Champions League: Man Utd Battle to Beat Wolfsburg
Latest Headlines, Sports News Thursday, October 1st, 2015
Premier League leaders Manchester United earned their first win of the Champions League group stage as they came from behind to beat Wolfsburg.
With Chelsea and Arsenal losing in the competition on Tuesday, United were in danger of going the same way when Daniel Caligiuri finished off a six-pass move for the opener.
But Juan Mata levelled from the spot, after Caligiuri handled.
Mata then flicked through for Chris Smalling to slide in the winner.
The Bundesliga side went close to an equaliser when former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner saw a close-range shot hit Wayne Rooney.
All four teams in Group B are now on three points after CSKA Moscow beat United’s opening-day conquerors PSV Eindhoven in Russia.
BBC
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