PARIS – Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg scored a Ninety fifth-minute winner as Tottenham Hotspur got here from behind to beat Marseille 2-1 and attain the Champions League knockout stage on Tuesday, the place they had been joined by Eintracht Frankfurt after their victory at Sporting Lisbon.

Liverpool ended Napoli’s unbeaten begin to the season with a 2-0 success at Anfield, however the Italian membership did sufficient to complete prime of Group A.

Atletico Madrid crashed out of Europe altogether with a loss to Porto, whereas Bayern Munich made it six wins from six matches by beating Inter Milan.

At a raucous Velodrome, Tottenham knew they’d progress if they may keep away from defeat by Marseille, though supervisor Antonio Conte needed to watch from the stands after being red-carded in last week’s dramatic draw with Sporting.

Spurs had been camped inside their very own half for almost all of the primary interval and fell behind simply earlier than the break when Chancel Mbemba headed in Jordan Veretout’s cross after a quickly-taken nook.

The Premier League facet had been a lot improved after the restart and Clement Lenglet glanced in a 54th-minute equaliser.

Former Arsenal left-back Sead Kolasinac nodded an excellent late alternative to ship Marseille by way of broad.

He was made to pay as Hojbjerg struck on the counter as Spurs snatched prime spot within the group and denied Marseille the comfort of a Europa League place.

“I just spoke with Antonio. He’s tired because to watch from the crowd is not normal,” Tottenham assistant coach Cristian Stellini instructed BT Sport. “He wasted a lot of energy.”

That Hojbjerg purpose pushed Eintracht, who additionally gained 2-1, down into second in Group D and saved Sporting in European competitors.

Like Tottenham, Sporting solely wanted some extent to qualify they usually solid forward six minutes earlier than half-time as Arthur Gomes volleyed house on the again put up.

But Frankfurt, enjoying within the competitors for the primary time since shedding the 1960 European Cup last to Real Madrid, didn’t hand over and Daichi Kamada scored a 62nd-minute penalty awarded for handball.

Randal Kolo Muani offered the successful second, latching onto Ansgar Knauff’s hooked move and hammering the ball into the far nook.

The gamers celebrated wildly on the pitch after the Europa League holders’ newest European exploit, with Sporting coach Ruben Amorim left trying surprised on the touchline.

(*16*) stated Frankfurt midfielder Sebastian Rode.

“But we are a comeback team, we gave everything in the second half and deservedly make the next round.”

LIVERPOOL DOWN NAPOLI

Liverpool introduced an finish to Napoli’s 21-game unbeaten run however couldn’t win by 4 targets to take first place.

Both groups had been already assured of a knockout-phase berth.

Liverpool put Saturday’s shock Premier League house loss to Leeds behind them, as late targets from Mohamed Salah, scoring in a fifth straight Champions League sport, and Darwin Nunez gained a measure of revenge for the 4-1 loss in Naples in September.

“I would have really enjoyed the game even without the goals,” Reds supervisor Jurgen Klopp stated.

“We showed tonight a reaction. Being compact makes all the difference.”

Ajax noticed off Rangers 3-1 at Ibrox to inflict a sixth straight defeat in Group A on the Scottish giants.

Earlier, Atletico failed to complete third in Group B and drop into the Europa League as a 2-1 loss at Porto noticed Bayer Leverkusen take third because of their goalless draw at Club Brugge.

Atletico, the 2014 and 2016 runners-up, had been overwhelmed by early targets from Mehdi Taremi and Stephen Eustaquio regardless of Ivan Marcano’s stoppage-time personal purpose.

Bayern completed with a 100-percent file by seeing off Inter 2-0 on the Allianz Arena in Group C.

Benjamin Pavard headed house a nook and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting crashed in his seventh purpose in six video games.

Barcelona’s bitterly disappointing match got here to an finish with a 4-2 victory at backside membership Viktoria Plzen.

Barca should settle with being one of many favourites to win the Europa League.

“We’re one of the candidates, the Europa League is looking like a good competition, the objective is to reach the end and win it, compete for it,” stated coach Xavi Hernandez.

Ferran Torres scored a brace, with Marcos Alonso and teenage midfielder Pablo Torre additionally heading in the right direction.

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.

