The Champions League returned for its second matchday of the season and but once more it served up all of the drama we wanted.
From drama within the early kick offs to scraps in a while within the night time, Tuesday’s video games concerned loads of nice objectives and engaging leisure. There was additionally the excessive profile return of a sure Robert Lewandowski to former membership Bayern Munich.
Here’s the roundup of motion from the night’s play.
Liverpool 2-1 Ajax
There was just one sport performed in Group A on Tuesday night time, as Rangers’ fixture with Napoli was pushed again a day.
Liverpool went forward in opposition to Ajax by Mohamed Salah however had been pegged again when Mohammed Kudus swept in a flowing transfer from the guests aided by some slack defending.
However, Joel Matip popped up within the 89th minute to place the Reds forward and earn their first factors in Europe this season.
Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Atletico Madrid
Two objectives in three late second-half minutes noticed Bayer Leverkusen safe a significant victory over Atletico Madrid.
In a match which noticed Antonio Griezmann subbed on across the 63rd minute mark – once more – the deadock was finally damaged as Robert Andrich steered in six minutes from time.
The Bundesliga facet made certain of the victory with one other strike from speedster Moussa Diaby.
Porto 0-4 Club Brugge
Arguably the most important shock of the night got here in Portugal the place Belgian outfit Club Brugge ran out 4-0 victors over Porto.
Ferran Jutglà had guests forward with a Fifteenth-minute penalty earlier than the guests took the sport away from the Primeira Liga facet. Kamal Sowah and Andreas Skov Olsen struck inside 5 minutes earlier than Antonio Nusa made the scoreline 4-0 late within the second half.
Brugge are actually prime of Group B with two wins already.
Bayern Munich 2-0 Barcelona
Bayern Munich finally swatted Barcelona apart courtesy of strikes from Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane.
Robert Lewandowski returned to the Allianz Arena after his excessive profile departure from Germany and the Polish striker struggled on his previous turf, lacking a number of wonderful possibilities.
He and Barça had been made to pay for his or her inefficiency as Hernandez headed in from a nook earlier than Sane accomplished a sweeping transfer by ending past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Viktoria Plzen 0-2 Inter
Inter bought their first European factors on the board as they comfortably noticed off minnows Viktoria Plzen 2-0.
Edin Dzeko’s opener assisted by Joaquin Correa had the Nerazzurri up and working they usually had been aided by a 61st-minute crimson card for dwelling midfielder Pavel Bucha.
Denzel Dumfries made certain of the consequence quickly after, ending from Dzeko’s help to finish a straightforward night time’s work for Inter.
Sporting CP 2-0 Tottenham
Tottenham had been made to rue a poor efficiency in Portugal as two late strikes noticed Sporting CP emerge 2-0 winners.
Spurs struggled for any attacking fluency with each Harry Kane and Son Heung-min off the tempo, they usually finally fell behind when substitute Paulinho headed in from a nook.
The disorganisation in Spurs’ ranks was clear to see when Arthur Gomes, solely off the bench for a minute, made it 2-0 by weaving by and ending past Hugo Lloris.
Marseille 0-1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Europa League holders Eintracht Frankfurt bounced again from their opening day defeat to Sporting CP by defeating high-flying Ligue 1 outfit Marseille 1-0.
Jesper Lindstrom’s effort on the stroke of half time was sufficient to separate the 2 sides, with Marseille now needing to overturn a mighty deficit following two defeats from two video games.