Arsenal beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 of their heavyweight Champions League duel on Tuesday, whereas final season’s overwhelmed finalists Borussia Dortmund gave Celtic a brutal actuality verify with an emphatic 7-1 win in Germany. Dortmund had been the most important winners on an evening which additionally noticed Barcelona, Manchester City and Inter Milan declare one-sided victories and Champions League debutants Brest received 4-0 at Red Bull Salzburg. The conflict between Arsenal and French champions PSG in London was the large recreation of the day because the second spherical of matches within the new format of European soccer’s elite membership competitors acquired underway.
The Gunners had been worthy winners with Kai Havertz heading in from a Leandro Trossard cross to open the scoring on 20 minutes and Bukayo Saka doubling their lead earlier than half-time as his free-kick supply from the fitting evaded all people on its means in.
PSG noticed Nuno Mendes strike the surface of the put up from vary within the first half whereas Joao Neves hit the woodwork after the break, however the guests couldn’t get again into the sport.
It is a primary win within the Champions League this season for Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, who drew 0-0 away to Atalanta on matchday one two weeks in the past.
“Really, actually pleased with the efficiency,” Arteta informed broadcaster Amazon Prime. “The Champions League brings completely different calls for however I feel we dealt with it very well.”
Adeyemi hat-trick
Dortmund are at present on prime of the 36-team league after they adopted a 3-0 win at Club Brugge of their first recreation by trouncing Scottish champions Celtic in Germany.
Karim Adeyemi scored a hat-trick within the first half for Dortmund, who had been 5-1 forward at half-time. Emre Can opened the scoring from the penalty spot earlier than Daizen Maeda equalised, however Adeyemi then took centre stage.
Serhou Guirassy netted a penalty earlier than the interval and made it 6-1 halfway by means of the second half, with substitute Felix Nmecha wrapping up the victory late on.
It is Dortmund’s greatest profitable margin within the Champions League alongside a 6-0 win away to Legia Warsaw in 2016.
“There’s no such factor as an ideal recreation, however it was very, excellent,” mentioned Can. “This must be the usual we purpose to set.”
Barcelona, Man City win
Barcelona beat Swiss champions Young Boys 5-0 to bounce again from a 2-1 loss at Monaco a fortnight in the past and their first defeat of the season in La Liga final weekend at Osasuna.
Robert Lewandowski scored twice both facet of objectives by Raphinha and Inigo Martinez earlier than a late Mohamed Ali Camara personal objective wrapped up the victory.
“We knew after the sport in opposition to Monaco within the Champions League we needed to give a fast reply within the subsequent recreation, which was this one, and we did that effectively,” Raphinha informed broadcaster Movistar.
Winners of the Champions League in 2023, Pep Guardiola’s City had been comfy 4-0 winners away to Slovan Bratislava in Slovakia, with Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland and James McAtee getting the objectives.
Inter, who misplaced to City within the closing in Istanbul two seasons in the past, received by the identical scoreline at residence to Red Star Belgrade.
Hakan Calhanoglu set Inter on their means with a surprising early free-kick earlier than Marko Arnautovic, Lautaro Martinez and Mehdi Taremi all netted within the second half, the latter from a penalty.
German champions Bayer Leverkusen acquired their second straight win on this season’s competitors as a Victor Boniface objective early within the second half allowed them to beat AC Milan 1-0.
Brest shock
Meanwhile Brest, the French Champions League newcomers, additionally made it two wins out of two with a outstanding 4-0 victory away to Salzburg in Austria.
Senegal striker Abdallah Sima, the ahead on mortgage from Brighton who acquired their winner in opposition to Sturm Graz two weeks in the past, scored twice.
Mahdi Camara and Mathias Pereira Lage additionally discovered the goal with Brest scoring three of their objectives within the house of 10 second-half minutes.
Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava and Young Boys are the underside three within the early standings.
VfB Stuttgart and Sparta Prague drew 1-1 with Enzo Millot placing the German facet forward and Finnish worldwide Kaan Kairinen equalising earlier than the interval.
PSV Eindhoven and Sporting Lisbon additionally drew 1-1. Jerdy Schouten’s opener for the Dutch champions was cancelled out by Daniel Braganca’s late leveller.
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