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Man United stays perfect

LONDON: Manchester United and Lyon stayed perfect in the Champions League, each winning their third straight matches to close in on qualifying for the second round.

AC Milan also won, beating Anderlecht 1-0 despite playing without defender Daniele Bonera for almost the entire second half after he was sent off in the 47th minute for getting a second yellow card.

Manchester United beat FC Copenhagen 3-0 at Old Trafford with goals from Paul Scholes, John O'Shea and Kieran Richardson. Lyon also won 3-0, downing Dynamo Kiev with goals coming from Juninho, Kim Kallstrom and Florent Malouda.

Milan, which leads Group H with seven points, got its goal from Kaka in the 58th. The Brazil midfielder's shot beat Anderlecht goalkeeper Daniel Zitka to the upper right corner.

In the other group game, Lille beat AEK Athens 3-1. Mathieu Robail, Daniel Gygax and Jean Makoun scored for Lille. It was Real Madrid 4, Steaua Bucharest 1 in Group E; Celtic 3, Benfica 0 in Group F; CSKA Moscow 1, Arsenal 0, and FC Porto 4, Hamburger SV 1 in Group G. In Group E, Lyon midfielder Juninho curled a free kick into the top corner of the net in the 31st and Kim Kallstrom scored the second in the 38th. Florent Malouda headed in Juninho's corner in the 50th. In Moscow, Daniel Carvalho scored a first-half goal to give CSKA Moscow a 1-0 victory over Arsenal.

The results: Dynamo Kiev 0 lost to Lyon 3; Steaua Bucharest 1 lost to Real Madrid 4; Celtic 3 bt Benfica 0; Manchester United 3 bt FC Copenhagen 0; CSKA Moscow 1 bt Arsenal 0; FC Porto 4 bt SV Hamburg 1; Anderlecht 0 lost to AC Milan 1; Lille 3 bt AEK Athens 1. — Agencies

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