FC Bayern also won their second group game in the Champions League through brutal efficiency and prevented star striker Robert Lewandowski from returning to Munich in a 2-0 (0-0) victory. Thanks to Joel Matip (89th), Liverpool managed a late 2-1 at Anfield against Ajax Amsterdam and thus their first win.
Frankfurt and coach Oliver Glasner also celebrated for the first time at 1-0 in the high-risk game in Marseille. Inter Milan redeemed themselves for the 0-2 defeat against Bayern Munich with an unchallenged 2-0 in Pilsen. In Group B, Brugge managed the next surprise with a 4-0 victory in Porto. Leverkusen beat Atletico Madrid, winners of the opening match, 2-0 with two late goals.
In Munich, all eyes were on the returnee Lewandowski. The Pole, who has scored 344 goals in 375 games for Bayern, was greeted with plaudits at the Allianz Arena – and missed the possible early lead. Hardly anything reminded in the first half that Barca had recently been regularly humiliated by Bayern.
The Catalans dictated the first half, before Lewandowski Pedri already had the 1-0 on his feet. Marcel Sabitzer almost created Bayern’s best chance in the first half (31′) with a narrow shot from the edge of the penalty area. The yellow warned Styrian then had to stay in the dressing room instead of Leon Goretzka.
Penalty alert in the Bayern penalty area
Shortly before the break, Barca didn’t get a penalty after a duel between Ousmane Dembelé and Alphonso Davies (43′). The VAR didn’t intervene either. Bayern took advantage of the favorable course of the game and struck from a corner: Lucas Hernandez climbed higher than the competition (50th), Barca goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen strayed around in the six-yard box. The hit was effective: Leroy Sané increased four minutes later after a nice run (54th). The Munich have won the last five duels in the “premier class”.
In the parallel game, Pilsen wanted to learn from the opening defeat against Barcelona (1:5), closed at the back, but forgot Edin Dzeko in the 20th minute. The experienced Italians didn’t bend over backwards after the lead, from the 61st the Czechs were down to ten after a ruthless challenge from Pavel Bucha against Nicolo Barella. Denzel Dumfries completed a counterattack to make it 2-0 (70′), which Inter scored for the first time.
Liverpool’s Grand Finale
At Liverpool, after Napoli’s 4-1 defeat, a mandatory home win against Ajax was planned. Mohamed Salah used the first better opportunity in a dominant early phase (17th). But Ajax proved efficient and Mohammed Kudus his current form: his shot into the cross corner was worth seeing (27th). The “Reds” pressed for the 2:1, Salah touched the crossbar with a shot (88th).
Matip’s header after a corner ensured that the pressure felt on Anfield erupted in collective relief. Florian Grillitsch (from 81st) left without points in the first CL appearance for Ajax. The parallel game Rangers – Napoli will only take place on Wednesday.
Club Brugge with a clean slate
In Group B, Bruges duped after Leverkusen (1-0) and Porto. The Spaniard Ferran Jutgla converted a penalty after a foul on himself and put Kamal Sowah’s 2-0 on (47′). This laid the foundation for the Belgian champions’ 4-0 victory over the Portuguese champions.
The parallel game between Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid was far less spectacular. Leverkusen put in more effort, failed twice in a double chance at the metal, before Robert Andrich (84th) and Moussa Diaby (87th) also hit the goal.
Heated mood in Marseille
The expected skirmishes between Olympique and Frankfurt supporters took place in Marseille in advance. Because the heated atmosphere initially also spread to the Stade Velodrome and pyrotechnics flew into different sectors, the ghost game suspended by UEFA on probation for Eintracht is getting closer. In terms of sport, the home side then had more of the game, Jesper Lindström, with the help of the Marseille defense, gave the guests a flattering lead (43rd). The game then went back and forth and found the happier winner in Glasner’s team, who celebrated his first success in the “premier class”.
The unblemished leader of this Group D is called Sporting. Paulinho (90′) and Arthur Gomes (93′) knocked out Tottenham in the finish
Source: Nachrichten