PARIS – Last season’s crushed finalists Liverpool received their Champions League marketing campaign off to a disastrous begin in a 4-1 defeat away to Napoli on Wednesday, whereas Robert Lewandowski hit a hat-trick in an enormous win for Barcelona.

Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich additionally received their campaigns underway with victories, however Rangers had been crushed 4-0 by Ajax within the Netherlands on their return to the group section of Europe’s elite membership competitors.

Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool have gained simply two of their first six Premier League video games this season and there was to be no enchancment on their journey to Italy as Napoli raced into an early lead and by no means seemed again.

Piotr Zielinski transformed a fifth-minute penalty, and Victor Osimhen then had a second Napoli spot-kick saved by Alisson Becker.

Yet Napoli – who had defeated Liverpool in their very own stadium within the group stage in 2018 and in 2019 – had been 3-0 up on the break as Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa’s nice end was adopted by a tap-in from substitute Giovanni Simeone.

Liverpool fell additional behind two minutes into the second half as Zielinski adopted as much as rating after his preliminary effort was saved, however Luis Diaz did pull a objective again.

“We were miles too open. You can’t come to a place like this and not be compact. They were by miles the better team,” Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson instructed BT Sport.

“We have to wake up and quickly because we can’t perform like that.”

RANGERS CRUSHED BY AJAX

The six-time European Cup winners’ subsequent Group A outing is at dwelling to Ajax, who might have gained by greater than 4 at dwelling to Rangers, final season’s Europa League finalists enjoying within the Champions League group stage for the primary time since 2010.

Edson Alvarez headed Ajax in entrance earlier than a Steven Berghuis shot deflected in and an outstanding particular person strike from Mohammed Kudus made it 3-0 to Ajax by half-time.

Steven Bergwijn pounced on a poor backpass to seal the victory late on in Amsterdam, leaving Rangers supervisor Giovanni van Bronckhorst to offer a bleak evaluation of his facet’s prospects.

“To compete in the Champions League you spend hundreds of millions, for us to compete it is too much to ask,” insisted the Dutchman.

Lewandowski turned the primary participant to attain a Champions League hat-trick for 3 totally different golf equipment as the ex-Borussia Dortmund and Bayern star marked his first look within the competitors with Barcelona in model.

The Catalans crushed Czech champions Viktoria Plzen 5-1 in Group C, with Franck Kessie heading within the opener earlier than Lewandowski made it 2-0.

Jan Sykora pulled one again just for Lewandowski to attain once more earlier than half-time after which fireplace in his third objective halfway by way of the second half.

The Pole now has 89 Champions League objectives, three greater than Karim Benzema, with solely Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi forward of him.

Ferran Torres scored the fifth for Barca, whose subsequent recreation will probably be away to Lewandowski’s previous facet Bayern.

The Germans claimed a powerful 2-0 win away to Inter Milan on Wednesday, with Leroy Sane rounding Andre Onana for the first-half opener after which forcing Danilo D’Ambrosio right into a 66th-minute personal objective.

RICHARLISON BRACE FOR SPURS

Antonio Conte’s Tottenham struggled to interrupt down Marseille in north London till the French facet had Chancel Mbemba despatched off simply after half-time.

Richarlison scored the opener within the 76th minute, heading in Ivan Perisic’s cross, and the Brazilian headed in once more quickly after to make it 2-0.

“I think we felt a bit of pressure in this competition, but at the end we have to be pleased,” Conte mentioned of the victory.

Also in Group D, Sporting Lisbon scored three second-half objectives to win 3-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt, with former Spurs teenager Marcus Edwards, Francisco Trincao and Nuno Santos all on the right track.

In Group B, Antoine Griezmann headed the winner within the eleventh minute of damage time as Atletico Madrid beat Porto 2-1.

In an unimaginable end, Porto had Mehdi Taremi despatched off late on earlier than Mario Hermoso put Atletico forward with a deflected 92nd-minute strike.

Hermoso then conceded a penalty for handball, permitting Matheus Uribe to equalise within the 96th minute, just for Griezmann to have the final snort.

The solely different recreation in Champions League historical past to characteristic three objectives scored in stoppage time was Porto’s assembly with Atletico in December final yr.

In the identical group Abakar Sylla’s header was spilled over the road by the goalkeeper to offer Club Brugge a 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen.