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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2014 20 Sport Results and Fixtures UEFA Champions League Group E CSKA Moscow - Bayern Munich........... 0-1 Manchester City - Roma ...................... 1-1 Group F APOEL Nicosia - Ajax .......................... 1-1 Paris St Germain - Barcelona .............. 3-2 Group G Schalke 04 - Maribor .......................... 1-1 Sporting CP - Chelsea ......................... 0-1 Group H BATE Borisov - Athletic Bilbao ............. 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Porto ............... 2-2 Today Group A 20:45 Atletico Madrid - Juventus 20:45 Malmo FF - olympiakos Group B 20:45 Basel - Liverpool 20:45 PFC L. Razgrad - Real Madrid Group C 18:00 Zenit St. Petersbyrg - Monaco 20:45 Bayern Leverkusen - Benfica Group D 20:45 Anderlecht - Borussia Dortmund 20:45 Arsenal - Galatasaray SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL Totti makes history as Roma draw with City Manchester City - Roma ...................1-1 FRANCESCO Totti's first goal in England, and a historic wone at that, earned the Giallorossi a deserved Group E draw. Francesco Totti hit a history-mak- ing goal to earn AS Roma a richly deserved draw at UEFA Champions League Group E rivals Manchester City FC. Totti's first-half strike cancelled out Sergio Agüero's early penalty and earned him a place in the record books as the UEFA Champions League's old- est scorer at 38 years and three days. The result left City still seeking a win in the group and three points behind the second-placed Giallorossi after two games. The opening minutes were all about Maicon, Roma's Brazilian full-back, returning to the club where he spent the 2012/13 season. His tug on Agüe- ro in the Roma box was penalised by referee Björn Kuipers and the Ar- gentinian international did the rest, sending Łukasz Skorupski the wrong way with his spot kick. A minute later Maicon very nearly made amends when Totti's chipped pass put him clear and he smashed an angled shot against the crossbar. That was a sign that Roma would not be cowed by the early setback and a foretaste too of Totti's influence. The Serie A outfit looked confident in possession, as would befit a team with six straight wins behind them, and in the 23rd minute they were back level as Totti found the net to usurp Ryan Giggs as the UEFA Champions League's oldest marksman. It was a beautifully worked goal. Seydou Keita fed Radja Nainggolan and reading the arc of Totti's run be- hind the City defence, he released his captain, who lofted the ball beyond Hart and into the far corner. It was Totti's only touch in the City box in the first period. Totti's next trick was a cute dink that put Gervinho clear only for the Ivory Coast forward's control to let him down. What Gervinho does bring Ro- ma is raw pace and two minutes be- fore half-time he streaked away from Gaël Clichy and drew a near-post save from Hart. City had started with two strikers in Agüero and Edin Džeko yet they were being outplayed in midfield. Manuel Pellegrini's response was to send on James Milner for Jesús Navas at half- time, yet Roma remained on top, Totti flashing a shot wide and Hart keeping out Miralem Pjanić's close-range at- tempt. Pellegrini's next move was to bring on Frank Lampard for Džeko. As a consequence City finished strongly, with David Silva clipping an effort wide from Pablo Zabaleta's low cross in added time, but for the fourth season running failed to win their opening home game in the competi- tion. CSKA Moscow - Bayern Munich ........0-1 FC Bayern München made it two UEFA Champions League wins from two games, edging out PFC CSKA Moskva on a cold damp night. Last season's semi-finalists domi- nated possession from start to finish, although a Thomas Müller penalty midway through the first half was all they had to show for their endeavours. The Army Men produced a much im- proved performance after their 5-1 reverse in Rome two weeks ago and, but for better finishing, might have claimed their first point of this sea- son's campaign. Given CSKA's problems with inju- ries and suspensions, it was always going to be a tall order against Bay- ern. The visitors took control of pos- session and territory from the outset and should have had the lead after nine minutes, Mario Götze blazing over the bar. Despite that Bayern pressure, home goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was not called into action until the 22nd minute; then he had to pick the ball out of the net after Götze was brought down by Mário Fernandes. Müller sent the keeper the wrong way from the spot, stretching Akinfeev's run without a UEFA Champions League clean sheet to 23 matches. The pace of Ahmed Musa had caused the German title holders a few problems and the Nigerian managed to evade Mehdi Benatia's challenge to put himself through on goal only to be denied by Manuel Neuer. From the rebound, Zoran Tošić had an equally good opportunity but the finish was wild. CSKA came closer still before the break as Roman Eremenko rattled the bar with a curling effort, although at the other end Götze almost doubled the advantage. The Russian champi- ons made an encouraging start after the interval, Musa again looking to get in behind the Bayern defence while Tošić also threatened from an acute angle. As in the opening