Champions League: PSG Celebrates in Jannik Sinner Style. Liverpool Comes Back Against Atlético; Leão Disappoints in Lisbon

After four games without a win across the French Super Cup and Ligue 1, PSG returned to winning ways in the Champions League, defeating the hapless Slovan Bratislava by a lopsided 6-1 score: Leading the way for the Parisians, in Jannik Sinner-like fashion, were Ferran Torres, who scored a hat trick (31′, 47′, and 57′), and Ousmane Dembelé, who opened the scoring in the 17th minute and then doubled the lead in the 23rd. Di Camara scored the visitors’ only goal in the 58th minute, while Fabian Ruiz sealed the victory in the 87th minute.

The big match of the evening, however, took place at Anfield, where Liverpool hosted Atlético Madrid: the Reds came out on top, responding to Marcos Llorente’s goal in the 17th minute with goals from Szoboszlai in the 40th minute and Mac Allister in the 50th minute. Sporting also secured three points with a comeback, defeating Galatasaray 3-1 in Lisbon: Inacio’s own goal in the 5th minute gave the Turks false hope, while Catamo in the 27th minute, Suarez on a penalty kick in the 57th minute, and Zalazar in the 63rd minute secured the three points for the green-and-whites. Leao failed to score in his Champions League debut with “Gala” and was substituted in the 58th minute (replaced by Sané).

The Champions League evening began with the 6:45 p.m. matches: Barcelona defeated Feyenoord 5-1, with Blaugrana goals from Raphinha in the 3rd minute, Adeyemi in the 22nd minute, Raphinha again in the 57th minute, Lamine Yamal in the 77th minute, and Gabriel Jesus in the 85th minute, while the only goal for Feyenoord came from Steijn in the 82nd minute. A hat trick by Demirovic—who scored in the 20th, 26th, and 32nd minutes—propelled Stuttgart to a 3-1 victory over first-time participant Viking: The Norwegians can still celebrate the club’s first goal in the Champions League group stage, scored by Tripic in the 22nd minute to temporarily tie the game at 1-1.

Napoli, the only Italian team in action on Wednesday, ultimately lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal, with Odegaard scoring the decisive goal in the 75th minute. For Italy, this marks the second loss in two games, following Inter’s defeat on Tuesday night at Real Madrid. On Thursday, it’s Roma and Como’s turn: the Giallorossi play at 6:45 p.m. on the road against Fenerbahçe, while the Lariani face Leipzig at 9:00 p.m. at the “Sinigaglia” stadium.