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Champions League: Ronaldo Scores 750th Career Goal, Giroud Nets Four Goals For Chelsea

Olivier Giroud scored a perfect double brace for Chelsea in the Uefa Champions League clash against Sevilla in Spain.

The former Arsenal striker has been struggling to break into the Chelsea team following a busy summer at Stamford Bridge, but he took the rare opportunity with both hands to give Lampard a selection headache ahead of the Premier League clash against Leeds on Saturday.

Giroud opened the scoring with a delightful finish from a Kai Havertz’s pass to set the visitors on their way to a big win.

The World Cup winner scored another lovely goal with a chip in the hosts 18-yard box to increase Chelsea’s lead.

He completed his hat-trick with a glancing header from a cross by Ngolo Kante before scoring his fourth goal from the penalty spot to hand Chelsea the maximum points and a place on top of the log.

PSG defeated Manchester United 3-1 at Old Trafford to boost their chances of qualifying for the knockout stages.

Neymar opened the scoring for the visitors before Rashford’s strike deflected off Diallo to restore parity for Manchester United.

Both sides missed chances but Fred was sent off for two bookable offences after escaping a red card in the first half for headbutt.

Marquinhos took advantage of slack defending from Manchester United to score the second goal after they failed to clear their lines.

Neymar put the icing on the cake with a tap in following a delightful counter attack to condemn United to another defeat at home.

Manchester United, PSG and RB Leipzig are all on nine points, Manchester United need a draw in their last game in Germany to pull through.

Barcelona recorded a 3-0 win over Ferencvaros without Lionel Messi courtesy of goals from Martin Braithwaite, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele to maintain Barcelona’s 100 % run in the Champions League.

Juventus recorded a 3-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev in Turin.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 750th career goal while Alvaro Morata continued his impressive form to give Juventus a resounding win.

Federico Chiesa also scored his first ever Champions League goal for Juventus.

Dortmund played out a 1-1 draw with Lazio, while Club Brugge spanked Zenit 3-0.

RB Leipzig got the better of Basaksehir 4-3 in Turkey, Krasnodar earned a 1-0 victory over Rennes.

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