UEFA Champions League: City equalize late, Real Madrid win comfortably

Manchester City vs. Borussia Dortmund: Match analysis

One of Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund will almost certainly fail to advance from the group stages of the UEFA Champions League this year. Their direct encounters will decide the shape of Group D.

With one game down, it's BVB who have the advantage, although thanks to a late (and controversial) penalty call, it's only a slender one. How did Dortmund end up outplaying the defending Premier League champions?

Schalke vs. Montpellier: Final Score 2-2, Montpellier stun hosts with late goal

Dynamo Kiev vs. Dinamo Zagreb: Final score 2-0, hosts keep Group A mildly interesting

Dynamo Kiev grabbed all three points at home against a Dinamo Zagreb side that looked a bit out of their depth.

Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler hurts arm against Montpellier

Julian Draxler has suffered a suspected fractured forearm in Schalke's Champions League match with Montpellier.

FC Porto vs. Paris Saint-Germain: Final score 1-0, Porto wins on a sublime late goal

James Rodríguez's wonderful strike in the 83rd minute gives Porto a well deserved three points over a poor Paris Saint-Germain.

Anderlecht vs. Málaga: Final score 3-0, Los Boquerones run wild in Belgium

Los Boquerones dominate Anderlecht in Belgium behind a brace from Eliseu

Manchester City vs. Borussia Dortmund: Final Score 1-1, Citizens equalize on late penalty

Borussia Dortmund outplayed Manchester City, but the home side stole a draw thanks to Joe Hart, Robert Lewandowski, and a penalty.

Ajax vs. Real Madrid: Final score 1-4, Cristiano Ronaldo nets hat trick in Madrid romp

Real Madrid went to Amsterdam and smoked Ajax 4-1 thanks to a Cristiano Ronaldo hat trick.

Arsenal vs. Olympiacos: Final Score 3-1, Gunners edge Olympiacos

Ajax vs. Real Madrid: Halftime score 0-1, Cristiano Ronaldo finally breaks through

Real Madrid went to the Amsterdam Arena and completely dominated Ajax, but they almost didn't have anything to show for it at halftime. The Spanish giants' fine play had not been rewarded, most because of the outstanding goalkeeping by Kenneth Vermeer, but Cristiano Ronaldo finally broke through late and Real Madrid have themselves a 1-0 lead at the break.

All of the action in the first half was in Vermeer's box as Madrid flew forward with every opportunity. Most of the visitors' moves forward came through Ronaldo, who was tremendous. He was able to get down the left, as well as cut in and have a go at goal. Twice he looked like a sure bet to score, only to be denied by Vermeer, and another time he missed the frame after Vermeer fell. Kaka also had a golden opportunity, which was created by Ronaldo, but he hit the ball right at Vermeer.

But just when it seemed like the gods were against them and they would have to try again in the second half, Madrid hit pay dirt. Karim Benzema raced down the left and crossed, only for it to be deflected and miss its intended target. That worked out just fine, though, as it bounced by Ronaldo in front, who had a simple tap-in to give Madrid the halftime lead it so much deserved.

Manchester City vs. Borussia Dortmund: Halftime score 0-0, lots of action but no goals

After spending much of the first 30 minutes of play walking the ball around and feeling each other out, things sprung to life in the final 15 minutes of the first half between Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund. Roman Weidenfeller was forced into multiple saves, but it was Dortmund who had the best chance of the half, with a İlkay Gündoğan shot that hit the crossbar.

Despite all of the chances near the end, it's 0-0 at Eastlands through 45 minutes of play. Joe Hart was called into action late as well, and matched Weidenfeller with a couple of brilliant saves of his own. As shaky as both defenses looked, both goalkeepers were incredibly sharp.

David Silva sparked life into the match in the 34th minute with a shot that was saved by Weidenfeller. It looked like that might have been a bit of a wake-up call for the visitors, and Gündoğan's shot came a couple of minutes after that. Both keepers had to make one more save apiece before the end of the half. As good as Hart and Weidenfeller are, it seems unlikely that this match will stay scoreless. It's turned pretty open, and there's a lot of attacking talent on the pitch that looks sharp.

FC Porto vs. Paris Saint-Germain: No score at halftime

There's no score at halftime in the Estádio do Dragão between FC Porto and PSG. FC Porto were the aggressor in the first half, but their wastefulness in front of goal could come back to haunt them.

Porto going things going early as James Rodríguez tested Salvatore Sirigu in the third minute, but it was João Moutinho's near miss a couple minutes later that was the best opportunity. Marco Verratti's speed on the outside caused PSG some issues and also elicited a poor tackle in the 5th minute from Thiago Silva that referee Howard Webb deemed a yellow card offense.

Zlatan Ibrahimović looked sure to score in the 20th minute after being set-up in the center of the box by Jérémy Ménez. Zlatan's shot went for the top left corner, but was deftly swatted away by Porto's goalkeeper Helton.

