When i talk of favourite am referring to Real Madrid, Arsenal and Man city. If anyone had told me that these teams will loose their matches i will label the person a "Liar", i even remember post 10 Reasons why Manchester City will Win Ajax. But it ended up the other way round.
And what is really hard to understand is that this "favourite" teams where not just beaten but well beaten,
Dortmund Vs Real Madrid.
Inspired Borussia Dortmund took a decisive step towards Champions league qualification in the game of the night in Group D as they edged out Real Madrid 2-1.
The tireless Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring after Sebastian Kehl seized on a loose pass from Pepe to spring his colleague through the middle and he gave Iker Casillas no chance with an unerring finish.
With the crowd still basking in their good fortune, Cristiano Ronaldo latched onto Mesut Ozil's 50-yard pass and calmly lifted the ball over the onrushing goalkeeper to make it 1-1.
Dortmund, who had given Manchester City a going over on matchday two, were soon back on the attack, with pace and invention, keeping Casillas on his toes.
But it was the Madrid keeper's unconvincing punch from a Mario Gotze cross that saw Marcel Schmelzer (63) drill home from 18 yards.
Angel Di Maria blazed over from 20 yards and Michael Essien headed wide as Madrid looked for a response against tiring legs but there was to be no reprieve as the hosts held out for a deserved success.
Dortmund are now one point ahead of Madrid at the summit as the nine-time European champions' record against German sides stands at one solitary win in the last 24 outings not even the presence of the special one now the Only one nor Ronaldo could change their poor record against German opposition.
Ajax vs Manchester City.
Manchester City's Champions League hopes were dealt another massive blow in Amsterdam where Ajax came from behind to beat the reigning English champions 3-1.
Although Sami Nasri gave the visitors a 22nd minute lead, against the run of play, the Dutch side held their nerve to clinch a well-deserved victory in Group D.
The result leaves City at the base of the table with just a single point from three games.
Christian Eriksen had a couple of fierce shots for Ajax on Joe Hart's goal before Nasri broke the deadlock.
Micah Richards fed James Milner who slipped the ball into the path of the advancing Nasri and the Frenchman brilliantly curled it past Kenneth Vermeer from 16 yards.
However Ajax drew level a minute before the interval when Ricardo van Rhijn's low cross was clinically dispatched into the bottom right-hand corner by Siem de Jong from 18 yards.
And 12 minutes after the break, Niklas Moisander headed Ajax in front from Eriksen's corner.
Sweden playmaker Eriksen added a third (67), although his 22-yard effort needed a substantial deflection off Gael Clichy to beat Hart.
Hart denied Tobias Sana a few minutes later as City threatened to cave in, while Edin Dzeko missed a decent chance for the visitors before the end.
And this made City the first English team to be beaten at the home of the dutch team since 1980.
Arsenal vs Schalke 04
Schalke knocked Arsenal off the top of Champions League Group B with a ruthless 2-0 win at the Emirates.
Second-half from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Ibrahim Afellay saw Schalke leapfrog the Gunners, who suffered their first defeat in the competition's group stages.
Gervinho prodded wide as Arsenal searched for an early breakthrough, but the hosts were fortunate to avoid a penalty when Vito Mannone felled the onrushing Afellay, who was harshly booked for diving.
Arsenal's attacks lacked their usual spark and Lukas Podolski's ball across the face was a rare moment of danger for Schalke who should have taken the lead when Atsuto Uchida's cross was wastefully fired wide by Huntelaar.
The German side spurned another chance after the break when Benedikt Howedes blazed over, while Gervinho was frustrating the home crowd as he fired dangerously across the box before being booked for a cynical dive in the area.
But Schalke kept their composure amid an increasingly tense atmosphere and Huntelaar (76) strode onto Afellay's knock-down before lashing past a helpless Mannone.
Afellay then wrapped up the win as Diego Farfan's low cross was gleefully slammed into the net by the Schalke frontman (84) but the hosts still look good on six points to qualify.
After witnessing all this yesterday i join my voice with the supporters of this clubs, Real Madrid, Manchester city and Arsenal to ask "where was the god of football"
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