Arsenal defeats Bayern

Olivier Giroud came off the bench to give Arsenal
a much-needed 2-0 victory over powerful Bayern
Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Arsenal went into the match without a single point
from their two games against Dinamo Zagreb and
Olympiakos, but they handed the German side
their first setback since Aug. 1.
Manuel Neuer made a spectacular save on Theo
Walcott's free header from six yards in the 34th
minute.
But in the second half Arsenal produced a goal
out of nothing as Giroud -- who had recently
come on for Walcott -- bundled the ball over the
line on 77 minutes after Neuer failed to deal with
a Santi Cazorla free kick.
The Gunners found a second with the last kick of
the game when Hector Bellerin set up Ozil, who
managed to get the ball over the line despite the
best efforts of Neuer.
In the other game in Group F, Brown Ideye scored
the only goal for Olympiakos in the 79th minute
as the Greek champions won 1-0 away to Dinamo
Zagreb.
Former West Brom striker Brown raced on to
Dimitrios Siovas' defence-splitting pass in the
79th minute to finish in style after Dinamo had
twice hit the woodwork in the second half through
midfield pair Domagoj Antolic and Marko Rog.
Chelsea's recent struggles continued and the
pressure ramped up on Jose Mourinho as the
Blues were held to a 0-0 draw at Dynamo Kiev.
Eden Hazard and Willian hit the woodwork in an
improved display, but there was to be no
breakthrough as Mourinho's men stayed third in
Group G. Hazard saw his effort touched onto the
post by goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskiy before
a Willian free kick hit the underside of the bar.
Jose Mourinho spoke out about the referee after a
penalty shout was waved away when Cesc
Fabregas went down under a Serhiy Rybalka
challenge.
Porto lead Group G after managing a 2-0 win at
home against Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
Vincent Aboubakar and Yacine Brahimi scored
three minutes apart in the first half to give Porto a
two-point cushion over Dynamo Kiev and three
clear of Chelsea.
On the opener, Miguel Layun picked up the ball
from Brahimi on the left wing before whipping in a
fine cross to the back post and Aboubakar lashed
in from close range to put the hosts in front.
Porto doubled their lead four minutes later when
Brahimi timed his run perfectly to beat Maccabi's
offside trap before marching into the box and
slotting into the bottom corner of the net.
With the injured Lionel Messi still sidelined,
substitute Ivan Rakitic stepped up to guide
Barcelona to a 2-0 win at BATE Borisov in Group
E.
Rakitic, who came on for Sergi Roberto in the
18th minute, had Barcelona's best chance to
score in the first half but his unmarked header
from 12 yards sailed over the bar.
But the Croatian didn't miss his opportunity three
minutes after half-time when he coolly fired home
a 20-yard strike from the top of the box.
He found his second goal of the game in the 65th
minute by receiving a Neymar pass in the box and
chipping the goalkeeper.
Also in Group E, Roma and Bayer Leverkusen
drew 4-4 in a wild game in which both teams saw
two-goal leads slip.
Leverkusen's Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez
opened the scoring with a fifth-minute penalty
after Vasilis Tortosidis was whistled for handling
Hakan Calhanoglu's cross. Hernandez scored his
second 15 minutes later after playing a 1-2 with
Calhanoglu. The Mexican's first shot was saved
by Wojciech Szczesny but the follow-up doubled
Leverkusen's advantage.
Roma got one back in the 30th minute when
Leverkusen keeper Bernd Leno could only half-
clear a corner, and the ball eventually fell to
Daniele De Rossi to score. The Italian side
equalised eight minutes later when De Rossi
redirected a freek kick by Pjanic, and the Bosnian
curled a goal with a long free kick early in the
second half.
Gervinho then found Iago Falque in the box to
widen Roma's lead in the 73rd minute, but
Leverkusen were not finished as Kevin Kampl
scored with a looping shot in the 84th minute and
Admir Mehmedi completed the comeback with a
goal from close range two minutes later.
Zenit St Petersburg stayed perfect in Group H,
defeating Lyon 3-1 for their third win from three
games.
Artem Dzyuba provided Zenit a lead inside three
minutes, but Alexandre Lacazette equalised for the
French side shortly after the break.
But Hulk put the hosts back in front eight minutes
later with a blast from 30 yards, and Danny added
a third goal seven minutes from time.
Valenica used a Stefan Mitrovic own goal to
squeeze out a 2-1 win at home against Belgian
champions Gent.
Sofiane Feghouli and Thomas Foket exchanged
first-half goals, but Valencia took the lead again in
the 72nd minute when a lobbed cross hit off the
top of the crossbar and fell to Jose Luis Gaya,
whose shot deflected off Mitrovic and into the net.