Other than that moment of near greatness, Porto were dominate playing most of the game in PSG's half and coming close on several occasions. The fact it's scoreless at halftime is a compliment to Sirigu and an indictment of Porto's less than precise finishing.

PSG is too good for Porto to not take advantage of all these chances. We'll have to see what happens in the second half.

Manchester City vs. Borussia Dortmund: Lineups

Borussia Dortmund's lineup features one minor surprise, though it shouldn't be too stunning that Jürgen Klopp has opted for athleticism over experience. Captain Sebastian Kehl will start the match on the bench, and Sven Bender will start in his place.

Manchester City are going with a back four, and have given another start to promising young central defender Matija Nastasić. He obviously has a great future in front of him, but he'll have his hands full tracking the runs of Dortmund's three attacking midfield players. The good news for him is that he'll have plenty of help from the shiny new defensive midfielder in front of him and the world class defender next to him.

Manchester City starting lineup (4-2-2-2): Joe Hart; Gaël Clichy, Vincent Kompany, Matija Nastasić, Pablo Zabaleta; Javi Garcia; Yaya Toure; David Silva, Samir Nasri; Sergio Agüero, Edin Džeko

Borussia Dortmund lineup (4-2-3-1): Roman Weidenfeller; Marcel Schmelzer, Mats Hummels, Neven Subotić, Łukasz Piszczek; Sven Bender, İlkay Gündoğan; Mario Götze, Marco Reus, Jakub Błaszczykowski; Robert Lewandowski

FC Porto vs. Paris Saint-Germain: Lineups

The two favorites in Group A meet for the first time tonight in Portugal. A win by either side will give them a leg up on winning the group, but no matter what happens, these should be the two teams that advance to the knockout round.

Porto manager Vítor Pereira has made only one change to the lineup he used in their win over Zagreb two weeks ago, replacing Steven Defour with Fernando in the midfield.

Carlo Ancelotti's PSG lineup looks a bit different from their 4-1 victory over Dynamo Kiev. The formation remains the same, but there are a few changes. Javier Pastore starts on the bench, replaced by Nenê. In the defense, Alex and Christophe Jallet are on the bench, with Mamadou Sakho and Gregory Van der Wiel getting the start instead. Up front, it's the one man awesome show of Zlatan Ibrahimović...ZLATAN.

FC Porto (4-3-3): Helton; Danilo, Maicon, Alex Sandro, Nicolás Otamendi; Lucho González, João Moutinho, Fernando, James Rodríguez, Silvestre Varela, Jackson Martínez.

PSG (4-3-2-1): Salvatore Sirigu; Thiago Silva, Mamadou Sakho, Maxwell, Gregory van der Wiel; Nenê, Blaise Matuidi, Clément Chantôme, Marco Verratti, Jérémy Ménez, Zlatan Ibrahimović.

Anderlecht vs. Málaga: Lineups

Anderlecht's John van den Brom has rolled our a somewhat wonky lineup that's either a 4-2-3-1 or a 3-5-2. I'm leaning towards the first since that was the formation van den Brom used in their first Champions League match. It appears Biglia and Kouyate will play a double pivot in the defensive midfield with Jovanovic, Kanu, Bruno behind Mbokani up front. Then again, it could be a 4-3-1-2 with Jovanović and Mbokani up top...we all now have headaches.

For American fans, Sacha Kljestan is on the bench.

As for Málaga, it's a more consistent formation with Javier Saviola the lone striker, with the trip of Isco, Eliseu and Joaquín in support. The only change from their 3-0 win over Zenit is Sánchez replacing Francisco Portillo in the midfield.

Anderlecht (4-3-1-2): Silvio Proto; Olivier Deschacht, Bram Nuytinck, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Marcin Wasilewski; Lucas Biglia, Guillaume Gillet, Kanu, Massimo Bruno, Milan Jovanović, Dieumeric Mbokani.

Malaga (4-2-3-1): Willy Caballero; Weligton, Martín Demichelis, Nacho Monreal, Sergio Sánchez; Igancio Camacho, Manuel Iturra, Joaquín Sánchez, Eliseu, Isco; Javier Saviola.

Zenit St. Petersburg vs. AC Milan: Final Score 2-3, Rossoneri strike lucky

Zenit made numerous mistakes during an otherwise decent performance, helping Milan to a victory.

Arsenal vs. Olympiacos: Lineups

Arsenal are looking to go on top of UEFA Champions League Group B with what should be a relatively straightforward home clash against Olympiacos. The Greeks had a relatively strong campaign last time out, but they've already lost to Schalke (in the Piraeus, no less), and they won't be expecting any points from their trip to London. The Gunners, meanwhile, will want to rebound from their weekend loss as quickly as possible.

Arsenal starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Vito Mannone, Kieran Gibbs, Thomas Vermaelen, Laurent Koscielny, Carl Jenkinson; Francis Coquelin, Mikel Arteta; Lukas Podolski, Santi Cazorla, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain; Gervinho.

