Champions League: Barcelona thwarted by stunning strike
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5:05 AM EDT, Thu September 17, 2015
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Man of the moment —
Alessandro Florenzi of AS Roma celebrates by pointing to the name on the back of his shirt after his sensational equalizer against Barcelona in the Champions League.
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Opening gambit —
Barcelona forward Luis Suarez celebrates after opening the scoring at Roma -- but his effort was soon to be overshadowed
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Roman revels —
Roma players and fans celebrate the spectacular Florenzi goal, from almost 60 yards out wide on the right, that leveled against Barca.
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Where there's a Will, there's a way —
Colleagues congratulate Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Willian (right) after his free-kick sailed through the Maccabi Tel Aviv defense to open the scoring at Stamford Bridge.
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Red and buried —
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud is shown the red card by referee Ovidiu Hategan at Dinamo Zagreb as the London club slumped to defeat.
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Up in the air —
Bayern Munich's Xabi Alonso battles for a high ball with Olympiakos forward Ideye Brown in the Group F game in Greece. Bundesliga champions Bayern were made to work hard before breaking through.
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Incredible Hulk —
Zenit St Petersburg's Brazilian forward Hulk celebrates one of his two goals in the Group H game at Valencia.
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Lyon tamer —
Jeremy Morel of Lyon towers over Gent's Brecht Dejaegere as he clears the ball.
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Shake on it —
BATE Borisov forward Dmitri Mozolevski celebrates with coach Aleksandr Yermakovich after scoring at Bayer Leverkusen -- but his efforts proved to be in vain.
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Dynamic Dynamo —
Oleh Husev of Dynamo Kiev enjoys the moment after scoring during against Porto at the Olimpiysky stadium.