Champions League Wrap: Moses Stars, Samuel In The Stands, Henry Fails To Score

Catch up on the performances of Nigeria players in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, September 27.

Premier League champions Chelsea recorded an impressive 2-1 win over Atlético Madrid at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (Madrid). Super Eagles winger Victor Moses put in another impressive full shift for the London team.

Griezmann converted a spot kick to put the Spanish side in front in the 40th minute, but álvaro Morata came to Chelsea's rescue with the equalizer on 59 minutes before his replacement Batshuayi scored with the last kick of the game in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Defender Nura Abdullahi is still recovering from injury and was omitted from the Roma squad that beat Qarabag 2-1 at Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu.

The Italians were leading 2-0 after 15 minutes courtesy of strikes from Manolas and Dzeko, but Pedro Henrique pulled a goal back on 28 minutes.

Nigerian international striker Henry Onyekuru fired blanks despite spending 90 minutes on the pitch as Anderlecht were surprisingly thrashed 3-0 by Celtic.

Leigh Griffiths, Patrick Roberts and Scott Sinclair got the goals for the Scottish champions.

Former Super Eagles star Emmanuel Emenike started and was in action for 88 minutes in Olympiakos's 2-0 loss to Juventus at Allianz Stadium (Torino).

Second half goals from Gonzalo Higuaín and Mario Mandžukić ensured la Vecchia Signora secured three points.

Aaron Samuel watched proceedings from the stands as CSKA Moscow lost 4-1 to Manchester United at VEB Arena.

Jose Mourinho's team were four goals to the good before the hour mark, with Romelu Lukaku (2), Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan finding the net, while  Kuchaev netted a consolation strike in the 90th minute to bring the score to 4-1.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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