Substitutes from: James Shea, André Santos, Johan Djourou, Theo Walcott, Aaron Ramsey, Andrei Arshavin, Olivier Giroud

Olympiacos starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Balázs Megyeri; Jose Holebas, Pablo Contreras, Paulo Machado, Giannis Maniatis; David Fuster, Kostas Manolas; Leandro Greco, Drissa Diakite, Dimitrios Siovas; Kostas Mitroglou.

Substitutes from: Roy Carroll, Francois Modesto, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Ariel Ibagaza, Djamel Abdoun, Marko Pantelic, Diogo.

Zenit St. Petersburg vs. AC Milan: Halftime Score 1-2, Milan a bit lucky

Zenit St. Petersburg got off to an awful start at home against Milan, but they're well on their way towards reeling in the Italians and grabbing a result. Milan have one excellent goal, but also another very lucky goal, and they've been bailed out by Christian Abbiati on multiple occasions. Hulk finally found the net in first half stoppage time, which made the score 2-1 in favor of Milan and set the stage for what should be a great second half.

Milan took the lead through Urby Emmanuelson, who bounced a free kick off the top of Zenit's wall. The deflection completely fooled Vyacheslav Malafeev and put Milan in front after 13 minutes. Three minutes later, Stephan El Shaarawy scored a goal that had nothing to do with luck, toasting the Zenit back line before placing a shot past Malafeev from 10 yards.

Between then and the break, Abbiati was forced into three world class saves, and he had to make five in total during the half. At the end of the half, Zenit finally broke through, with Hulk punching in a finish from close range, assisted by a Roman Shirokov ball to the far post.

Zenit St Petersburg vs. AC Milan: Lineups

Zenit St Petersburg spent big money in the summer transfer window to help hulk up their lineup just for the Champions League. It didn't help in the first round of matches as the Russians got hammered by Malaga. As for Milan, their troubles are well documented and even though they drew against Anderlecht, it's not the kind of results they are used to. Hence the importance of today's match.

Zenit have both their big summer signings in the lineup with Hulk up top and Axel Witsel back after missing the Malaga match due to an injury. The midfield remains thin with Sergei Semak unavailable and Igor Densiov in the dog club's dog house.

Milan's Stephan El Shaarawy has been on a good run of form in the past few matches and they'll need him to have a big match if they hope to keep their hopes of advancing to the knockout round alive. Midfielder Antonio Nocerino and second leading scorer Giampaolo Pazzini are on the bench.

Zenit St Petersburg (4-3-3): Vyacheslav Malafeev; Aleksandr Anyukov, Domenico Criscito, Nicolas Lombaerts, Tomáš Hubočan; Roman Shirokov, Axel Witsel, Vladimir Bystrov; Viktor Fayzulin, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Hulk.

AC Milan (4-2-3-1): Christian Abbiati; Cristián Zapata, Ignazio Abate, Daniele Bonera, Luca Antonini; Riccardo Montolivo, Nigel De Jong; Urby Emanuelson, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Stephan El Shaarawy; Bojan Krkić.

Dynamo Kiev vs. Dinamo Zagreb 2012, UEFA Champions League: Game time and TV schedule

Dynamo Kiev are back in the Champions League with new manager Oleg Blokhin, and will be hoping to get their Champions League campaign back on track against Dinamo Zagreb tonight.

Anderlecht vs. Malaga 2012, UEFA Champions League: Game time and TV schedule

If either Anderlecht or Malaga manages to take all three points on Wednesday, they'll establish themselves as surprising group favorites.

Ajax vs. Real Madrid 2012, UEFA Champions League: Game time and TV schedule

Ajax have a solid young team, but they're also dealing with a serious injury problem and a mediocre run of form. Real Madrid should be able to take all three points.

Zenit St. Petersburg vs. AC Milan 2012, UEFA Champions League: Game time and TV schedule

AC Milan and Zenit St. Petersburg both struggled on the first matchday of Champions League play and need to improve on Wednesday.

Manchester City vs. Borussia Dortmund 2012, UEFA Champions League: Game time and TV schedule

Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund are two world class teams engaged in a battle to the death to emerge from Group D. In other words, yes please.

Schalke vs. Montpellier 2012, UEFA Champions League: Game time and TV schedule

This really isn't that interesting. Schalke are good; Montpellier are less good. There's a lot of 'yeah but's that don't really make sense. Schalke have this.

FC Porto vs. Paris Saint-Germain 2012, UEFA Champions League: Game time and TV schedule

FC Porto face Paris Saint-Germain for the first time since 2004, with both sides looking to finish top of Group A.

Arsenal vs. Olympiakos 2012, UEFA Champions League: Game time and TV schedule

Arsenal look to build on their victory over Montpellier as they take on Olympiakos in Group B.

UEFA Champions League: Wednesday slate loaded with great matches

Most eyes will be on Manchester on Wednesday as City hosts Borussia Dortmund, but every game is watchable on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League.