Champions League: PSG annihilates Bayer, Arsenal makes it four at'Atletico. Manchester City ok
It was an evening of clear-cut victories in the Champions League on Tuesday. After Barcelona’s 6-1 win over Olympiacos in one of the two matches that began late in the afternoon, come (in addition to PSV’s 6-2 win over Napoli and Inter’s 4-0 win over the Inter;Union Saint-Gilloise) also PSG’s 7-2 win at home to Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal’s 4-0 win over Ateltico Madrid, Newcastle’s 3-0 win over Benfica, and Borussia Dortmund’s 4-2 win in Denmark against FC Copenhagen.
Other results included a 0-0 draw between Kairat and Pafos, still looking for their first-ever Champions League affirmation as far as the League Phase is concerned, and Manchester City’s 2-0 win over Villarreal on the evening when La Liga confirmed that the Yellow Submarine’s match against Barcelona will no longer be played in Miami. Below are Tuesday’s Champions League results with related scorers:
Barcelona-Olympiacos 6-1 – 7′, 39′ and 76′ Fermin Lopez, 54′ rig. El Kaabi (O), 68′ rig. Lamine Yamal, 74′ and 79′ Rashford – ejected Hezze (O) at 57′
Kairat Almaty-Pafos 0-0 – ejected Joao Correia (P) at 4′
Arsenal-Atletico Madrid 4-0 – 57′ Gabriel, 64′ Martinelli, 67′ and 70′ Gyokeres
FC Copenhagen-Borussia Dortmund 2-4 – 20′ and 76′ Nmecha, 33′ aut. Anton (C), 61′ penalty. Bensebaini, 87′ Fabio Silva, 90′ Dadason (C)
Bayer Leverkusen-PSG 2-7 – 7′ Pacho, 38′ rig. and 54′ Aleix Garcia (B), 41′ and 48′ pt Doué, 44′ Kvaratskhelia, 50′ Nuno Mendes, 66′ Dembelé, 90′ Vitinha – 25′ penalty missed by Grimaldo (B) – ejected Andrich (B) at 31′ and Zabarnyi (P) at 37′
Newcastle-Benfica 3-0 – 32′ Gordon, 70′ and 83′ Barnes
PSV-Napoli 6-2 – 31′ and 86′ McTominay, 35′ aut. Buongiorno (P), 38′ Saibari (P), 54′ and 80′ Man (P), 87′ Pepi (P), 89′ Driouech (P) – ejected Lucca (N) at 76′
Union Saint Gilloise-Inter 0-4 – 41′ Dumfries, 46′ pt Lautaro Martinez, 53′ rig. Calhanoglu, 76′ Esposito
Villarreal-Manchester City 0-2 – 17′ Haaland, 40′ Bernardo Silva
Charts: PSG, Inter Milan and Arsenal 9; Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City 7; Bayern Munich*, Newcastle, Real Madrid*, Barcelona and Qarabag* 6; PSV and Tottenham* 4; Olympique Marseille*, Club Bruges*, Sporting*, Eintracht Frankfurt*, Liverpool*, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea*, Galatasaray*, Atalanta*, Napoli and Union Saint-Gilloise 3; Juventus*, Bodo/Glimt*, Pafos and Bayer Leverkusen 2; Monaco*, Slavia Prague*, Villarreal, FC Copenhagen, Olympiacos and Kairat Almaty 1; Benfica, Athletic Bilbao* and Ajax* 0 (with an asterisk the teams with one game less).
