Seven goals were scored in the first half of the UEFA Champions League game between Borussia Dortmund and Legia Warsaw, which ended 8-4 at the Signal Iduna Park. Marco Reus completed a hat-trick on his comeback game.
Leicester City, at the end of the season, may compete with Chelsea of last year for the worst title defence seen by an English team. As for Europe, the reigning English champions are in supreme form, and completed qualification for the knockout stages through goals from Shinji Okazaki and Riyad Mahrez.
Cristiano Ronaldo completed a wonderful return to his boyhood club Sporting Lisbon. Although the Portuguese maverick didn’t register on the scoresheet, his side snatched a dramatic late winner through Karim Benzema.
The historic goal rush
It is hard to believe that Tomas Tuchel’s side went behind in this contest but came back with a flurry of goals. After 15 minutes, the score read 5-2 in favour of Dortmund. Reus capped a memorable comeback from another injury setback. Shinji Kagawa bagged a brace as the match ended as the highest scoring Champions League game of all-time.
Madrid’s late winner
Cristiano Ronaldo has only had happy comebacks to his former clubs. Unlike Madrid’s 2013 encounter with Manchester United, the 31-year-old didn’t get a goal to his name but did enough to keep the Sporting Lisbon defence busy. Rafael Varane scored off a scrappy effort before Adrien Silva equalised from the penalty spot, nine minutes from time. Madrid got three points on the board through Benzema’s strike, three minutes from time.
The defending champions still couldn’t top the group courtesy of Dortmund’s extraordinary win.
Leicester City march on
After scripting the most incredible story in modern day English football, Leicester City now eye the Champions league in their maiden campaign. The side’s title defence lies in tatters at the moment. In this encounter, against Swiss side Club Brugge, Ranieri’s men raced to a two-goal lead but made heavy weather of the contest in the second half after their opponents pulled a goal back.