Manchester United collapsed against Basel before salvaging a 3-3 draw in the Champions League Tuesday while Real Madrid cruised to a 3-0 victory over Ajax. The drama at Bayern Munich took place off the pitch with Carlos Tevez refusing to come on for Manchester City during its 2-0 loss. Tevez's former club United threw away a 2-0 halftime lead against Basel and the three-time champion required Ashley Young's 90th-minute header to recover a second successive draw in Group C. Real Madrid swept aside Ajax after goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Karim Benzema in the Group D meeting of two sides with 13 European Cups between them. Inter Milan picked up its first points in Group B after Mauro Zarate clinched a 3-2 win at CSKA Moscow but Trabzonspor stays top after drawing 1-1 with Lille. At Old Trafford, United did not appear to miss its injured first-choice strike force of Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez. The 20-year-old Danny Welbeck scored twice in two minutes in the first half to put United 2-0 up by the 17th minute, with 37-year-old Ryan Giggs providing both goals. But United's defense crumbled in the second half after Fabian Frei pulled Basel's first goal back in the 58th minute. Alexander Frei headed Basel level two minutes later after meeting Fabian Frei's cross and then put the Swiss champion in front from the penalty spot in the 76th after Antonio Valencia fouled Marco Streller. But Young produced a late leveler, sending a downward header into the net after meeting Nani's cross. The draw leaves United winless and with just two points after two matches, while Basel is top of the group with four along with Benfica, which beat newcomer Otelul Galati 1-0. There was no comeback in Munich for Manchester City as Mario Gomez twice knocked in rebounds from Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart to put Bayern 2-0 up before half time. The victory left Bayern in control of Group A with a perfect record after two games, while City has one point — as well as having to deal with insubordination. City is being kept off the bottom of Group A by Villarreal, which has no points after losing 2-0 at Napoli. Real Madrid enjoyed the biggest victory of the night to stay top of Group D and leave Ajax on one point. Cristiano Ronaldo swung the game in Madrid's favor with his 25th-minute opener at Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Kaka — making a rare start — doubled Madrid's lead before halftime and set up Karim Benzema to decide the game early in the second half. Lyon is second in the group with four points after a 2-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb (last with zero points). In Moscow, Inter Milan ended a three-match losing run in the competition with the win over CSKA. Trabzonspor has a one-point lead over the Italian club at the top of Group B after Gustavo Colman's late penalty secured a point against Lille.
