Champions League round-up: The star men from Tuesday's action
Monaco 0-4 Club Bruges - Hans Vanaken - 8.66 rating
Club Bruges heaped more misery on Thierry Henry as the Belgian outfit inflicted Monaco’s heaviest ever Champions League defeat on home soil. Hans Vanaken tucked home two of the goals to finish as the WhoScored man of the match. The 26-year-old found the back of the net with both shots on target and completed four tackles and interceptions combined for the away side.
FK Crvena Zvezda 2-0 Liverpool - Milan Pavkov - 8.84 rating
Liverpool slipped to a shock 2-0 defeat in Serbia but deserved everything they got after turning in one of the worst performances of Jurgen Klopp’s tenure. Milan Pavkov’s two first half strikes, including a wonderful long range effort, were enough to seal a historic victory for the home side. The 24-year-old also won five aerial duels and weighed in with four tackles and interceptions combined to help his side keep an unlikely clean sheet.
Napoli 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain - Neymar - 7.63 rating
Neymar was not at his decisive best against Napoli but still created four goalscoring opportunities, completed seven dribbles and drew six fouls. The 26-year-old tasted David Opsina with a fine header but is now without a goal in both games against the Serie A outfit.
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund - Filipe Luis - 8.58 rating
Despite turning 33 at the start of the season, Filipe Luis continues to perform superbly for Atletico Madrid. The Brazil international set up Saul Niguez for Atletico Madrid’s opener and was solid at the back, making nine tackles and interceptions combined. The veteran left-back also forced Roman Burki into action with his only shot of the game, while completing one dribble.
Inter 1-1 Barcelona - Philippe Coutinho - 8.47 rating
Philippe Coutinho appeared to have helped Barcelona to all three points against his former club after assisting Malcom for an 83rd-minute opener, only for Mauro Icardi to peg the away side back minutes later. Coutinho hit the target with three of his eight shots and created one more goalscoring opportunity for a team-mate. Not only that, but the 26-year-old completed eight dribbles and won four fouls.
Tottenham 2-1 PSV - Harry Kane - 9.30 rating
Tottenham’s hopes of progressing to the next round of the competition are hanging by a thread but they are still in with a shout after coming from 1-0 down to beat PSV 2-1 courtesy of two late goals. Harry Kane drew the home side level before his deflected effort in the 89th-minute gave Mauricio Pochettino’s side all three points. Kane had eight shots in total, hitting the target with half of those, completed three dribbles and was fouled seven times over the course of the match.
Schalke 2-0 Galatasaray - Mark Uth - 7.95 rating
Mark Uth was only on the pitch for 62 minutes but it was enough to seal three important points for Schalke and move the German side a step closer to booking their name in the knockout stage of the competition. The 27-year-old scored with his only shot of the game and completed four tackles and interceptions combined to help Schalke keep a third straight clean sheet in the competition.
FC Porto 4-1 Lokomotiv Moscow - Hector Herrera - 8.53 rating
FC Porto are all but through to the next round of the competition after recording the biggest victory of the night, a 4-1 win over Russian champions Lokomotiv Moscow. Hector Herrera scored one and assisted another, while also completing 91.5% of his passes. The Mexico international completed two dribbles and drew two fouls, while also making four tackles and interceptions combined for the home side.
