Lyon Shock Man City, easy victories for Madrid, Man U, Juventus
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shakhtar donetsk hosting hoffenheim in the second match of the group f played 2-2 draw1 england champions manchester city were beaten by ligue 1 club lyon 2-1 with goals recorded in the first half bymaxwell cornet andnabilfekir1 pep guardiola was serving a touchline ban for being sent-off in last seasons quarter-final exit to liverpool1 and guardiola could only watch on in horror as lyon punished a sloppy first 45 minutes from the pre-tournament favourites through maxwel cornet and nabil fekir1 bernardo silva pulled a goal back in an improved second-half performance but couldnt prevent city slumping to their first defeat of the season1 when you are not at the races at the start of a game in the champions league after it doesnt matter how good you are it is too late said arteta1 in contrast to their stunning domestic form city have now lost their last four champions league games1 and this was even more humiliating. lyon are seventh on their domestic league1 with coach pep guardiola banished to the touchline his assistant manager mikel arteta admitted the english champions were handed a wake-up call in the shock home defeat to start their champions league campaign on wednesday1 in bern switzerland paul pogba was the driving force with a brace as manchester united recovered from a shaky start to record an ultimately convincing 3-0 win away to young boys in their opening champions league game in group h1 skipper pogbas superb opening goal cut down the swiss champions in their prime and he then doubled the english sides lead from a penalty just before the break1 the france star also set up the third goal for compatriot anthony martial in the second half as jose mourinhos side safely negotiated this fixture on the synthetic surface at the stade de suisse1 seemingly a club in crisis at the end of august following their 3-0 home defeat against tottenham hotspur this was uniteds third straight win since then all away from home1 in valencia juventus despite losing striker cristiano ronaldo to a red card prevailed 2-0 with the goals by miralem pjanic coming off penalties awarded either side of the two halves1 in group g real madrid triumphed over roma at the santiago bernabeu with goals by isco gareth bale and mariano diaz giving them emphatic victory1 in the other match of the group viktoria plzen were held 2-2 at home by visiting cska moscow1