the table behind Liverpool, having drawn their second match with Spurs at 2-2.

Newcastle shocked Tottenham at home with a 28th minute goal from Brazilian Jeolinton who left footed Lioris after a beautiful pass from Atsu in Spurs box.

Roma opened scoring in the 6th min through a Cengiz Under goal assisted by Edin Dzeko, but Genoa replied in the 16th min through Andrea Pinamonti. The game turned into a tit for tat.

In the 30th min Dzeko took his turn to make it 2-1 for Roma. In the 43rd min, Domenico Criscito converts a penalty to draw even, ending the first half.

In the 49th min, Aleksandar Kolarov scored for Roma but victory was denied them when Christian Kouame scored the final goal of the match for Genoa, ending it 3-3.