period, Bayern were content to manage possession and patiently wait for a way through CSKA's resolute defence. Seydou Doumbia was introduced midway through the second half to try and introduce more attacking menace for Leonid Slutski's side but it was Bayern who went closest to a second goal, the lively Götze curling wide from just outside the box. APOEL Nicosia - Ajax ........................1-1 A highly entertaining encounter in Nicosia ended all square as APOEL FC pegged back AFC Ajax to ensure both sides failed to get their first Group F win at the second attempt. The visitors signaled their intent with scarcely 100 seconds on the clock. APOEL were still napping as the Dutch side swiftly moved be- tween the lines, working the ball to the feet of Lasse Schöne on the left. The Dane's delicious cross though was wasted, as Kolbeinn Sigthórs- son fired wide from close range. The hosts were looking in trouble as Ajax settled and commanded proceedings comfortably, producing the major- ity of their attacking moves from the right side. It did take Ajax 28 minutes to capi- talise on their superiority. Schöne beat the offside trap but his shot was saved brilliantly by Urko Pardo. How- ever the ball landed at the feet of Lu- cas Andersen whose cool finish broke the deadlock. The lead did not last long, however. Three minutes later, Ricardo van Rhijn was judged to have handled the ball in his box and Gus- tavo Manduca expertly converted the spot kick. That equaliser shifted momentum as the home side gained metres on the pitch and become increasingly dangerous, while closing down space in their own half. Sensing blood they attacked, and came very close to a second goal three minutes before half-time. Manduca launched a coun- terattack from the left and produced a great cross, but Cillian Sheridan just failed to make contact, leaving Ajax goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen sighing with relief. After the interval the match gained pace as both sides came out of the dressing rooms determined to ex- ploit their chances, each one making the most of their strongest attributes; APOEL's experience and Ajax's youthful vigour. The game could have swung either way – and the 54th minute summed things up. Schöne tested Pardo's reflexes with a power- ful shot and within a matter of sec- onds, Stathis Aloneftis produced an excellent cross at the other end only for Sheridan to misplace his header by a fraction. With 20 minutes to go Cillessen stopped Mário Sérgio's fierce shot before Ajax flew down the other end only for Pardo's instincts to kick in and deny Sigthórsson. The visitors pushed late on, Davy Klaassen send- ing a late header just off target, but APOEL held firm and the spoils were shared. Paris St Germain - Barcelona ............3-2 Paris Saint-Germain cast off their recent troubles to lay a significant marker in Group F, edging a thrill- ing match 3-2 against fellow section heavyweights FC Barcelona. Although the pre-match talk re- volved around Zlatan Ibrahimović's heel injury, Paris needed ten minutes to show they could cope without their talismanic forward, David Luiz be- coming the first player to score against Barcelona this term. Lionel Messi re- sponded immediately, but the French champions punished Barça from a second set piece via Marco Verratti, before Blaise Matuidi and Neymar swapped quickfire second-half efforts on a famous night for the hosts. Despite the mood of doubt swirling around the Parc des Princes ahead of kick-off, Paris belied their unconvinc- ing Ligue 1 form with some effective probing, shuffling neat passes around in a style reminiscent of their oppo- nents. They looked neither lost with- out Ibrahimović nor overawed by the occasion, and turned their early gains into a goal when Luiz controlled and slotted a Lucas free-kick low past Marc-André ter Stegen from close range. The first goal Barcelona had con- ceded in 681 minutes stretching back to last season, Luiz's opener brought a predictably forceful response. In- deed, the home fans had hardly fin- ished celebrating before Messi ex- changed passes with Andrés Iniesta and steered a fine left-footed effort across Salvatore Sirigu. Edinson Cavani then shot over as an electrifying start threatened to become epic, but everyone was al- lowed time to breathe before the next chance – Sirigu grappling onto an acrobatic Messi attempt. The respite did not last long, however, and, with 26 minutes gone, Verratti headed in a Thiago Motta corner for his first Paris goal. Having exploited set pieces to dev- astating effect, Laurent Blanc's men hit their third on the break, Matuidi sliding in at the back post to slam in a Gregory van der Wiel cross. To Blanc's supreme frustration, though, his charges were promptly guilty of switching off for a second time, and Neymar finished expertly in off the far post after receiving the ball from Daniel Alves. Barcelona introduced Munir El Haddadi and Xavi Hernández – making a record 143rd appearance in the UEFA Champions League proper – as they tried to conjure an equal- iser. With Paris switching focus to defending their lead, the Blaugrana were allowed to dictate play, and Marquinhos had to react superbly to block Jordi Alba before El Haddadi fired against the post from distance. There was to be no final serving of drama. Francesco Totti celebrates his goal in Manchester