Wednesday Football Roundup: Real Madrid Stunned; Top English Sides Bag Wins; Rest Of Europe

There was a lot of action last night across Europe in the Football realm and below is a roundup of all the action.


Real Madrid stunned At The Bernabeau


The return of Cristiano Ronaldo from his ban, could not save the Spanish Champions from defeat in the hands of minnows Real Betis. Cristiano Ronaldo endured a frustrating LaLiga return on Wednesday.

Antonio Sanabria headed in a dramatic 94th-minute winner for Betis, who were victorious at the Santiago Bernabeu in a league game for the first time since 1998.

The Portuguese star tried hard and had numerous attempts on goal, but Madrid failed to score for the first time since April 2016.

The result ended a record-equalling run of 73 games in which Madrid had netted as Zinedine Zidane's men were left seven points behind rivals and league leaders Barcelona.

The Los Blancos side have a lot on their hands after they were dealt an heavy blow in the bid to defend the Spanish Title this season. Arch rivals Barcelona bagged an impressive 6-1 win on Tuesday night with Lionel Messi leading the firing line.


Top English Sides Bag Wins

The Red Devils began their EFL Cup defence in style

Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial were the stars of the night as United kicked off their EFL Cup defence by outclassing Championship side Burton Albion 4-1.

The youngsters, began together for the first time in the starting XI this season, and their quality was evident immediately, as the hosts moved ahead in the fourth minute through Rashford's calm execution.

That opened the floodgates as United entered the break 3-0 ahead, Rashford adding a second before Lingard got in on the act.

Martial capped his fine display by finding the net in the 60th minute, before Burton grabbed a consolation through Lloyd Dyer with virtually the game's last kick.
Manchester United booked their spot in the fourth round with this comprehensive win.

United's rivals the noisy neighbors were also in the act

Leroy Sane gave an inSane performance as his brace gave City a battling 2-1 win at West Brom in the third round of the EFL Cup, but victory came at a price as Ilkay Gundogan was hit by another possible injury blow.

Sane has been restricted to one Premier League start so far this season, the odd-man out in Pep Guardiola's gifted forward line, but he grasped his chance with aplomb at The Hawthorns.

The 21-year-old's early opener preceded a swashbuckling first-half showing from a City side performing in the same vein as the recent romps against Liverpool, Feyenoord and Watford despite Guardiola making eight changes.

The Party Extended to London as both Chelsea and Arsenal grabbed wins at home after their stalemate over the weekend.

Eden Hazard provided two assists on his return to the starting line up  and Michy Batshuayi scored a hat-trick as Chelsea moon-walked into the EFL Cup fourth round with a 5-1 win over Nottingham Forest.

After three straight substitute appearances, Hazard looked back to his creative best following ankle surgery in guiding the heavily-rotated Chelsea side past their  Championship opposition.

Theo Walcott scored his first goal of the season to help the Gunners book a place in the fourth round of the EFL Cup after a 1-0 win over Doncaster Rovers.

Walcott, who had not scored a competitive goal for the Gunners since April, pounced in the 25th minute to make it 1-0 at the Emirates and at that stage it looked as though Arsenal would steamroller their League One opponents.

Despite a number of first-half chances the hosts failed to extend their lead leaving  Olivier Giroud frustrated as he sought his 100th goal for Arsenal

The result however left Arsene Wenger to reflect on a positive result and another good performance from Jack Wilshere.

Across Europe, there were notable wins for Italian giants Juventus, AC Milan, Roma & Napoli in the Serie A. German side Borrusia Dortmund also bagged a win.