Wednesday's UCL action wrapped up with Man United, PSG, and Chelsea all having earned crucial wins in their respective groups. Atletico Madrid rarely concede at home, which makes Chelsea's 2-1 away win all the more impressive to the FC crew ESPN FC's Steve Nicol believes Man United deserve credit for not taking their opposition lightly so far in Group A. ESPN FC's Julien Laurens believes PSG's victory over Bayern shows they are serious UCL contenders.
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PREMIER LEAGUE: The Premier League's six biggest clubs are trying to get a bigger share of television revenue, but the move is being blocked by the majority of the division's remaining 14 clubs, according to widespread reports in British newspapers.
MAN UNITED: Striker Romelu Lukaku continued his remarkable scoring run with two goals as Manchester United swept aside CSKA Moscow 4-1 in Russia.
- After scoring three times in the opening 26 minutes, Jose Mourinho's side cruised to a second straight win in the Champions League group stage, writes Nick Ames.
- United manager Mourinho said his team "surprised" CSKA Moscow in the first half to set up the big win in Moscow.
- WATCH: Man United taking care of business in Group A
CHELSEA: Alvaro Morata and Michy Batshuayi proved there is life after Diego Costa as Chelsea fought back to win 2-1 at Atletico Madrid.
- It's only the group stage, but Chelsea's comeback win is one of the biggest victories by an English club in Europe in some time, writes Mark Ogden.
- Alvaro Morata and Eden Hazard combined to run Atletico's defence ragged, and that's reflected in Chelsea's player ratings.
PSG: Edinson Cavani was on target again as Paris Saint-Germain served warning of their Champions League threat with a 3-0 pounding of fellow Group B heavyweights Bayern Munich.
- The talk has been Neymar and Cavani's relationship but there appeared to be no issue. But while both scored, neither grabbed the headlines like Kylian Mbappe, writes Jonathan Johnson.
- Mbappe has promised that the best is yet to come after starring in PSG's win, while manager Unai Emery said the win showed his side are on the same level as Europe's elite.
- WATCH: Craig Burley believes Mbappe is the third best player in the world.
BAYERN MUNICH: Bayern Munich boss Carlo Ancelotti defended his adventurous team selection as his team suffered a crushing defeat in Paris.
- Ancelotti and James Rodriguez both get just 4/10 on Bayern's match ratings as their disappointing season continues.
- WATCH: The FC crew say Ancelotti got his tactics wrong
BARCELONA: Barcelona edged to a 1-0 win over Sporting Lisbon following an own goal from Sebastian Coates at the Estadio Jose Alvalade to maintain a 100 percent start in Champions League Group D.
- Ratings: Lionel Messi was largely held in check by Sporting, while Luis Suarez continued to struggle in yet another win for Barcelona.
- Ernesto Valverde rejected claims Barcelona have become boring after they earned their eighth consecutive win in all competitions.
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