The UEFA Champions League schedule gets going on Wednesday after an entertaining set on Tuesday and the lineup has a number of big teams in action, including Napoli taking on Arsenal in a Group F match and there is plenty on the line, as the Gunners have a three point lead over both Napoli and Borussia Dortmund and the match is coming from the Stadio San Paolo.
Some of the other matches on the schedule includes AC Milan taking on Ajax Amsterdam and the other Group H match on the day is Barcelona and Celtic and that match will be going on at Estadio Camp Nou and that could be the best game of the schedule. Chelsea is in action and they will try their best to rebound from their Premier League loss over the weeknd and they will face off against Steaua Bucuresti and that will be at Stamford Bridge. The match for Juventus and Galatasaray was suspended on Tuesday for snow and now they will pick up on Wednesday and another solid match could be Marseille vs. Borussia Dortmund.
The matches on Tuesday saw some teams clinch their spots into the knockout round and Manchester United won over Shakhtar Donetsk with a 1-0 victory after a goal from Phil Jones, while Bayer Leverkusen won over Real Sociedad. Real Madrid got goals from their stars in Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric in their victory over FC Copenhagen, while Benfica, Olympiakos and Viktoria Plzen also won, while Manchester City pulled off a huge victory against Bayern Munich.
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Deulofeu's late goal earned Everton a deserved 1-1 draw at Premier League leaders Arsenal after Mesut Ozil's strike seemed set to seal three points for the home side in a sizzling clash at The Emirates on Sunday.
An absorbing contest burst into life in the closing stages as Ozil swept Arsenal in front from close range in the 80th minute, only for substitute Deulofeu to fire a powerful shot past Wojciech Szczesny four minutes later.
Olivier Giroud almost snatched victory in stoppage-time for the hosts when his 30-metre thunderbolt thumped against the woodwork, although that would have been harsh on Everton, who won at champions Manchester United on Wednesday.
With a treacherous-looking fixture list looming, Arsenal lead the table with 35 points, five clear of Liverpool who were the only one of the top five to win this weekend.
Chelsea also have 30 points with Everton, beaten only once in the league this season, fifth on 28. At the other end of the table, Fulham showed signs of a revival under new manager Rene Meulensteen with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa at Craven Cottage, Steve Sidwell and Dimitar Berbatov scoring the goals to snap a six-match losing streak.
Arsenal face Manchester City and Chelsea in their next two league fixtures and looked set to go into those battles with a healthy seven-point cushion after record signing Ozil netted his fourth league goal since moving from Real Madrid.
It looked as though Arsenal were going to draw a blank at home for the first time this season but Tomas Rosicky found fellow substitute Theo Walcott with a long diagonal pass and although the England winger's cross was missed by Giroud, Ozil pounced to finish past Tim Howard.
Everton, for whom young midfielder Ross Barkley was superb, refused to go home empty-handed, however, and when Romelu Lukaku failed to connect with an overhead kick, the ball ran to Spanish teenager Deulofeu who took a touch before arrowing a powerful shot through Szczesny.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger felt it was a fair result. A point was reward for Everton's first-half domination, much of which was inspired by the surging runs of Barkley who boosted his claims to a place in England's World Cup squad.
(Reuters)
