Steven Bloor November 7, 2012

Champions League: Chelsea, Man United and Celtic – in pictures

A brief round-up of tonight's European football matches featuring British clubs - with Chelsea hosting Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester United traveling to Braga, and Celtic welcoming Barcelona

Wed Champs League: Torres celebrates scoring — Chelsea v Shakhtar Donetsk What a stroke of luck and what a start for the Blues - Fernando Torres chases down a backpass from defender to goalkeeper. Pyatov's attempt to hoof the ball clear cannons off the striker from point-blank range and ends up in the net Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

Wed Champs League 2: Willian celebrates scoring — But that lead doesn't last long. Just three minutes later Fernandinho picks up the ball on the edge of the final third, gallops past Bertrand and Luiz and pulls the ball back across the face of goal. From about 10 yards out, the unmarked Willian rifles the ball past Petr Cech and into the bottom right-hand corner Photograph: Scott Heavey/Getty Images

Wed Champs League: Oscar scores — Chelsea regain their lead five minutes before half-time courtesy of a wonderful piece of skill by Oscar. Rushing out of his penalty area to play sweeper and head a through-ball clear, the Shakhtar goalkeeper is caught hopelessly out of position when his clearance fell to Oscar at the edge of the centre-circle inside the Shakhtar half. Taking one touch to control the ball, he executes a perfect volley to send the ball arcing back into the empty net from 40+ yards Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

wed champs league 3: Shakhtar Donetsk's Willian reacts — Shakhtar start the second half positively and after just two minutes this pays dividends when Willian again makes Chelsea for some slack marking. He begins the play on the left of the Chelsea penalty area, playing the ball to Fernandinho on the edge and continued his run to the centre. Fernandinho played the ball wide and right to Srna, who got in behind the static Chelsea defence and pulled the ball back to Willian. He sidefooted a first-time effort straight into the bottom right-hand corner Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

wed champs league 3: Moses — Deep in injury time Juan Mata swings in a corner, substitute Victor Moses gets between two defenders, leaps and directs an excellent header into the top right-hand corner. Sensational! Photograph: Tom Hevezi/AP

wed champs league 4: Chelsea's Moses celebrates — Cue delirium! Final score: 3-2 Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

wed champs league 4: Celtic fans — Celtic v Barcelona No doubt the Hoops fans will be hoping that tonight's game will be one of the most memorable matches during those 125 years of history Photograph: Brian Stewart/EPA

Wed Champs League 2: Celtic v FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League Group G — Midway through the first half Victor Wanyama gives the home side the lead when, from a corner, he rises above Bartra and butts a bullet of a header into the back of the net Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

Wed Champs League 2: The Celtic players celebrate — The Celtic players celebrate with the fans as Celtic Park erupts Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

wed champs league 4: Barcelona's Andres Iniesta runs with the ball — Celtic's tactics seem to be to press and not give the Barca players room when they have the ball. Here Andres Iniesta is surrounded by Victor Wanyama, left and Mikael Lustig Photograph: David Moir/Reuters

Wed Champs League 2: Tony Watt scores — With seven minutes to go Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster pumps a big ball down the middle which Xavi fails to deal with, this puts 18-year-old Tony Watt in the clear with Mascherano trying to chase him down, the teenager hammers the ball low and hard into the net from 14 yards. Celtic Park explodes again! Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

wed champs league 4: Celtic's Tony Watt celebrates scoring — Can the mighty Barcelona come back from two nil down to avoid their first group stage defeat in three years? Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP

wed champs league 4: Barcelona's Lionel Messi scores — Maybe. In the first minute of injury time Lionel Messi (who else) pounces on the ball after Forster's fine save and smashes home the rebound. Celtic have got three minutes to hang on for a famous victory Photograph: Ian Macnicol/AFP/Getty Images

wed champs league 3: Celtic beat Barcelona — The final whistle goes and you can see the relief on the face of Celtic manager Neil Lennon. Final score: 2-1 Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

Wed Champs League: Sporting Braga vs Manchester United — Braga v Manchester United A number of United fans have made the trip over to Portugal Photograph: Hugo Delgado/EPA

wed champs league 4: Alan Silva vies with Patrice Evra — The first half is a rather tepid and unremarkable affair with neither side stamping their mark on the game, here Alan Silva tussles with Patrice Evra Photograph: Jose Coelho/EPA

Wed Champs League 2: Braga's Alan celebrates after scoring a goal against Manchester United — Things get a bit more exciting just after half-time when Custódio and Evans tangle inside the United area and the referee points to the spot. Braga's Alan steps up and emphatically slams the ball past De Gea to give the home side the lead Photograph: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters

Wed Champs League 2: Power failure at Braga — On the hour mark the lights go out at the Municipal stadium in Braga due to a power failure. The referee Felix Brych takes the players off for at least ten minutes whilst someone finds a screwdriver or some coppers for the meter Photograph: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters

wed champs league 3: Robin Van Persie scores — With United huffing and puffing but not producing much of note, Fergie sends on Robin van Persie. It soon transpires to be an astute move as with just ten minutes left he puts United level. Anderson wins a free-kick near his own penalty area, the ball is knocked long for Van Persie to run on to. Braga keeper Beto sprints out to get to the ball first, is obviously not going to get there, knows he's not going to get there, stops belatedly and then watches helplessly as Van Persie hits a first-time shot into the empty net Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images

wed champs league 3: Rooney scores — Then just four minutes later United take the lead. After Hernández's shot is saved Rooney gets to the loose ball first, but goes down as he's tackled. The United skipper dusted himself down and then slammed the ball into the top right corner, every bit as emphatic as Alan's previous effort for the Portuguese side Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images

wed champs league 3: Javier Hernandez shoots — Javier Hernandez, seen here having his shot saved by Antonio Bastos "Beto", did manage to find the net in the third minute of injury time when he took the ball around the Braga keeper and then poked the ball home whilst lying on the sodden turf. Final score: 2-3 Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images

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