Schalke 04 vs Hapoel Tel Aviv Highlights: Champions League

Raul grabbed a brace to help Schalke to a comfortable to victory as they dominated Hapoel Tel Aviv. A further strike from Jose Manuel Jurado all but ended the contest and ensured that Schalke remain second in the group, although there was still time for Itay Shechter to grab a late consolation goal for the visitors.

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Lyon vs Benfica Highlights: UEFA Champions League

Lyon continued their unbeaten run in Champions League Group B matches with a comfortable victory at home against 10-man Benfica. Goals in either half from Jimmy Briand and Lisandro Lopez were enough to see off the Portuguese club, who were reduced to ten men when Nicolas Gaitan was dismissed before half-time. The win strengthens the French outfit’s position at the top of the group with Schalke three points behind them in second.

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Twente Enschede vs Werder Bremen Highlights: Champions League

FC Twente and Werder Bremen are yet to score a victory in Champions League Group A after sharing the spoils in an keenly contested encounter. Theo Janssen opened the scoring for the hosts after 75 minutes but substitute Marko Arnautovic came up with the equaliser for Bremen just five minutes later. The stalemate leaves both sides on two points after picking up two draws and a defeat from each of their opening three games. They both trail second-placed Spurs by a point after the London outfit went down 4-3 to leaders Inter Milan.

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Inter Milan vs Tottenham Highlights: Champions League

Gareth Bale’s sensational second-half hat-trick spared 10-man Tottenham’s blushes but failed to prevent them slumping to their first Champions League Group A defeat at Inter Milan. Spurs looked set to be humiliated when holders Inter raced to a 4-0 lead inside 35 minutes through goals from Javier Zanetti, a Samuel Eto’o penalty after Heurelho Gomes had been sent off in the 6th minute, Dejan Stankovic and Eto’o scored again.

But Bale almost completed a sensational fightback single-handedly, scoring one of the goals of the tournament before netting twice in the closing seconds to further enhance his burgeoning reputation. Despite Bale’s exploits, the defeat was a harsh lesson for manager Harry Redknapp, who had vowed to stick to his attacking principles. After watching his side ship eight goals in three European away games this season, he must surely make them work harder in White Hart Lane.

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