On an evening when a minute’s silence was held earlier than each match in tribute to the 131 victims of the Indonesia stadium tragedy, Bayern Munich and Club Brugge additionally made it three wins from three whereas Inter edged Barcelona in a good contest in Milan.
Liverpool gamers have fun a aim throughout their Uefa Champions League match towards Glasgow Rangers at Anfield, Liverpool on 4 October 2022. Picture: @LFC/Twitter
PARIS – Liverpool eased to a cushty 2-0 win within the ‘Battle of Britain’ towards Rangers within the Champions League group video games on Tuesday whereas Napoli underlined their credentials with a powerful 6-1 thrashing of Ajax in Amsterdam.
On an evening when a minute’s silence was held earlier than each match in tribute to the 131 victims of the Indonesia stadium tragedy, Bayern Munich and Club Brugge additionally made it three wins from three whereas Inter edged Barcelona in a good contest in Milan.
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool went into their Group A recreation towards the Scottish champions on the again of simply three wins of their first 9 Premier League and Champions League video games of the season.
But they settled shortly when Trent Alexander-Arnold produced a elegant free-kick to place the house facet forward after simply seven minutes.
Rangers’ 40-year-old goalkeeper Allan McGregor produced some fantastic saves, together with 4 to disclaim Darwin Nunez his first aim for Liverpool, to maintain his facet within the hunt at half-time.
Seven minutes into the second half, nonetheless, Leon King’s problem caught the legs of Luis Díaz to present away a penalty.
Mohamed Salah stepped up and struck the ball down the center as McGregor was unable to repeat the penalty-saving heroics he produced towards Napoli.
“It was exactly what we needed. It was a super, solid performance,” mentioned Klopp, who switched from his common 4-3-3 formation to a 4-2-3-1.
“Sometimes you have to change things.”
Napoli keep prime of Group A after one other spectacular victory, coming from behind to hammer Ajax 6-1 to take their tally of targets to 13 from three matches.
Mohammed Kudus put the house facet forward within the ninth minute however Luciano Spalletti’s facet bounced again with first-half targets from Giacomo Raspadori, Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Piotr Zielinski.
Raspadori added his second two minutes after the restart and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia added the fifth simply after the hour.
Ajax’s evening was made worse when captain Dusan Tadic was despatched off after amassing a second yellow card and Giovanni Simeone closed out the win.
‘UNSTOPPABLE’ BAYERN
Bayern moved to the edge of qualification with a 3rd successive win, thrashing Viktoria Plzen 5-0 in Group C.
“We were calm, we dominated and we were in total control,” mentioned Bayern captain and Manuel Neuer.
“When everything is going well, we’re almost unstoppable.”
German worldwide Leroy Sane struck twice, opening the scoring from distance after seven minutes and including a second 5 minutes after the break.
Between Sane’s two targets, Serge Gnabry added a second on 13 minutes earlier than Sadio Mane posted his first Champions League aim for Bayern with quantity three after 21 minutes.
Substitute Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting got here off the bench at half time and added the fifth simply earlier than the hour mark.
Hakan Calhanoglu fired Inter Milan to a 1-0 win over Barcelona on the San Siro which took the Italians into second spot in Group C, three factors behind Bayern.
Inter had misplaced 5 of the earlier 10 matches in all competitions however Turkey midfielder Calhanoglu ended the disaster speak when he lashed in the one aim of the sport on the stroke of half-time.
“It was very important today for us, to show something to our fans who are always with us. We showed that we deserved it,” mentioned Calhanoglu.
Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez, nonetheless, was left fuming after two key handball selections went towards his crew.
The first noticed an equaliser dominated out following a pitch assessment by referee Slavko Vincic for Ansu Fati’s handball simply earlier than the ball dropped to Pedri to tuck house.
Barca had been then denied a stoppage time penalty after VAR officers dominated that Denzel Dumfries didn’t commit a handball offence regardless of touching the ball in a really comparable method to Fati.
“If you ask me I’m outraged… the word is outrage because it makes no sense, it’s an injustice,” Xavi informed reporters.
“I think it’s an injustice, I just can’t hide it.”
Club Brugge additionally claimed a 3rd successive win to proceed their shock cost in the direction of the following spherical.
Kamal Sowah and Ferran Jutgla had been on course as the Belgian facet made brief work of Atletico Madrid in Group B.
Atletico had their possibilities with Antoine Griezmann crashing a penalty off the crossbar. They additionally had a aim dominated out for offside which added to their frustration.
“It’s a very tight group and we will have to fight because we won’t get anything for free,” mentioned Atletico captain Koke.
Club Brugge prime Group B, three factors forward of the opposite three groups after Porto beat Bayern Leverkusen 2-0 with second half targets from Zaidu and Galeno.
Sporting Lisbon’s march in Group D got here to a shuddering halt in Marseille the place the house facet got here from a aim all the way down to win 4-1 and get their first win beneath their belt.
Lisbon nonetheless prime the group with six factors, two forward of Eintracht Frankfurt and Tottenham Hotspur who performed out a goalless attract Germany.
