Borussia Dortmund force 7, Barcelona and Manchester City also ramp up

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Champions League, Matchday 2: all results on Tuesday;

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As many as 32 goals were scored in the nine Champions League Matchday 2 matches staged on Tuesday. The day started with Brest’s clear success at home to Salzburg: 4-0 the final score, with goals by Sima on 24', Camara on 66', Sima again on 70' and Pereira Lage on 75'. 1-1 instead between Stuttgart and Prague: Millot’s goal at 7' for the hosts was answered by Karinen at 32'.

It was a night with two faces for the Italian teams involved at 9 p.m.: Inter beat Red Star 4-0 with goals by Calhanoglu at 11'11', Arnautovic at 59', Lautaro Martinez at 71' and Taremi, on a penalty kick, at 81'81; Milan, on the other hand, lost 1-0 at home to Bayer Leverkusen: Boniface scored the decisive goal, at minute 51.

In one of the most eagerly awaited challenges, Arsenal defeated Paris Saint-Germain 2-0, with goals by Havertz on 20' and Saka on 35' triumphing also was the'other Englishman, Manchester City, which with goals by Gundogan at 8'8', Foden at 15', Haaland at 58' and McAtee at 74' got rid of Slovan Bratislava without much effort at their home.

Dominant successes for Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund, to say the least: the Blaugrana annihilated Young Boys with a 5-0 win without appeal, the result of goals scored by Lewandowski on 8'8; Raphinha on 34', Inigo Martinez on 37' and Lewandowski again on 51' as well as Mohamed Camara's own goal on 81; the Yellow and Gold, on the other hand, humiliated Celtic by beating them 7-1: Maeda equalized on 9' the penalty scored by Emre Can two minutes earlier, then the Scots melted away and suffered Adeyemi’s hat trick (11', 29' and 42' – the 2002 class è then exited due to injury early in the second half), Guirassy’s double (on 40' on penalty and 66') and Nmecha’s goal on 79'. Closing the review was the 1-1 draw between PSV and Sporting: ex-Bologna Schouten put the Eindhoven team ahead at 15' Daniel Braganca signed the goal that was worth an extra point in the standings in the final minute, 84.

In the standings there are at 6 points Borussia Dortmund, Brest and Bayer Leverkusen, followed at 4 by Manchester City, Inter Milan, Sparta Prague, Sporting and Arsenal; at 3 points Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Juventus, Real Madrid, Benfica, Monaco, Atletico Madrid, PSG and Celtic; at 1 Bologna, Atalanta, Shakhtar, PSV and Stuttgart; at 0 Sturm Graz, Leipzig, Girona, Lille, Milan, Club Brugge, Feyenoord, Red Star, Dinamo Zagreb, Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava and Young Boys.

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