Champions League first leg: Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski disappointed on return to Bayern Munich | Football news
Goals from Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane helped Bayern Munich seal a 2-0 Champions League win over Barcelona to ruin Robert Lewandowski’s return to his former club.
Lewandowski left the Bundesliga champions this summer and had a rough night returning to the Allianz Arena after failing to capitalize on many opportunities in the Group C clash.
Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski sitting on the pitch
After a goalless first half, Julian Nagelsmann’s men bounced up early in the second half as Hernandez headed home Joshua Kimmich’s corner before Jamal Musiala played beautifully for Sane to score home in the 54th minute to put Bayern on to the top after two rounds.
Edin Dzeko inspired Inter Milan win 2-0 at Viktoria Plzen earlier in the day in the group.
With Romelu Lukaku still sidelined with a thigh problem, Dzeko continued to play for the Serie A side with the opening goal after 20 minutes and the assist for Denzel Dumfries to score in the 70th minute.
The bottom of the table Plzen has been reduced to 10 people so far after Pavel Bucha received his marching order at the time mark.
Joel Matip Not a hard-to-get hero LiverpoolEurope’s campaign back on track when his 89th minute header secured a harrowing 2-1 win Ajax in group A.
Liverpool’s Joel Matip scores the winning goal against Ajax
After Jurgen Klopp declared their 4-1 loss to Napoli a “show of horror”, there was a need to respond at Anfield and Mohamed Salah’s opener helped to resolve any tension but the outfit of the Netherlands equalized before the end of the first half.
Mohammed Kudus scored at home brilliantly and it was Ajax who was most likely to score only the second for Matip to head into the late corner to give Liverpool three crucial points.
In group D, Tottenham conceded two goals in stoppage time to beat 2-0 in Sporting Lisbon.
Harry Kane shows his disappointment in the 0-2 loss to Sporting Lisbon
Spurs had been contemplating a disappointing evening as it looked as though they would be held to a 0-0 draw in Portugal before things went badly in the final minutes.
Paulinho nodded home from a corner and then with almost the last kick, Arthur Gomes dashed into the box to put Sporting top of the table with two wins as Tottenham academy product Marcus Edwards impressed before his old club.
Frankfurt join Spurs with three points after they won 1-0 in Marseille.
Jesper Lindstrom made the breakthrough two minutes before the break and although Matteo Guendouzi and Cengiz Under were brought on, the hosts suffered a second consecutive defeat of the game.
Frankfurt’s Jesper Lindstrom (centre) celebrates after his winning goal alongside Marseille goalkeeper Pau Lopez
Atlético Madrid ended a program late at Bayer Leverkusen in group B.
The La Liga side scored twice in injury time to beat Porto last week but saw Robert Andrich and Moussa Diaby score in the final six minutes of their encounter in Germany to seal a 2- 0.
Club Brugge top of the table after a stunning 4-0 win over Porto. Ferran Jutgla put the visitors ahead with a quarter of an hour of play and Kamal Sowah, Andreas Skov Olsen and Antonio Nusa were on target in the second half to give the Belgians a stellar win.
Naplesat ‘s game Rangers was postponed to Wednesday because of limited police resources in Scotland following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
