Champions League: Bayern Munich win against Barça, Atlético surprised at Leverkusen

Published on: 09/13/2022 – 23:25 While Bayern Munich tamed FC Barcelona with their former striker Robert Lewandowski (2-0), a goal from Joël Matip at the very end of the match gave Liverpool a deserved and precious success (2-1) against Ajax Amsterdam, during the second day of the Champions League. Group A: Liverpool are doing better Successful takeover operation for Liverpool: after their heavy inaugural defeat in Naples (4-1), the Reds reacted against Ajax Amsterdam (2-1), relaunching themselves in Group A. At Anfield, Jürgen Klopp’s team found the fault through Mohamed Salah (17th), but Ajax immediately equalized thanks to an overpowered shot from the top corner of Mohammed Kudus (27th). It was not until a providential goal from Joel Matip (89th ) to release the Reds. While waiting for the other group match, Glasgow Rangers-Naples, postponed to Wednesday due to logistical constraints linked to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Liverpool, Ajax and Napoli are tied in the lead (3 pts). Group B: a slap for Atlético Evening of surprises in group B: FC Porto and Atlético Madrid, favorites of the group, ended up on the mat. Club Brugge managed the feat of winning well at the Dragon stadium in Portugal (4-0) to take control of the pool with two wins in two matches (6 pts). Behind, Atlético ended up collapsing (2-0) in front of Leverkusen, on goals from Robert Andrich (84th) and Frenchman Moussa Diaby (87th), and the two opponents find themselves neck and neck in the standings (3 pts each). Group C: Bayern win the shock In the poster for the evening, the Bavarian club overcame Barça (2-0) thanks to Frenchman Lucas Hernandez (50th) and Leroy Sané (54th), knocking out his Catalan rival which had not yet been undeserved. The reunion between Bayern and its former serial-scorer Robert Lewandowski was eagerly awaited: the Polish center-forward, transferred to Barcelona for 45 million euros in the off-season, was more applauded only whistled and he missed Barça’s best chance, sending the ball just above when he was alone at the penalty spot (18th). But it was Bayern who struck, first by Hernandez d’ a head stung (50th), then by Sané (54th), while Munich rookie Sadio Mané was rather discreet. Enough to bend Barcelona and place Bayern at the top of the group (6 pts), three lengths ahead of the Catalan club and Inter Milan, who rebounded at the expense of Viktoria Plzen thanks to Edin Dzeko (20th) and Denzel Dumfries ( 70th). Group D: Sporting continue to dominate Tottenham lost in the final minutes against Sporting Portugal (2-0), conceding two goals in quick succession on Tuesday at the José Alvalade stadium. Striker Paulinho first opened the scoring with an angry header from a corner (90th, 1-0) before Arthur Gomes gave Sporting definitive success with a clear shot after the last action of the match. (90th + 3, 2-0). After two days, Sporting has two wins in two matches. Committed for the second day of the Champions League on Tuesday, Olympique de Marseille once again lost at home against Frankfurt (1-0) after their inaugural defeat a week ago at Tottenham. Unrecognizable for an hour, the Marseillais conceded the opener just before the break by Jesper Lindstrom on a defensive error. The OM coach did try to find the solution by changing all his attacking animation but without ever finding the fault against a very solid German formation. After two days, Marseille are last in their group with 0 points behind Tottenham and Frankfurt, 3 points, and Sporting, leader with 6 points, OM’s next opponent. With AFP and Reuters